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Submitted: 3/23/11 • Approved: 3/23/11 • Last Updated: 7/30/12 • R496166-G0-S3
Jim Kelley, a slave, organized this church in 1860. His owner allowed the use of this plot of ground on which to build a church. On May 15, 1873, Mr and Mrs William B. Street deeded the property to the trustees of the church.
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church claims to be the oldest Black church in the state of Arkansas.
The cemetery is located on three sides of the church. All the old headstones have been painted with white paint which made many of them totally unreadable.
Contributed on 3/23/11 by ashaw444
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