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Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

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NRHP Reference #
  
09001299

Year built
  
1885

Nearest city
  
Sherrill

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
24 December 2009

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

The Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located at 500 North McKinney Road in Sherrill, Arkansas, behind the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. The earliest graves are of emancipated slaves, originally enslaved on the Good Hope Plantation in South Carolina, but moved to Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1860. Reverenced Louis Mazique, a leader in the community, was the earliest documented burial, in 1885. The cemetery continues to be used today, although infrequently.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Wikipedia