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By Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020
Caruth Pioneer Cemetery Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Northwest Highway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Established early 1860's by William and Mattie Worthington Caruth, Pioneer settlers. Across road was old Caruth Chapel, where circuit-riding preachers officiated at baptisms, marriages and funerals for Caruth Plantation tenants and other local . . . — — Map (db m148838) HM |
| On Midway Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This cemetery began in 1853 with the burials of Sarah Jane and William M. Cochran, the infant daughter and husband of Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran. Among the many Dallas County pioneers buried here are four of Nancy Jane's sisters and their husbands . . . — — Map (db m149328) HM |
| On Glory Avenue at Love Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Glory Avenue. |
| | Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the west Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate beef supplier, and trail driver. His ranching empire, including the Long S and Lazy S ranches, . . . — — Map (db m72329) HM |
| Near Dalgreen Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A reflection of the pioneer heritage in this part of Dallas County, Cox Cemetery contains more than 400 marked graves and an estimated 100 unmarked burials. The oldest tombstone dates to 1848 and marks the grave of Margaret Frances Dixon, the . . . — — Map (db m151481) HM |
| On Airline Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Frances Sims Daniel (1796-1853) moved to Dallas County with her family in 1849 and purchased land in what is now University Park. An orchard planted near the Daniel Home became the site of a family cemetery in 1850 when "Old Frank", a family slave . . . — — Map (db m148834) HM |
| On Clymer Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Southwestern States Portland Cement Company was established in this area in 1909. Many of the company's employees were Mexican immigrants who came to this area to escape the Mexican Revolution. The company name was changed after Trinity . . . — — Map (db m153708) HM |
| Near West Kiest Boulevard west of Coombs Creek Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Abraham and Lucy (Myers) Bast and their seven children moved here from Kentucky to join the Peters Colony. In 1859, Abraham Bast donated one acre for a nondenominational church and school on the south side of Five Mile Creek. The adjacent burial . . . — — Map (db m153660) HM |
| On Calvary Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This area of Dallas County was settled by former African American slaves shortly after the conclusion of the American Civil War. Freedman's Cemetery, a graveyard for African Americans, was established in 1869 on one acre of land purchased by . . . — — Map (db m149056) HM |
| Near W Northwest Highway. |
| | This burial ground served the pioneer families who settled in the area. Graves here date from the 1870s. The land for the cemetery was donated to the community by James G. Garvin (1830-1897), a former Dallas merchant, his wife Eliza, and brothers . . . — — Map (db m149255) HM |
| On Liberty Avenue at Peace Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Liberty Avenue. |
| | Greenwood Cemetery was part of a Republic of Texas grant, called the John Grigsby League, given for service in the Battle of San Jacinto. W. H. Gaston, pioneer Dallas banker, acquired title to the site in 1874, after the noted local legal battle, . . . — — Map (db m72412) HM |
| | Educated in Tennessee as a lawyer, J. K. P. Record became the District Attorney for Dallas in 1860. He left that office to serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but returned here after the conflict. In 1866 he became a state senator . . . — — Map (db m159805) HM |
| | Kentucky native James Martin Patterson arrived in Dallas in 1846. Patterson and John W. Smith opened one of the first stores in Dallas using their pooled resources of $700. They built a flatboat and attempted to ship cotton down the Trinity River . . . — — Map (db m159717) HM |
| | Latimer was born in New London, Conn. Moved to Texas, with family, in 1833. Founder and editor first newspaper in Dallas, 1849. Known originally as "The Cedar Snag" then as "Dallas Herald." Incorporated into "Dallas Morning News" in 1885. . . . — — Map (db m159706) HM |
| Near S. Malcolm X Boulevard. |
| | Practiced law in Kentucky before coming to Texas in 1845. Was agent for Peters' Colony located in Dallas and adjacent counties. First attorney to practice law here. He founded Bar Association; fought in the Mexican War; was outstanding civic . . . — — Map (db m156130) HM |
| | Mississippi native John Jay Good practiced law in Alabama before moving to Dallas in 1851. He married Susan Anna Floyd in 1854. Good was involved in early local and state government and was a charter member of the local Odd Fellows' Lodge in 1855. . . . — — Map (db m159866) HM |
