The Hatcher family is celebrating their successful fight to protect a historically Black cemetery by planting a 625-tree fruit orchard for their Williamson County community.
Williamson County commissioners denied a proposed subdivision that threatened the Allison Chapel Burial Grounds, a historically Black cemetery and former school site. The development would have included a septic tank system that could have disturbed the final resting place of family members buried at the site.
Now, Marquinta Harvey is planting her dreams of a fruit orchard on family land near the cemetery, with pears, peaches and cherry trees for the community to enjoy…