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Bolton Cemetery

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Pittsburg, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 57' 15.22757000016", -94° 55' 58.41166000008"
 
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    Ebenezer (Ebb) and Martha Bolton settled in this area in the 1850s. They established an extensive plantation and owned a number of slaves before the Civil War. Following Ebb Bolton's death in 1877, his widow made arrangements to provide land to their former slaves. This cemetery, which began in 1861 upon the death of Martha Bolton's mother, Rebecca Durley, became a part of the Bolton community, a Freedmen's town which built up in the area. Both Ebb and Martha Bolton are interred here, as are many of the former slaves and their descendants.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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Leesburg Cemetery
Matinburg Cemetery
Riley Cemetery
Pitts Family Cemetery