African American citizens of Fayette County established Connersville Primitive Baptist Church sometime between Dec. 10, 1883, and Nov 10, 1885, and by the later date Thomas Cooper owned 11 1/4 acres of land adjacent to Richter Cemetery on FM 1457 and gave permission for the Black community to erect a church building there. The Connersville Primitive Baptist Church African American Cemetery became the burial site of many slaves and their descendants who lived and died in the area. Located within the west property line of land once owned by the Ledbetter family, the site is said by oral tradition to have been used by several slave owners for burials long before the abolition of slavery, and it is the only known Black cemetery within a three-mile radius. Many graves are unmarked, but the marked graves are significant, including the earliest dated grave marker for George Craft (1845-1904) and one of the earliest recorded births, Piggy Dwiard (1812-1912), whose inscription reads "Asleep in Jesus peaceful rest, whose waking is supremely blest." Another inscription reads "In the back woods we lay," reflecting a common trait of historically African American cemeteries. Several markers are for people born shortly after Emancipation. Additional land was deeded to the church on May 20, 1957, to be held in trust by Beatrice Breedlove, Shelley Ferguson, and Pastor J. Joseph Ferguson. In 2003, the sanctuary was relocated to the Carroll A. Wood Annex in Round Top by the Round Top Area Historical Society and dedicated as the Connersville Primitive Baptist Church African American Museum in honor of African American pioneers of Fayette County. The cemetery remains a testament to the lives and legacies of African Americans in Round Top and Fayette County.