Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery | |
 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (Sherrill, Arkansas) | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Sherrill, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°23′37″N 91°58′59″W / 34.39361°N 91.98306°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1885 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001299[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 24, 2009 |
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 contain the remains of emancipated slaves, originally enslaved on the Good Hope Plantation in South Carolina, but moved to Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1860. Reverenced Lewis Mazique, a leader in the community, was the earliest documented burial, in 1885. The cemetery continues to be used today, although infrequently.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Sherrill, Jefferson County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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Categories:
- 1885 establishments in Arkansas
- Cemeteries in Jefferson County, Arkansas
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1885
- Baptist Christianity in Arkansas
- Baptist cemeteries in the United States
- Cemeteries established in the 1880s