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Love Cemetery
Author | : China Galland |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0061748757 |
One woman’s struggle to restore an old slave cemetery uncovers centuries-old racism When China Galland visited her childhood hometown in east Texas, she learned of an unmarked cemetery for slaves-Love Cemetery. Her ensuing quest to restore and reclaim the cemetary unearths racial wounds that have never completely healed. Research becomes activism as she organizes a grassroots, interracial committee, made up of local religious leaders and lay people, to work on restoring community access to the cemetery. The author also presents material from the time of slavery and the Reconstruction Era, including stories of “landtakings” (the theft of land from African Americans), and forms of slavery that continued well into the twentieth century. Ultimately Keepers of Love delivers a message of tremendous hope as members of both black and white communities come together to right an historical wrong, and in so doing, discover each other’s common dignity. “Galland captures the struggle to reclaim one small cemetery in Texas with such engrossing drama and personal detail that the story becomes something larger still-a universal struggle to reclaim the ground of Deep Compassion that lies untended in the human heart.”-Sue Monk Kidd
Cemetery Index for Love County
Author | : Love County Home and Community Education Cemetery Project |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Cemeteries of Unicoi Country
Author | : Unicoi County Historical Society |
Publisher | : The Overmountain Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1992-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780932807700 |
This labor of love began as one of the first major projects of the newly-formed Unicoi County Historical Society in the early 1970s. By 1973, about 35 cemeteries, all in the northern part of the county, had been copied. Fifteen years went by, and then, in the winter of 1987–1988, a new committee was formed and the project was begun again. The committee found that in 1960, 15 cemeteries, mostly in the southern part of the county, had been copied, adding up to a total of 50 cemeteries that had been recorded. Final copying began in April 1988 and was completed a little over a year later. The total of 166 copied included an update of the 50 cemeteries done earlier.
Texas Cemeteries
Author | : Bill Harvey |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0292779348 |
Winner, Journalistic Achievement Award, Texas Historical Foundation, 2004 From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing mausoleum, every marker in a Texas cemetery bears witness to a life that—in ways small or large—helped shape the history and culture of the state. Telling the stories of some of these significant lives is the purpose of this book. Within its pages, you'll meet not only the heroes of the Texas Revolution, for example, but also one of the great African American cowboys of the traildriving era (Bose Ikard) and the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office (Annie Webb Blanton). Visiting cemeteries from every era and all regions of the state, Bill Harvey recounts the histories of famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Texans who lie at rest in Texas cemeteries. The book is organized alphabetically by city for easy reference. For each city, Harvey lists one or more cemeteries, giving their location and history, if significant. At the heart of the book are his profiles of the noteworthy people buried in each cemetery. They include not only famous but also lesser-known and even unknown Texans who made important contributions to the state in the arts, sports, business, military service, politics—truly every area of communal life. For those who want to visit these resting places, Harvey also includes tips on finding cemeteries, locating gravesites, and taking good photographs. Spend time with him in the graveyards of Texas, and you'll soon appreciate what fascinating stories the silent stones can tell.
The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 4- Cemetery Index
Author | : S. David Carriker, D. Min. |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2017-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1387200194 |
Volume Four of this series contains the alphabetical rosters of each of the 144 cemeteries in the study area of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC. It includes over 27,524 graves.
The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 3- Death Index
Author | : S. David Carriker, D. Min. |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2017-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1387199749 |
The third volume of this series documents the death date order of 27,524 graves in the Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC.
The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 1- Name Index
Author | : S. David Carriker, D. Min. |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 2017-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1387199412 |
This volume introduces the study of 144 cemeteries in Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC, and the surrounding areas. Over 27,524 graves are included.