County marker unveiled for historic black cemetery

  • County marker
    County marker
  • James A. McKim III pulls some brush back from over a marked grave in the Grayburg Black Cemetery. He said trees and limbs grew up over the cemetery after the cemetery was no longer being used.
    James A. McKim III pulls some brush back from over a marked grave in the Grayburg Black Cemetery. He said trees and limbs grew up over the cemetery after the cemetery was no longer being used.
Members of the Hardin County Historical Commission and others met last Thursday afternoon for a ceremony unveiling and dedication of a county historical marker for the Grayburg Black Cemetery, The marker, located at 17762 Grayburg Road near Sour Lake, is actually about a quarter mile away from the cemetery itself, which is down a narrow rough road through a pasture and in a wooded area. Julie…

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