| | South Carolina native John M. Crockett married Katherine (Kate) Polk in 1837. In 1848 they moved to Dallas where Crockett opened one of the pioneer settlement's first law offices. Crockett served as a State Legislator, Mayor of Dallas, and . . . — — Map (db m159719) HM |
| | Kentucky native John W. Lane (1835-1888) was a member of Tannehill Lodge No. 52 AF&AM. Trained as a printer, he came to Dallas in 1859 and worked for the Dallas Herald newspaper. He married Elizabeth Crutchfield in 1860 and the next year joined . . . — — Map (db m160398) HM |
| | After the deaths of her husband and children in the early 1860s, Juliette Peak Fowler lived in Dallas and was active in local charitable causes. Committed to orphans and elderly women during her life, she provided for their benevolent care in her . . . — — Map (db m159599) HM |
| Near Elsie Faye Heggins Street. |
| | L. Butler Nelson Memorial Park includes two historic cemeteries, the oldest of which was previously unnamed. Its earliest marked grave (1896) is that of Cherry Lawler, an 85-year-old grandmother. In 1911, William B. West, John P. Starks and . . . — — Map (db m156058) HM |
| On Fish Trap Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Burial place of French, Belgian, and Swiss settlers brought here 1855-58 by company for European American colonization in Texas. This site was on road from La Reunion to Willow Fish Traps set by the colonists in the Trinity. Early burials in this . . . — — Map (db m153688) HM |
| | A native of France and a veteran of the Crimean War, Clement LeTot (b. 1836) settled in northwest Dallas County in 1874. He was the founder and leading citizen of the town of Letot, which was established in 1881 along the rail line. As was the . . . — — Map (db m149248) HM |
| Near Audelia Road south of Estate Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first land for this cemetery was granted by Mahulda Bonner McCree in 1866. At least two burials, for John Henry Jones (d. 1862) and Elizabeth McCullough (d. 1864), occurred before the graveyard was formally deeded. Over the years, the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m107099) HM |
| On Merrell Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Elder Eli Merrell (1787-1849), minister of the Disciples of Christ Church, came with his wife, Mary, in 1844, to settle 640 acres near Bachman's Branch in what was then Nacogdoches County. This cemetery is on a part of his acreage, and his was the . . . — — Map (db m149270) HM |
| On North Hampton Road at W Jefferson Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on North Hampton Road. |
| | John Merrifield (1792 - 1873) was the patriarch of a Kentucky family who migrated to the Dallas County area in the late 1840s. In 1851 he purchased a farm here which included this site. It was first used as a cemetery in the late 1860s. The only . . . — — Map (db m152482) HM |
| On Valley View Lane east of Valley View Place, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Pioneer settlers used this site for burials as early as the 1840s. The oldest known grave is that of Amanda L. Houx (1829-1847). In 1868 William Huffhines donated a two-acre tract, which included the early graves, to Mount Calvary Baptist Church. A . . . — — Map (db m93134) HM |
| | Soon after arriving in Texas in 1838, Nicholas Darnell was elected to the Republic of Texas Congress, where he served as Speaker of the House. A delegate to the 1845 Statehood Convention, he later represented Dallas and Tarrant counties in the . . . — — Map (db m159598) HM |
| | Kentucky native William S. Beaty came to Texas during its early days as a Republic and received a grant of 640 acres of land. He and his brother, Josiah, who arrived in 1836, settled along the Trinity River in what is now Dallas County. The . . . — — Map (db m153615) HM |
| On Shady Trail, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Old Letot Cemetery Established 1870s. Historic Texas Cemetery 2002 — — Map (db m149244) HM |
| | The area now known as Pioneer Cemetery is composed of the remnants of four early graveyards. The graves, dating from the 1850s, include many of Dallas' early settlers and civic leaders. Two of the graveyards that now make up Pioneer Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m159652) HM |
| On S Buckner Boulevard at Scyene Road, on the right when traveling south on S Buckner Boulevard. |
| | In 640-acre survey of James Jackson Beeman (1816-88), uncle by marriage of John Neely Bryan, first settler in Dallas. Beeman came here from Illinois in 1840, helped cut first road in Trinity bottoms; name Turtle Creek, 1841; and plat city of . . . — — Map (db m158831) HM |
| Near S Buckner Boulevard. |
| | At the intersection of two well-traveled pioneer roads, now Buckner Blvd. and Scyene Rd., this cemetery serves as a reflection of the heritage of this area. Burials took place on the property as early as 1869, but the first marked grave, that of . . . — — Map (db m158736) HM |
| Near Oakland Circle 0.2 miles east of South Malcom X Boulevard. |
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In Morgan's raids, KY, Tenn.
