Weeping Mary is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It is significant as the community closest to the ancient Caddo Mounds State Historic Site. Weeping Mary was founded by recently freed slaves shortly after the Civil War. The community later founded a Baptist church. The community had a few scattered house…
Weeping Mary is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It is significant as the community closest to the ancient Caddo Mounds State Historic Site. Weeping Mary was founded by recently freed slaves shortly after the Civil War. The community later founded a Baptist church. The community had a few scattered houses in the 1930s and gained a church in 1990. Demographic changes took place after a boll weevil infestation destroyed the cotton crops, and mechanization reduced the need for farm labor. Many people left in the Great Migration, seeking jobs on the West Coast, especially during and after World War II, when more defense industry jobs were available. The population was 40 in 2000.
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