West Carrollton in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Carrollton Black Cemetery
Photographed by QuesterMark, September 19, 2014
1. Carrollton Black Cemetery Texas Historical Marker
Inscription.
Carrollton Black Cemetery. . Carrolltons early African-Americans, many of whom were former slaves, helped settle and build the community. By 1871, this portion of forty acres belonging to Scott Boswell, Sr., an African-American farmer, was a community cemetery. In 1915, C.B. Baxley acquired the cemetery and surrounding land. Although the site holds dozens of burials, only three names (Ned Welch, Loving, and Davis) are now visible. Joyce Collins (1960) is believed to be the last burial. No records exist for others buried here; flooding from the Elm Fork of the Trinity River destroyed many grave markers. Once threatened by new development, the site is a precious record of the early history of Carrollton.
Historic Texas Cemetery 2010 , Marker is property of the State of Texas.
Carrolltons early African-Americans, many of whom were former slaves, helped settle and build the community. By 1871, this portion of forty acres belonging to Scott Boswell, Sr., an African-American farmer, was a community cemetery. In 1915, C.B. Baxley acquired the cemetery and surrounding land. Although the site holds dozens of burials, only three names (Ned Welch, Loving, and Davis) are now visible. Joyce Collins (1960) is believed to be the last burial. No records exist for others buried here; flooding from the Elm Fork of the Trinity River destroyed many grave markers. Once threatened by new development, the site is a precious record of the early history of Carrollton.
Historic Texas Cemetery 2010
Marker is property of the State of Texas
Erected 2010 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 17371.)
Location. 32° 57.02′ N, 96° 55.202′ W. Marker is in Carrollton, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in West Carrollton. It can be reached from West
Click or scan to see this page online
Belt Line Road 0.2 miles west of Hutton Drive, on the left when traveling west. Cemetery and marker are in a field just south of W Belt Line Road, between Luna Road and Hutton Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1525 West Belt Line Road, Carrollton TX 75006, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. Globally, it is in 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 Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2015, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 3,392 times since then and 290 times this year. Last updated on February 26, 2020, by J Frye of Fort Worth, Texas. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on March 17, 2015, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
