The table below lists in alphabetical order all the Bowie County cemeteries shown on the Google map here and as seen in the screenshot above. Note that this link will bring up the Google map with perhaps other layers showing (such as “Century Roads,” Bowie County Places, etc.). The desired layers can be accessed by clicking on/off the boxes in the legend to the left of the map.
Note that the link above may not always work, particularly on phones or pads. If that happens, you can copy and paste directly in a browser search box the following URL:
The Google map and the list below include individual links to most of the Bowie County cemetery censuses at the Find A Grave website (this link goes to the list for Bowie County). Find A Grave provides an immense collection of cemetery censuses and is searchable. Although the cemetery information given below usually provides the number of memorials at each cemetery and the earliest death year, this information changes with time as the Find A Grave site is updated frequently.
THE BOWIE COUNTY CEMETERY LIST
| Akin Cemetery #1 has five memorials listed at the Find A Grave site, but two are for Collin McKinney Akin, Sr. His was the earliest death year, 1887, recorded at the site. The other three names listed are also Akins. |
| Akin Cemetery #2 is not mapped on the Find A Grave site, but directions are given on the “Texas Gravestone Project” site at https://texasgravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=1937 as copied below. The location shown in this map has not been verified. The Find A Grave wesite shows 12 memorials, with the earliest death date being 1863, that of James Collin Akin. The other burials are all of Akin family members. Directions:”Southwest of Texarkana on US Hwy 67, Take FM RD 2148 south, cross railroad and first dirt road on left. Cross Akin Creek, pass dirt road and on the left, stop in front of the first house. Cemetery is north of house about 100 yards south of railroad.” |
| Antioch Cemetery #1, just north of New Boston, is an African-American cemetery with 262 memorials listed on the Find A Grave website. The earliest death year recorded is 1900, and the cemetery is still in use as of 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2271767 |
| Antioch Cemetery #2, on Red River Army Depot, has 219 memorials recorded at the Find A Grave website. The earliest death year recorded is 1888. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2141/memorial-search?page=7#sr-139335527 |
| Arkadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery is an Arican-American Cemetery near Old Boston with 343 memorials recorded at “Find A Grave”. The earliest death year recorded is 1888. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crMap&CRid=678097 |
| Atwood Cemetery in Redwater has only two memorials recorded at the Find A Grave site. Both are for what appear to be two Atwood baby sisters with death dates in 1890. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2437007/memorial-search. There is another “Atwood Cemetery (Texarkana)” noted on the Texas Gravestones site, but there are what appear to be only two different names listed. See https://texasgravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=1947. This cemetery is not listed on the Find A Grave site, and its location is unknown. |
| Atwood Cemetery #2 is the second known by the Atwood name in Bowie County. Directions to it are on the Texas Gravestones site and copied here–“Located West of Texarkana on US Hwy. 67, 1/2 mile East of the East Fork of Elliott Creek & 1/2 mile south of US Hwy 67.” This location shown here approximates those directions, but a cemetery site in this vicinity is not obvious in the satellite image. There are four names listed on this site, but two appear to be duplicates. Dates on the gravestone are unreadable, according to the census taker. See https://texasgravestones.org/view.php?id=6639 |
| Baker-McCurry Cemetery, also known as the McCurry-Baker Cemetery, has been designated as a Texas Historic Cemetery. There are 13 memorials listed with the earliest burial recorded as 1853. See https://www.findagravTexe.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2364431 |
| Ballard Sullivan Family Cemetery–There are 5 memorials listed on the Find-a-Grave website with the earliest death year being 1907. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2437263/memorial-search?page=1#sr-84858371 |
| Barkman Cemetery–From family Bible records, there are at least 6 of the Barkman family buried here, including the patriarch and headright holder John Barkman (1786-1870). The earliest death year of those buried here is 1864. The location of this cemetery here is taken from the 1953 USGS Leary Quadrangle . Directions are also given as “From Leary go north on FM 1398. Go about 3 miles. On the right you will see a few headstones, on a hill, under a group of big trees, in the woods.” From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102552495/john-barkman |
| Barfield Cemetery–There are 73 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site, with the earliest death year recorded on a memorial being 1863. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2238/memorial-search?page=1#sr-60594736 |
