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Biloxi Evergreen Cemetery

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Historical Marker - Dedicated on 3 Sep 2022: After emancipation, the town of Biloxi became a community of formerly enslaved African Americans. They purchased land and began to build homes and establish schools, churches and businesses. According to oral tradition, Bioloxi Evergreen Cemetery was established when former slave George Dry died with no nearby cemetery available. Another former slave, Joshua Farr Sr., donated an acre of land for a cemetery. The first recorded burial was Olida McCain in 1889; however, many unmarked earlier burials exist. Veterans and families from nearby areas are among more than 400 burials here. The cemetery, whose boundaries expanded over the years, remains the focal point of the community.

Directions: From the intersection of US 190 and SH 87 in Newton; take SH 87 South 13.6 miles; FM 2460; East 2.3 miles, CR 4062 0.5 miles.

Offsite listing of graves on Find A Grave:
Biloxi Evergreen Cemetery at Find A Grave

Sarah Knighton 1820-1920
Her daughter Ella Knighton Simmons is also buried there.

Currently, my family is organizing to do some clean-up and repairs.

12/10/2021 Janice Simmons-Haynes jhanhaynes@gmail.com
 Biloxi Evergreen is the burial site of former slaves and Choctaw Indians, who lived on a reservation in Biloxi, Texas
 

 

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