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Black plaque № 21567

Malakoff, TX, United States

Antioch Cemetery. Located on a two-acre site purchased in 1883 by the trustees of the New Hope Methodist Episcopal Church from J. Thomas and Oma Henry, this cemetery has long served the black farming community of Antioch. The earliest marked grave is that of Allen Delorah, who died in 1894. The ceme

tery contains numerous unmarked graves of early settlers and ministers. One of the earliest graveyards in this part of Henderson County, Antioch Cemetery is the burial site for many of the area's pion

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