Mims in Brevard County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

LaGrange/Mims Community Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, February 3, 2017

1. LaGrange/Mims Community Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In the early 1900s, a two acre parcel of land north of LaGrange Community Church and Cemetery was given to the Mims colored community for a cemetery. Earliest marked graves are dated 1903; many are unmarked. In the 1800s both blacks and whites worshipped at the LaGrange Community Church. In 1894, after organizing their own congregation, St James Colored Missionary Baptist Church acquired land in Mims and in 1904 built their own church. In June 1913, trustees of that church purchased this parcel from the East Coast Cattle Company to be used as a cemetery, then referred to as the Mims Colored Cemetery. Many of North Brevard's pioneering black families rest in this hallowed ground with family names of Abrams, Bell, Brothers, Brown, Campbell, Cuyler, Grant, Gibson, Highsmith, McKenzie, Mitchell, Seigler, Simms, Strickland, Warren, and Williams. Most noted are the graves of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. Simms Moore, civil rights activists. Moore was chapter president of Brevard County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and later NAACP Florida Convention president/state coordinator. On Christmas

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Eve, 1951 the Moores were killed when their home, located near this site, was bombed.

Erected 2003 by The Brevard County Historical Society and Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-488.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 28° 38.459′ N, 80° 50.254′ W. Marker is in Mims, Florida, in Brevard County. It is at the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and Diamond Road, on the left when traveling south on Old Dixie Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Titusville FL 32796, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Space Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, February 3, 2017

2. LaGrange/Mims Community Cemetery Marker

Looking south along Old Dixie Highway.

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: LaGrange Community Cemetery (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); LaGrange Community Church (about 500 feet away); Site of the First Church (about 500 feet away); Oliver's Camp (approx. 0.7 miles away); Voting Rights Act (approx. one mile away); Freedom Riders (approx. one mile away); March On Washington (approx. one mile away); Groveland Four (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mims.

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LaGrange/Mims Community Cemetery Graves image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, February 3, 2017

3. LaGrange/Mims Community Cemetery Graves

Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Grave image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, February 3, 2017

4. Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Grave

"In Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives"Note that the grave gives the correct year of Mrs. Moore's death. She died on January 3, 1952, at the hospital in Sanford, Florida, some days after the Christmas day attack that killed Harry T. Moore.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2017. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2017, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 862 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 15, 2017, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.