Negro Cemetery on Bell Ranch

For many years, African-Americans were not allowed to be buried in the cemetery at Shamrock, Tx. Gideon Bell, owner of the Bell Ranch, allowed the burials to take place on his property. This list of burials is being compiled from death certificates online at FamilySearch.org.

If you have information on burials in this cemetery, please email me.
Kaitlan Davidson

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Smith, Melvin
b. July 8, 1918 d. April 9, 1963