Details for Antioch Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014764
Data
Marker Number | 14764 |
Atlas Number | 5507014764 |
Marker Title | Antioch Cemetery |
Index Entry | Antioch Cemetery |
Address | CR 4720 |
City | Ratcliff |
County | Houston |
UTM Zone | 15 |
UTM Easting | 297418 |
UTM Northing | 3472636 |
Subject Codes | cemetery |
Marker Year | 1988 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | SE of Ratcliff. Accessed from CR 4700 (Coltharp-Hagerville Road). |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | This graveyard has long been associated with the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, which was organized in 1859. The first marked grave, that of Mary J. Cramer, is dated 1860. Antioch Cemetery also contains unmarked burial sites, many of which are for transient sawmill workers who lived in the area while the 4C Mill was in operation at Ratcliff. The communities of Ratcliff, Hagerville, Kennard, and Stubblefield continue to use the cemetery for the burial of descendants of Antioch Church members. (1985) |