I first went to Jasper County, Texas specifically to find Joshua Seale's grave, my ancestor. I knew the name of the cemetery he was buried in, but I did not know where it was located.
When I arrived in Jasper, I called the library and asked for directions to the cemetery. The man who answered my call said, "Ma'am, that's a black cemetery." I told him that didn't matter as I knew that my ancestor was definitely buried there. He gave me directions and yes, the cemetery is a "Black" cemetery. However, buried in the middle are my ancestors, Joshua and Ellender Seale. Next to them is their son, Lewis Perry Seale. Also next to them, is the burial place for their former slaves, Richard & Phyllis Seale.
For more information on these folks, please see the "Handbook of Texas Online".
Following the War, Richard, Phyllis and their descendants, stayed with the Seale family and established the first black Baptist Church in the State of Texas, Dixie Baptist Church.
Before their arrival to Texas in the 1850's, Joshua Seale and his family and some siblings left South Carolina and North Carolina and settled in Mississippi Territory, before its statehood. They lived for a time in Louisiana before making their way to Jasper County, Texas. Joshua and Ellender were well into their late 70's and early 80's when they arrived in Texas.
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Wife: Ellender Seale
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Father: Charles Seale
Mother: Lydia (Muse) Seale
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When I arrived in Jasper, I called the library and asked for directions to the cemetery. The man who answered my call said, "Ma'am, that's a black cemetery." I told him that didn't matter as I knew that my ancestor was definitely buried there. He gave me directions and yes, the cemetery is a "Black" cemetery. However, buried in the middle are my ancestors, Joshua and Ellender Seale. Next to them is their son, Lewis Perry Seale. Also next to them, is the burial place for their former slaves, Richard & Phyllis Seale.
For more information on these folks, please see the "Handbook of Texas Online".
Following the War, Richard, Phyllis and their descendants, stayed with the Seale family and established the first black Baptist Church in the State of Texas, Dixie Baptist Church.
Before their arrival to Texas in the 1850's, Joshua Seale and his family and some siblings left South Carolina and North Carolina and settled in Mississippi Territory, before its statehood. They lived for a time in Louisiana before making their way to Jasper County, Texas. Joshua and Ellender were well into their late 70's and early 80's when they arrived in Texas.
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Wife: Ellender Seale
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Father: Charles Seale
Mother: Lydia (Muse) Seale
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I first went to Jasper County, Texas specifically to find Joshua Seale's grave, my ancestor. I knew the name of the cemetery he was buried in, but I did not know where it was located.
When I arrived in Jasper, I called the library and asked for directions to the cemetery. The man who answered my call said, "Ma'am, that's a black cemetery." I told him that didn't matter as I knew that my ancestor was definitely buried there. He gave me directions and yes, the cemetery is a "Black" cemetery. However, buried in the middle are my ancestors, Joshua and Ellender Seale. Next to them is their son, Lewis Perry Seale. Also next to them, is the burial place for their former slaves, Richard & Phyllis Seale.
For more information on these folks, please see the "Handbook of Texas Online".
Following the War, Richard, Phyllis and their descendants, stayed with the Seale family and established the first black Baptist Church in the State of Texas, Dixie Baptist Church.
Before their arrival to Texas in the 1850's, Joshua Seale and his family and some siblings left South Carolina and North Carolina and settled in Mississippi Territory, before its statehood. They lived for a time in Louisiana before making their way to Jasper County, Texas. Joshua and Ellender were well into their late 70's and early 80's when they arrived in Texas.
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Wife: Ellender Seale
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Father: Charles Seale
Mother: Lydia (Muse) Seale
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When I arrived in Jasper, I called the library and asked for directions to the cemetery. The man who answered my call said, "Ma'am, that's a black cemetery." I told him that didn't matter as I knew that my ancestor was definitely buried there. He gave me directions and yes, the cemetery is a "Black" cemetery. However, buried in the middle are my ancestors, Joshua and Ellender Seale. Next to them is their son, Lewis Perry Seale. Also next to them, is the burial place for their former slaves, Richard & Phyllis Seale.
For more information on these folks, please see the "Handbook of Texas Online".
Following the War, Richard, Phyllis and their descendants, stayed with the Seale family and established the first black Baptist Church in the State of Texas, Dixie Baptist Church.
Before their arrival to Texas in the 1850's, Joshua Seale and his family and some siblings left South Carolina and North Carolina and settled in Mississippi Territory, before its statehood. They lived for a time in Louisiana before making their way to Jasper County, Texas. Joshua and Ellender were well into their late 70's and early 80's when they arrived in Texas.
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Wife: Ellender Seale
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Father: Charles Seale
Mother: Lydia (Muse) Seale
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Gravesite Details
Large triangular granite monument to Joshua Seale, Ellender Seale and their son Lewis Perry Seale and his three wives, Susannah Phillips, Eliza Brent, and Amelia Wingate. Monument erected by youngest son.
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