Commanded Gano's Brigade Texas Cavalry, in ARK.
Captured Union train with
$1,500,000 stores.
Erected by the State of Texas 1965 — — Map (db m156362) |
| On Rylie Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1878, John Armstrong Rylie donated land at this site for use as a school by settlers of this part of southeast Dallas County. The property came into service as a cemetery with the burial of Redden Allumbaugh in 1889. Since that time, more than . . . — — Map (db m155784) HM |
| On Dolphin Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1886, the state of Texas approved a charter for congregation Sharis Israel (meaning remnant of Israel) and cemetery. The new congregation was organized by Dallas-area Jews, who first met for services in a grocery store and then in other . . . — — Map (db m156159) HM |
| On Howell Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established by Temple Emanu-el congregation in 1884, this was the second Jewish cemetery in Dallas. The first burials which occurred here were those of Russian immigrants Aaron L. Levy and Jacob Rosenthal. Both men were born in Russia on June 2, . . . — — Map (db m148987) HM |
| | Georgia native Trezevant Calhoun Hawpe, a widower, moved from Tennessee to Dallas County with his son. He married Electa Underwood Bethurum in 1848. Elected Dallas County sheriff in 1850, he served two terms. He later was justice of the peace and . . . — — Map (db m159784) HM |
| | This cemetery represents the last remaining physical reminder of the community of people who worked and lived on a vast commercial farm here known as the Dallas County Trinity Farms from about 1915 to 1946. The farm covered about 3,000 acres of . . . — — Map (db m152235) HM |
| Near Elsie Faye Heggins Street. |
| | A native of Texas, Tueria Dell Marshall attended Wiley College and Prairie View Normal. He became a teacher in Dallas and worked at several schools before being named principal of Lincoln, the city's second high school for African American . . . — — Map (db m156024) HM |
| | Early Dallas County settler George W. Glover acquired this land in 1844. The property was first used as a cemetery for the interment of five-year old Sarah Beeman who died on Mar. 22, 1857. In 1872 Glover deeded the property to his son William . . . — — Map (db m158727) HM |
| On Saint Francis Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | New York native Warren Angus Ferris (1810 - 1873) spent six years as a trapper and chronicler of the American West before moving to the Republic of Texas in late 1836. As official surveyor for Nacogdoches County he surveyed the Three Forks of the . . . — — Map (db m151485) HM |
| On Fort Worth Avenue west of Neal Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Located on part of the original William Coombs survey, burials in this cemetery date to the 1850s. Originally known at Troth, it was formally dedicated in 1881, when land was set aside for a “graveyard forever” by Z.E. Coombes and W.R. . . . — — Map (db m108596) HM |
| | Wheatland Cemetery has served this area since the mid-1800s. Originally named the Branson-Brotherton Cemetery, this burial ground is on property donated by Tom Branson and H.K. Brotherton. The two men, Ohio natives, both were farmers and owners of . . . — — Map (db m154590) HM |
| On Bolton Boone Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This burial ground originally served the family of the Rev. Ellison Armistead Daniel, Sr. (1797-1875) and pioneer settlers of southwest Dallas County. Daniel, who brought his family here in 1852, was a part-time Baptist minister who also farmed . . . — — Map (db m154707) HM |
| Near Cedar Hill Road at N. Joe Wilson Road. |
| | Burials of two small children opened this cemetery in 1856. The oldest stone (1858) commemorates Etna Barker, of a pioneer family. Some relatives of John Neely Bryan, first settler in Dallas, are buried here. This was once the site of a small . . . — — Map (db m154589) HM |
| On Santa Fe Trail, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Crawford Trees (1823-1889) came to Texas in 1845. He and fellow Illinois native Anna Kimmel (1831-1913) were married in 1846. Crawford went to California during the Gold Rush in 1849, returning to Texas two years later with enough money to . . . — — Map (db m154566) HM |
| Near Valley View Lane east of William Dodson Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | William Myers (b.1753) and his wife Flora moved from Virginia to Kentucky, where the last of their ten children, David Myers, was born. David married fellow Kentuckian Letitia Reddish (1801-1885) in 1820. They moved to Indiana in 1829 and to . . . — — Map (db m145910) HM |
| Near Valley View Lane east of William Dodson Parkway, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Known as first child born to settlers in area later to become Dallas County; son of Farmers Branch founders Thomas and Sarah Keenan, who started this cemetery for burial of their infant. Recorded 1971 — — Map (db m146112) HM |
