Dust to Dust - Majors Chapel Traditional Cache
Dust to Dust - Majors Chapel
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An out-of-the-way cemetery you'd probably never know was here.
I heard about this cemetery from some friends, decided to go see what I could see. What I found was a Black cemetery in what I thought was decent shape. When I went to hide the cache I found even more headstones, some consisting of nothing more than rocks stuck in the ground. When you park and walk into the wooded area, look around and you will see these, they were on my right as I went in - partially hidden by low hanging branches. Looked to be at least 5-6 in a row.
In reading some history on this cemetery, I came across the story of Sank Majors, a young Black man lynched on August 7, 1905 in Waco, who is buried here. I looked around for a little bit and could not locate his grave, perhaps he is one of the unmarked rocks I passed on the way into this area. Googling his name will pull up more about the lynching if you are so inclined. I'll do a little more research with the local library and see if I can find an exact burial location for him.
Just east of here, about a 1/4 mile is a white church, this is Majors Chapel Church, for which the cemetery is named.
Cache is your typical ammo can hide, please rehide just as good or better than you find it please...
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