Near Hemphill in Sabine County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Fairmount Cemetery

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 4, 2017

1. Fairmount Cemetery Marker

Inscription. As early as the 1850s, families settled here along South Prong Creek. Except for a brief period, a post office operated from 1854 until 1937. The community also supported a school until 1953. It is believed residents made burials at the community cemetery by the mid-1850s, but the first marked grave, that of Eli Elijah Smith, dates to 1874. He was a son of Mary Jane and Edward Smith, a Baptist pastor who served area churches including Friendship Missionary Baptist, located near the cemetery. Today, the burial ground is a link to pioneer settlers and generations of area residents.

Erected 2004 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13223.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.

Location. 31° 12.293′ N, 93° 44.341′ W. Marker is near Hemphill, Texas, in Sabine County. It is on State Highway 87 0.3 miles north of Willow Oak Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hemphill TX 75948, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Yellowpine Cemetery (approx. 6.1 miles away); The Old Beef Road (approx. 7.9 miles away); Mattox Cemetery (approx. 8.2 miles away); The Survey Community (approx. 8.3 miles away); Hemphill Cemetery

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(approx. 11.4 miles away); First Baptist Church of Hemphill (approx. 11.4 miles away); Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 11½ miles away); Pratt (approx. 11½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hemphill.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 4, 2017

2. Fairmount Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 511 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 17, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.