| Beaver Dam Cemetery–This is an historic African-American cemetery and a companion to the nearby community of Beaver Dam. There are 150 memorials shown. The earliest death year is 1923, but it seems likely there are earlier burials. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2359253. |
| Berry Cemetery is located just north of Corley. There are 9 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site, with the earliest death date being 1887 (two infants in that year). For a cemetery census, see https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2346/memorial-search?page=1#sr-196792888 |
| Big Woods Cemetery is a few miles southwest of DeKalb. There are 155 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site, with the earliest recorded death year being 1887. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2137547 |
| Buchanan Cemetery: Location shown is from coordinates given on the website below, where a census can also be found: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2629. There are 55 memorials listed on this website, with the earliest death date being 1922. The exact location of the cemetery is uncertain, as it is also shown as being on Kennedy Lake to the south in “Texas Land Survey Maps for Bowie County,” by Gregory A. Boyd, Arphax Publishing. |
| Carpenter Cemetery: This cemetery is on Myrtle Springs Road, but the cemetery site is overgrown. It is located behind a wooden sign that is visible from the highway although now unreadable. There are 67 memorials recorded on the Find A Grave website. The earliest recorded death year is 1915 (Isam Burley). https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2760/memorial-search?page=1#sr-154035327 |
| Cedar Grove Cemetery, east of Dalby Springs, is almost hidden among the trees and has been heavily vandalized. The local legend is that a vampire was buried at the back of the cemetery, with an iron fence now around the grave. The earliest death date recorded in the cemetery census is 1879. For more information and the census see https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2807 |
| Cedar Springs Cemetery is an old African-American cemetery northeast of New Boston. The census for this cemetery lists 567 names, with the earliest death year recorded being 1909. For the cemetery census go to the following website:https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2478511 |
| Center Ridge Cemetery, just south of Maud, was established in 1882. The cemetery census given at the website below lists 2061 names. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=634313&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2538&CSsr=21& |
| Chapelwood Cemetery and mausoleum has more than 11,000 interments. For a census, see http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txkusa/Cemeteries/chaplewood_cemetery.html |
| College Hill Cemetery has 658 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site. The oldest death year recorded is 1868. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1989132/college-hill-cemetery/map |
| Collom-Reed Cemetery is on the Red River Army Depot. Also known as Reed Cemetery, there are 14 memorials recorded on the “Find A Grave” website, with the earliest death year being 1861. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/6293/memorial-search?page=1#sr-105704722 |
| Dalby Springs Church, built of knotless pine wood in 1886, is thought to be the oldest still-standing church in Bowie County. The cemetery census given at the Find A Grave site lists 341 burials: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1960523&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2538&CSsr=41&. The earliest death date listed is 1845. |
| Daniels Chapel Cemetery: There are 29 names listed in the cemetery census at https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1977440/memorial-search?page=2#sr-8333926. The earliest death date listed in this census is 1965, but the other dates listed in this census are all in the 2000s. |
| De Kalb Cemetery: A cemetery census is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=3198&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2538&CSsr=41&. There are 290 names listed in this census, and the earliest death date is 1900. Apparently this is an African-American cemetery. |
| Durham Cemetery: A census for this small family cemetery near Simms is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2311913. This census lists 25 names, and the earliest death date is 1876 (William Henry Durham). According to this website, “There are some very old graves there. Some of the tombstones have disappeared. Occasionally, new graves do appear there.” |
| Elliott Cemetery (one of several by that name in Bowie County), north of Old Union, has 29 memorials recorded at the Fin A Grave site. The earliest burial year is 1852 and the most recent 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2654942/elliott-cemetery/map |
| Elliott Family Cemetery (RRAD): This small cemetery is located on Red River Army Depot property. The location is somewhat uncertain as it is not visible on the satellite map. A listing of the only two names is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crMap&CRid=3406. The earliest death year recorded is 1963. |