| On Valley View Lane east of William Dodson Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Thomas (1808-1879) and Sarah McCallister Keenan (1807-1872) came to this area as members of the Peter's Colony in 1842. When their two-month-old son, John, died on November 11, 1843, they buried him at this site, establishing one of the earliest . . . — — Map (db m145908) HM |
| On Rockmartin Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1844, Harrison C. Marsh (1805-1889) and his wife, Mary "Polly" (Raymond) (1810-1888), natives of Harrison County, Kentucky, came from Independence, Missouri to Texas with their five children. They settled in Peters Colony on Farmers Branch . . . — — Map (db m148678) HM |
| On Webb Chapel Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Isaac B. (1802-1880) and Mary H. (1816-1887) Webb and their family came to this area of the Peters Colony in 1844. Within a year, the couple led in the formation of a Methodist Society, the first church organized in Dallas County. A log structure, . . . — — Map (db m148775) HM |
| On Marina Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Opened with burials of William (1785?-1858) and Celia (Lair) Anderson (1791?-1859), Kentuckians who lived on Missouri frontier before following to Dallas County a son, John Lair Anderson (1819-85), a Peters Colony settler of 1846, also buried . . . — — Map (db m150779) HM |
| Near Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Edward C. Mills and his family were among the first settlers in Eastern Dallas County, arriving in 1847, to claim a Peters Colony 640-acre headright on Rowlett's Creek. Mills Cemetery was established in October 1854 with the burial of Edward's . . . — — Map (db m149757) HM |
| On West Miller Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The final resting place for many Dallas County pioneers, this cemetery began in the churchyard of Duck Creek Methodist Church, a congregation organized in the 1850s. The graveyard includes sections established by the Duck Creek Masonic Lodge . . . — — Map (db m149754) HM |
| On Johnson Street east of South MacArthur Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This began as a family burial ground in 1866, when David A. Jordan (1808 - 1879) provided land for a cemetery in which to bury his son-in-law, Robert A. Hight (1826 - 1866). The graveyard was later made available to other residents of the area and . . . — — Map (db m146215) HM |
| On Southwest 3rd Street north of Dickey Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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Founded in 1910 by Thomas H. Hall (1867-1965), this cemetery was the result of a need to have a burial ground closer to the community than those existing more than four miles distant. Four acres of land were dedicated for use as a cemetery, and . . . — — Map (db m146460) HM |
| On Hardock Road south of W Shady Grove Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1877 Louis H. Caster (1826-1908) deeded one acre for a community graveyard, church, and schoolhouse. His son-in-law Lewis Dowd gave further acreage in 1888. Once a center of social life for the pioneer families of Shady Grove,
the church and . . . — — Map (db m146405) HM |
| On West Pioneer Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | William Haley (1831-1908) and his wife Lucinda Catherine (1834-1875) came to Texas from Missouri in 1857. They established a farm in this area and later operated a general store. When Lucinda Haley died in 1875, a one-acre site on the family farm . . . — — Map (db m150473) HM |
| On West 27th Street west of West Airfield Branniff Drive. |
| | Soon after lay minister Green W. Minter (1803-1887) moved here about 1854, he helped organize Minter's Chapel Methodist Church. His son in law James Cate set aside 4.1 acres here for a church and a burial ground. The earliest marked grave is of A.M. . . . — — Map (db m127880) HM |
| Near E Irving Boulevard east of Balleywood Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Settlers came to this area near the Elm and west forks of the Trinity River in the mid-1800s. Isaac Henry “Ike” Story built a grocery store in what became the community of Gorbit (also known by similar spellings). Ike Story was the . . . — — Map (db m146217) HM |
| On West Pioneer Drive east of Crisp Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Burial plot was begun in 1868, when a woman and her daughter, whose names have been lost, were interred on the land of Seveir Smalley, a local landowner. In 1874, Edmund D. Sowers (1826 - 1909) and his wife, Freelove, donated one adjoining acre as . . . — — Map (db m150482) HM |
| On Nokomis Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Earliest grave here is that of Lizzie Richardson, a pioneer child who died in the summer of 1845. The site for the cemetery was chosen by Roderick Rawlins, one of the area's first settlers; he was buried here in 1848. Among the graves in the older . . . — — Map (db m152508) HM |
