Roberts African American Cemetery in Hockley, Texas

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Get directions Roberts Cemetery Road
Hockley, Texas 77447 United States

Coordinates: 30.08087, -95.76410
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African American Cemetery. Next to Roberts Cemetery, separated by fence and has its own entrance. It is believed that this cemetery began with slave burials from the Roberts and Montgomery plantations. There are several field stones marking graves.

Contact: Charlene Stubblefield #48251686

Directions: From Tomball, take 2920 west to Roberts Cemetery Rd. (about 9 miles), turn right, cemetery is on the left (driveway after Roberts Cemetery entrance) less than a 1/2 mile down the road. Note- not easy to get to after it has rained due to ditch.

(Roberts Cemetery Assoc. members confirmed that this is a separate cemetery on 8/8/13)

Roberts Cemetery African-American's first burials are thought to have been those of slaves who had worked on the Montgomery and Roberts' Plantations. Numerous graves are identified with simple metal markers. The cemetery is still active today. The entrance is roughly 200 feet from Roberts a/k/a Old Roberts Cemetery; however, there is no street sign marking the entrance, nor is there a sign identifying the cemetery upon entry. Roberts Cemetery and Roberts Cemetery African-American are separated by a chain link fence with no access gate between the two.