Hammond Colony Cemetery - Robertson County, TX, USA
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N 30° 54.688 W 096° 31.398
14R E 736693 N 3422419
Historic Cemetery with 142 graves; one of which is "Aunt Jemima".
Waymark Code: WMP1J1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2015
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By 1860 40 percent of the county's families owned one or more slaves, and two of the state's largest slaveholders, B. F. Hammond and Reuben Anderson, each of whom owned 100 or more slaves, lived in the county. Hammond Colony Cemetery started out as a black cemetery where slaves were buried.
In the early 1960's Rosie Hall was hired by Quaker Oats Company to portray "Aunt Jemima". Born in a small wooden house 9 miles outside Hearne, Texas in 1899, Rosie married early in life. That marriage failed and she moved to Oklahoma in her 20's. Eventually she remarried and got a job working for Quaker Oats in the advertising department. When the company needed a new Aunt Jemima, she was "discovered." She toured the country promoting the Quaker Oats Company and delivered the message of a warm, caring, motherly woman serving up delicious breakfasts. When she passed away on February 12, 1967, she was buried at the Hammond Colony African-American cemetery near the community of Blackjack.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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