Humble Negro Cemetery
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building. Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
There used to be a sawmill north of Humble that was owned by Mr. Bender, one of the founders of Humble. Blacks migrated from Gladysville, Cleveland, Splendora and Fastoria to work there. He was kind to the African-American people and gave them some property to live on and a place to bury their loved ones.
The entire area is now referred to as Bordersville (informal), because the African-Americans were made to live outside the "border" of incorporated Humble. Time took it's toll on the cemetery over the years and the entire cemetery became overgrown. In 2008, however, there was an incident that involved disturbing one of the graves and descrating one of the bodies interred there. This incident brought the cemetery back into the public eye. The members of Grace Church of Humble took the cemetery under their wing, and since May of 2008, church volunteers have been working to reclaim the cemetery, restoring some of the stones, clearing the brush and attempting to restore the dignity of those buried there. The gravesites here are not arranged in rows or plots. They are randomly placed. Many of the graves are unmarked, or the stones have been removed.
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Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscription |
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1 Oct 1909 |
13 May 1919 |
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Branch, Willie |
1864 |
28 Jan 1915 |
S/O Sheddred Branch |
Brooks, Gilbert |
1869 |
14 Apr 1919 |
S/O Alfred Brroks |
Daniels-Pondland, Stella |
1894 |
3 Oct 1918 |
D/O Ben Daniels |
Evins, Will |
18 Aug 1897 |
25 Aug 1955 |
S/O Sam Evins |
1862 |
8 Jan 1908 |
W/O John Hall |
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Hamilton, J A |
1856 |
2 Oct 1914 |
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Holland, Carl |
24 Oct 1885 |
26 Oct 1940 |
S/O Billie Holland |
1899 |
30 Jul 1944 |
S/O Billie Holland |
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1859 |
27 Jul 1919 |
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Hoskins, Frank |
1877 |
20 Jan 1926 |
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Jackson, Elver |
1888 |
11 Jun 1916 |
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1879 |
11 Mar 1923 |
W/O John Holland |
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27 Nov 1871 |
22 Jul 1916 |
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1913 |
26 Aug 1921 |
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Johnson, Will |
1876 |
27 Jul 1916 |
S/O R. Johnson |
Langston, Linnie Craig |
6 Mar 1952 |
6 Mar 1953 |
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Langston, William Henry Jr |
24 Aug 1950 |
6 Mar 1953 |
S/O Wm Henry Langston |
Lewis, Philip |
21 Mar 1878 |
11 Sep 1911 |
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8 Apr 1889 |
22 Aug 1956 |
S/O Ben Logan |
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15 Jan 1894 |
23 Aug 1937 |
S/O Willis McCall |
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1 Oct 1908 |
11 May 1958 |
S/O Jess McKnight |
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Morgan, O'Neal |
20 Aug 1903 |
26 Oct 1950 |
S/O Jim Morgan |
Unk |
1 May 1928 |
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Scroggins, Tennie |
28 Feb 1882 |
1909 |
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1910 |
11 Sep 1921 |
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Taylor-Holland, Adline |
1879 |
11 Mar 1923 |
W/O John Holland |
19 Apr 1931 |
6 Mar 1953 |
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Washington-Langston, Dortthy Mae |
19 Apr 1931 |
6 Mar 1953 |
D/O Rufus Washington |
Zarato, Alfredo |
3 Jul 1910 |
4 Feb 1911 |
Inventory provided by Douglas Jackson
Pictures provided by George A. Allen (Bradford) and Angela May
Some pictures provided by Angela May (http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm)
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