| On Holley Park Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This burial ground was in use well before the Texas and Pacific railroad established the city of Mesquite in 1873. The earliest marked grave is that of Britanna Santifee Chapman (1856-1859), who shares a plot with pioneer residents Davis G. . . . — — Map (db m150861) HM |
| On Lumley Road north of James W. Aston Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | John P. (1827-1899) and Martha (Oden) (1835-1872) Potter, pioneer citizens of the Republic of Texas, bought a farm near the Haught's Store Community in 1860. When their son William L. Potter died in July 1861 he was the first to be buried on this . . . — — Map (db m150880) HM |
| On Motley Drive at Jan LeCroy Drive, on the right when traveling south on Motley Drive. |
| | Zachariah Motley migrated to Texas (1856) from Kentucky with his family and slaves. He and his wife Mary, five sons and three daughters helped settle this area and built their home some 200' northeast of this site, a one-half acre portion of the . . . — — Map (db m92012) HM |
| On Arapaho Road at Grove Road, on the right when traveling west on Arapaho Road. |
| | Established for family and community burials by the Rev. George L. Blewett, this cemetery was first used in 1855 after the death of his daughter Ann. A Cumberland Presbyterian minister, Blewett had come to Texas in 1853 with his family and other . . . — — Map (db m126986) HM |
| Near S Greenville Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In June 1855, John B. Floyd (1808-1879) of Kentucky bought 900 acres of land that included this tract. Later that year he settled here with his family. In the 1860s he set aside this acre for a family cemetery. Early burials included strangers' . . . — — Map (db m148708) HM |
| | William Sachse, a native of Prussia, arrived in nearby Collin County in 1845 as a Peters colonist. He became a successful businessman, rancher, and trader, and participated in several cattle drives to Kansas. His business successes over time . . . — — Map (db m149143) HM |
| On U.S. 175, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1870, James J. Lee (1820-1901), a Confederate Army veteran from Mississippi, donated land for this cemetery, stipulating that no charges were to be made for plots. The 1.125-acre tract was the first cemetery in southeast Dallas County. Among . . . — — Map (db m149498) HM |
| On Long Creek Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Capt. A. Webb, veteran of the Black Hawk War in Illinois, established a homestead near here as part of the Mercer Colony in the mid-19th century. He was joined later by father-in-law and War of 1812 veteran Benjamin Crownover and his family. In . . . — — Map (db m150830) HM |
| On Elgin Avenue south of NE 1st Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | First burial ground in Dawson County. Given by Frank Conner. First grave, Nov. 10, 1904, for Mrs. G. W. Pate, who had suggested cemetery. Plot closed 1907, except for 1949 burial of W. R. Kelly beside his wife. The 22 others here: Montie Andrews, . . . — — Map (db m110196) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 809 6.5 miles south of Interstate 40, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Early settlers to this area included the J.C. Womble family, which came in January 1892. The next year, the community obtained land on which to build a schoolhouse, known as the Union School. In May 1893, George D. Whitfield, a young cowboy, was . . . — — Map (db m91719) HM |
| On Prairie Mound Cemetery Road. |
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This burial ground was in use by 1882 when adjoining property was deeded to the Prairie Mound Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The earliest marked grave here is that of Edgar Myers (1875-1878), the son of J. E. and M. J. Myers. Church . . . — — Map (db m147210) HM |
| On West Hickory Street at North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377), on the left when traveling east on West Hickory Street. |
| | Born in Tennessee July 26, 1806, came to Texas in January, 1836, as a Methodist circuit rider. Killed in the Village Creek Indian fight May 24, 1841 in what is now Tarrant County. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant who commanded the volunteers. Denton . . . — — Map (db m121788) HM |
| On Teasley Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
| | With burials dating to 1852, this graveyard is associated with some of the earliest settlement in Denton County. In that year, Rebecca Daugherty, daughter of one of the pioneer families, died and was buried on family property. Over time, burials . . . — — Map (db m148685) HM |
| On Wager Road south of St Gallen Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The history of this small community cemetery dates to the 1850s, before Denton was selected as county seat. The site contains graves of early pioneers of the Lewisville-Flower Mound area.
