Hawkins in Wood County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Jobe Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 29, 2026

1. Jobe Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
African American families settled the Jobe Community on the Lemuel G. Powers survey. Brothers Phelix and Sampson Jobe bought several tracts of land from 1881 to 1892, setting aside land for the Jobe Cemetery. The local economy included cattle, cotton, crops, timber cutting, and sugar cane for ribbon cane syrup. Jobe Brothers Lumber Co. provided building materials for area projects such as the clubhouse for Little Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club. Land farmed on Little Sandy Creek was impounded as Lake Hawkins in 1962. The oldest burial in Jobe Cemetery is a child of the Shamburger family, but most graves are Jobe family members and relatives. The cemetery is a testimony to a rural community and a way of life. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Erected 2009 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 17567.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.

Location. 32° 36.968′ N, 95° 14.81′ W. Marker is in Hawkins, Texas, in Wood County. It is on County Road 3431 half a mile north of Route 3430. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hawkins TX 75765, 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

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markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lillian Richard (approx. 1.8 miles away); Rosenwald Schools in Wood County (approx. 1.8 miles away); Jarvis Christian College (approx. 4.4 miles away); Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas (approx. 5.9 miles away); Martin Varner (approx. 6.4 miles away); Bethesda Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (approx. 8.1 miles away); The Ashley Phelps Home (approx. 8.3 miles away); Smith Chapel United Methodist Church (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hawkins.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 29, 2026

2. Jobe Cemetery Marker

Jobe Cemetery and marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 29, 2026

3. Jobe Cemetery and marker

Wood County historical cemetery sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 29, 2026

4. Wood County historical cemetery sign

Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 30, 2026, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 30, 2026, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.