Captain Cemetery
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Captain Cemetery

Also known as Saint Paul Baptist Cemetery

Kinder, Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA

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  • Get directions Hickory Flat Road
    Kinder, Louisiana 70648 United States
    Coordinates: 30.54880, -92.82400
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Located on the grounds of Saint Paul Church.



Julian Captain, Sr freed slave who set aside 2 acres of his own land to have a church/school house built so his children could be educated. That church being St. Paul Church. The original building was across the road from the current building. He sent for and got a teacher from Oklahoma. That teacher, Lawrence Shaw taught both school and the Bible.

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Marker in front of church reads:



St. Paul Baptist Church Morehead Public School



This Property Served as the first African-American School in Allen Parish until 1945



The land was deeded to the church in 1911 by Julian and his wife Modeste Captain



*School established in 1880 with Lawrence Shaw as First Teacher



The original bell still tolls in the bell tower and the original blackboard stills hang on the wall



This property has been placed on the National Register Of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

















Located on the grounds of Saint Paul Church.



Julian Captain, Sr freed slave who set aside 2 acres of his own land to have a church/school house built so his children could be educated. That church being St. Paul Church. The original building was across the road from the current building. He sent for and got a teacher from Oklahoma. That teacher, Lawrence Shaw taught both school and the Bible.

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Marker in front of church reads:



St. Paul Baptist Church Morehead Public School



This Property Served as the first African-American School in Allen Parish until 1945



The land was deeded to the church in 1911 by Julian and his wife Modeste Captain



*School established in 1880 with Lawrence Shaw as First Teacher



The original bell still tolls in the bell tower and the original blackboard stills hang on the wall



This property has been placed on the National Register Of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

















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