Settlers included Nehemiah Wade Boyd (1823-1856), his . . . — — Map (db m105529) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1173 0.2 miles west of Plainview Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Located in western Denton County, Plainview Cemetery served as a burial ground for early settlers in the area. The Plainview community began around 1878 when the families of Gideon Kimbrough (1833-1923) and William Kimbrough (1824-1912) and their . . . — — Map (db m77371) HM |
| On McGee Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
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The McCurley family of Illinois settled in Denton County in 1852. George Collins McCurley set aside land for a burial ground, church, and school. A traveling stranger may have been the first burial, but George's brother, Abraham, who died in . . . — — Map (db m146433) HM |
| | This area of Denton County was known as Holford's Prairie in the mid-19th century, named for brothers John and James Halford (Holford), pioneer settlers who obtained 640 acres of land as members of the Peters Colony. Basdeal W. Lewis platted the . . . — — Map (db m147212) HM |
| On Cemetery Road 0.3 miles east of Ragan Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The only cemetery to serve the town of Dickens. This graveyard began in 1891, the same year the town was founded. Mrs. C. F. Jones, wife of pioneer settler and town barber C. F. Jones, died in 1891 and was buried by her husband at the foot of a hill . . . — — Map (db m104711) HM |
| On U.S. 277 0.3 miles north of Williams Road (County Highway 101), on the right when traveling north. |
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Among the earliest settlers in the area later named Dimmit County, the Burleson family settled near Carrizo Springs between 1865 and 1870. James A. (1869-1895), Joseph E. (1870-1895), and Samuel (1877-1895) Burleson died suddenly, probably of . . . — — Map (db m111335) HM |
| On State Highway 70 1 mile south of Interstate 40, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Pioneer area settler Henry S. Boydstun (1858-1942), a native of Illinois, moved his family to this area in 1890. That year, his infant son, Eddie, died and was buried in the southwest corner of the family farm. In 1898, Boydstun deeded two acres at . . . — — Map (db m100418) HM |
| On State Highway 70, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In this first cemetery of Donley County, sixteen rods west lie the first dead of Old Clarendon. Here white civilization sank its roots in sadness and from the graves in this sacred acre strong pioneer spirits turned to face the future with greater . . . — — Map (db m151697) HM |
| On State Highway 70 1 mile from Interstate 40, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Settlement of this area of Donley County began in the late 19th century, before the town of Jericho was founded as a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf rail line about 1902. Early community burials took place in the pasture near this . . . — — Map (db m100417) HM |
| On FM 1932, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Historically significant for its associations with rancher Alfred Rowe and the now-extinct community of Rowe, this burial ground is a reflection of early area farming and ranching efforts and the harshness of pioneer life as permanent settlement . . . — — Map (db m151619) HM |
| On County Road 126 0.6 miles north of Farm to Market Road 2945, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Texas and Pacific Railway built the Delmar depot near here in 1880 before rail activity shifted to Red Gap (later Cisco). A new community named Dothan formed and gained a post office in 1902. Jim and Manirval (Short) Dunaway, who settled here in . . . — — Map (db m113527) HM |
| Near W. 2nd Street at Avenue J. |
| | Dolphin William Bint (1845-1883) came to the United States from England in 1876 and settled in Eastland County in the Red Gap community. While on a journey to Fort Worth to buy lumber for their home, his wife gave birth to a stillborn son. His . . . — — Map (db m113526) HM |
| Near County Road 147 at County Road 151, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Settled in the 1870s, the Scranton community grew to include a post office, stores, a cotton gin, blacksmith, school and academy. In Oct. 1896, Joseph Jackson Ray and Sarah Frances (Morgan) Ray donated land for a Baptist church and graveyard. The . . . — — Map (db m80071) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 2461 1 mile south of Interstate 20, on the left when traveling south. |
| | According to local tradition this site was established as a community graveyard about 1873, the year Eastland County was organized and one year prior to the community of Merrimans selection as county seat. Although there are many unmarked . . . — — Map (db m97769) HM |
| Near State Highway 36 at County Road 247, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Tradition holds that Captain A.M. Curry suggested the name for the Pioneer community, established in 1883. Bill Smith became its first postmaster in 1885. The burial here of Mrs. S.A. Briggs (believed to be Catherine P. Owsley Briggs) in 1879, . . . — — Map (db m79952) HM |
| | The town of Rocksprings traces its beginnings to 1889, when J.R. Sweeten dug the first water well in the area to serve new settlers. Three years later, in 1892, Sweeten donated two acres of land to be used as a community cemetery.
