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11-496: The prison was formerly known as the Retrieve Unit . The prison opened on the grounds of the former Retrieve Plantation, which opened in 1839. The final main building opened in the 1930s. In 1935 Retrieve housed White prisoners. In 1963, before racial desegregation occurred, the facility housed second offenders, habitual criminals, and African Americans over the age of 25. A post office in the nearby community of Snipe served

22-522: A list of 117 names of people buried down there and can only count 47 headstones. A few people buried at the cemetery include Perry Scoby (first person buried), Reverend A.B Marshall, J. Henry Hall (last person buried). Loretta Granville Washington, born to Georgia and Jesse Granville, is a long-serving member of Burrell Chapel Church in Snipe. She recalls her first visit to the Snipe cemetery at age 5 and her desire for its preservation. Local descendants, with

33-488: A school on Monday to Friday for the education of black children. The church was also instrumental in the formation of the Burrell Chapel cemetery. The formation of these historical places owes their origin and organization to the remarkable ideologies on which the Burrell Chapel was formed and organized. According to Mrs. Loretta Granville Washington, the oldest member who has been with the Burrell Chapel for 70 years,

44-568: A track through the community around 1905. Locals wanted the station to be named after early settler Ed Matthews, but it was instead named Edmonds. A post office operated in Snipe from 1921 to 1949; the post office served the Retrieve Prison Farm (later the Wayne Scott Unit). A railroad bunkhouse and commissary were in operation in 1929. There was only one business and 15 residents in the early 1930s. The Ward Plantation

55-520: Is an unincorporated community in central Brazoria County , Texas , United States. It was formerly a distinct community. It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Raymond Weems, Snipe's first postmaster, named Snipe after a facetious reference made about the place by his father's hunting partner. Snipe was established in the former Ward Plantation area owned by Asa Mitchell. The St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway laid

66-497: Is one of those cemeteries that fall under the commission. This cemetery can be found in the Snipe community, precisely, on the property of Mr. Henry William Munson. A lot more people from the community were buried there. It was a cemetery for the Burrell Chapel Church hence the name Burrell Chapel Cemetery. Currently, it’s being preserved by the  Brazoria Historic Cemeteries Guardianship Association. They have

77-484: The prison farm from 1921 to 1949. The prison received its final name, Wayne Scott Unit, on February 1, 2002, after a former TDCJ executive director. In September 2018, some 45 boxes of unclaimed bananas were donated to the Scott Unit. and the boxes were found to contain 540 packages of cocaine , which at the time held a street value of US$ 17,820,000. In 2020 307 people worked at Wayne Scott. The main prison unit

88-470: The post-emancipation era, served as the foundation on which agents of civilization and institutions emerged in African American communities. In fact, it is the existence of these institutions that support the idea of Snipe's designation as a Freedom Colony. The church was originally built in 1867 at Snipe and was organized by Reverend Burrell. Oral history has it that the church building was used as

99-515: The storm of 1932 blew down the Burrell Chapel church building at Snipe. Prior to this, the church often conducted weddings, funerals, and Sunday services in its historic building. It was also used as a school and a place for anything that would be classed as a civic opportunity. The Burrell Chapel moved to its present location off of Highway 35, on Easter Sunday, April 1999. Burrell Chapel Cemetery or Snipe Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas,

110-779: Was destroyed by a storm in 1932. Its population rose to 75 in 1970 and gained three more residents four years later, but seemingly disappeared in 1988. The location of Snipe is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Angleton on the Union Pacific Railroad and Oyster Creek . Today, the community is served by the Angleton Independent School District . Children in the area attend Westside Elementary School, Angleton Junior High School, and Angleton High School in Angleton. The Burrell chapel church at Snipe, Texas, like many Black churches in

121-654: Was scheduled to end operations by late 2020. According to Bryan Collier, the executive director of the prison agency, the cost to revamp the main building would exceed $ 30,000,000. The trusty camp at that time remained open. As of 2023 the TDCJ no longer lists the former Retrieve Unit. In 2021 the Jester IV Unit in Fort Bend County was renamed the Wayne Scott Unit . Snipe, Texas Snipe

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