Near Spur in Dickens County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Redmud Cemetery

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 5, 2024

1. Redmud Cemetery Marker

Inscription. First known as Tap Cemetery, as the little town of Tap was about ½ NE of this site. As Redmud Creek was nearby, it later became known as Redmud Cemetery. Will Barger homesteaded this land, and was shot by a neighbor in April 1886. His wife died of TB in July 1886, and was buried by his side. The number of graves increased, and in 1906 the land owners on the north and the south gave one acre each for the cemetery. In 1909 the WOW took the care of the cemetery as a project, and the day for the annual cemetery working was set on June 6. It is still observed each year.

Erected 1973.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 33° 25.601′ N, 100° 59.954′ W. Marker is near Spur, Texas, in Dickens County. It is on County Road 96 0.8 miles west of Farm to Market Road 261, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 203 Co Rd 496, Spur TX 79370, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Texas’ South Plains.

It is also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

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,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Spur (approx. 7.8 miles away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 9.1 miles away); Lisenby-Campbell House (approx. 9.2 miles away);

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Fourth U.S. Cavalry (approx. 9.9 miles away); Site of Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound (approx. 11.3 miles away); Espuela (approx. 11.8 miles away); Dickens County (approx. 16.4 miles away); Dickens Springs (approx. 16.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spur.

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 5, 2024

2. Redmud Cemetery Marker

Also a historic Texas cemetery # 14454 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 5, 2024

3. Also a historic Texas cemetery # 14454

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 5, 2024

4. Redmud Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 5, 2024

5. Redmud Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 5, 2024

6. Redmud Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2024, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 193 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 17, 2024, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.