There were . . . — — Map (db m143117) HM |
| Near East Yandell Drive near Travis Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Known as Concordia during the 1840s, this area was the home of Chihuahua trader Hugh Stephenson. In 1856 his wife, Juana (Ascarate), was buried in what is now part of Concordia Cemetery. The graveyard gained widespread use in the 1880s when El . . . — — Map (db m37947) HM |
| Near North Stevens Street 0.1 miles south of East Yandell Drive. |
| | History
In 1866, One year after the end of the Civil War and more than six months after the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was enacted Congress had the need to reorganize the peacetime Regular Army. Recognizing the Military merits of Black . . . — — Map (db m38367) HM |
| Near East Yandell Drive at North Stevens Street. |
| | Born in Bonham, Texas, John Wesley Hardin was named for the founder of Methodism. "Wes" Hardin grew into a family man, cowboy, and outlaw who claimed to have killed more than 30 men. An unusual sort of gunslinger, Hardin considered himself a pillar . . . — — Map (db m38070) HM |
| Near East Yandell Drive at North Stevens Street. |
| | The leaders of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints were looking to Mexico as a possible colonization site. By the spring of 1875, nearly 100 pages of selected passages from the Book of Mormon had been translated into Spanish for . . . — — Map (db m38069) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 34) at Couch Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | 3 miles northeast
from here was buried
General Edward
H. Tarrant
Veteran of the War of 1812, member
of the Texas Congress and a
courageous Indian fighter Born
in North Carolina, 1796 Died in
Parker County, Texas, August . . . — — Map (db m117285) HM |
| On Couch Street north of North Ward Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A soldier in the Army of Texas
in 1836 Born in Tennessee, Feb-
ruary 2, 1804; died October 15, 1891
His wife
Mary Hardeman
Born in Tennessee, February
12, 1812 Died February 19, 1857 — — Map (db m117284) HM |
| Near Water Street 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (U.S. 77), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Served in the Army of Texas in
1836 Born in Alabama, September
10, 1810 Died January 11, 1885
His wife
Isabella Weir
McDaniel
Born in Alabama, March
8, 1818 Died May 4, 1897 — — Map (db m117283) HM |
| Near Water Street 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (U.S. 77), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Soldier in the Texas Army in
1836 Born in Tennessee June
17, 1808 Died November 24, 1880
His wife
Stacy Choate Jordan
Born in Tennessee, October 15,
1816 Died January 27, 1884 — — Map (db m117282) HM |
| On Old Highway 287 at U.S. 287, on the right when traveling south on Old Highway 287. |
| | John I. Richardson (1839-1922), county surveyor, Mason, and veteran of the 12th Texas Confederate Cavalry, married Ann Elizabeth Reagor (1849-1923) in 1865. Both were descendants of the family for which Reagor Springs was named. A cousin, Robert S. . . . — — Map (db m152970) HM |
| On South Central Boulevard (State Highway 342) north of Allen Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Originally known as the Kemble Cemetery, this graveyard began as a family burial ground. Abraham Kemble acquired the land on which the cemetery is located about 1860. He and his wife Mary were both buried here in 1867. In 1892 Kemble descendants . . . — — Map (db m152247) HM |
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