Updates planned for Freedom Cemetery

Ft. Hembree deeded slave burial ground property from RDA

  • Becky Long • Clay County Progress Gathering for the deed presentation from Rural Development Authority to Ft. Hembree Baptist Church on Friday are, from left, Ann Miller Woodford of One Dozen Who Care, Annie Lloyd, Kent Dorsey, Betty Dorsey, Rev. Tony Barr, Ft. Hembree Pastor Hal Holbrook, County Commission and RDA member Scotty Penland, Betty Bradley, Rob Tiger, Reba Beck, Commissioner Clay Logan, and property neighbors George and Carol Gaines. The Gaines said the cemetery is part of the reason they were a
    Becky Long • Clay County Progress Gathering for the deed presentation from Rural Development Authority to Ft. Hembree Baptist Church on Friday are, from left, Ann Miller Woodford of One Dozen Who Care, Annie Lloyd, Kent Dorsey, Betty Dorsey, Rev. Tony Barr, Ft. Hembree Pastor Hal Holbrook, County Commission and RDA member Scotty Penland, Betty Bradley, Rob Tiger, Reba Beck, Commissioner Clay Logan, and property neighbors George and Carol Gaines. The Gaines said the cemetery is part of the reason they were a
By Reba Beck Special to the Progress   Several years ago the cemetery on Slave Drive was recognized as a site where pre-Civil War slaves were buried. Records show that property available after the…

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