| Elliott Family Cemetery, one of several by the Elliott name, is north of Hooks. From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2525689, there are 5 names listed, with the earliest death date being 1888. Also, “From I-30 travel north on FM 560 to County Road 2108. Turn east on County Road 2108 for approximately one half mile. The cemetery is located south of County Road 2108 down a lane in the woods approximately 500 feet. The cemetery is on the left just after passing over the small creek (it is shallow enough to be waded during the wet season).” |
| The only burial listed is that of Sam Elliott (1828-1910). |
| Everett Cemetery: There are 109 burials listed on the census given at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2288391. The earliest death date on this list is 1971, so it is a relatively new cemetery, although the area was settled much earlier.. |
| Eylau Cemetery: There are 1192 memorials listed on the Find-a-Grave website, with the earliest death year recorded as being 1872. |
| Eylau Christian Cemetery: There are 164 names in the cemetery census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2313462. The earliest death date is 1904. |
| Foreman-Lassisster-Smith Cemetery: There is an old cemetery somewhere near this marker. The true name is not known, but the family names are Foreman, Lassister, and Smith, according to a census at http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bowie/cemetery/foreman.txt. There are six names listed in this census, with the earliest death date being 1855. |
| Garland Cemetery, an African-American cemetery, is just west of De Kalb. A cemetery census is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=3765. There are 78 names listed, with the earliest death date being 1932. |
| Godley Prairie Cemetery is just west of Boston. A cemetery census is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2187491. There are 71 names listed with the earliest death date being 1899. |
| Grandview Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in the southwest part of Texarkana, just off Finley Road. There are 80 memorials listed in the Find-a-Grave website, with the earliest death year recorded as 1919. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/3890/grandview-cemetery |
| Gravel Hill Cemetery is northwest of De Kalb. There are 301 memorials listed in the cemetery census in the Find A Grave website, with the earliest death date being 1894: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1&GScid=163634& |
| Handley Cemetery is a small, old cemetery with 27 names listed in the census in the website below. The earliest death date is 1876. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=420993 |
| Harrell Cemetery is an African-American cemetery associated with the Bethlehem community has 53 memorials listed in the census (see website below), with the earliest death date recorded being 1940. There may well be earlier burials, as there appear to be at least 14 tombstones (probably unreadable) visible in the satellite view. Although it is relatively isolated, the most recent death date is 2017. See: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=4083 |
| Harris Cemetery (De Kalb): There are 52 names listed in the census in the website below, with the earliest death date being 1906. There do not seem to be any recent burials, with 1979 being the latest and most being before about 1950.. See: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=41&GScid=4089& |
| Harris Cemetery (Maud): There are only 8 names listed in the census for this hidden cemetery. The earliest death date listed is 1878. For the census, go to https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=4087 |
| Harrison Chapel Cemetery (Mooresville) west of Texarkana is one of the oldest cemeteries (Magnolia, just west of New Boston, is slightly older) in Bowie County. The original chapel at this site was founded by Mary Moores (wife of the landowner Charles Moores) in 1841. For some stories of the Moores family see “Texarkana Pioneers” at http://genealogytrails.com/tex/pineywoods/bowie/pioneers.html. The community later called Mooresville was near this location on the large landholdings of Charles Moores. A cemetery census with 39 names is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2410135; The earliest death date in this list is 1843. There is a historical marker at the cemetery (see photo) that notes there are 100 graves at the cemetery. From the Handbook of Texas Online: “Moores’, also known as Mooresville, was two miles northeast of Redwater off present U.S. Highway 67 in eastern Bowie County. It was named for Col. Charles Moores, on whose property the post office was located in 1841. Methodist circuit minister John W. P. McKenzie organized an early church there in 1842. The post office was discontinued in 1866. Later maps show no evidence of the community.” Handbook of Texas Online, Christopher Long, “MOORES’, TX,” accessed September 05, 2019, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrmjf. |
| Hays Cemetery is at the southwest corner of Red River Army Depot. There are only 4 burials recorded for this cemetery, all with burial years between 1897-1899. |
| The Hickory Hill Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Wake Village also known as Nash Cemetery (but not located in the community of Nash). There are 1952 memorials listed in the census found at the Find A Grave site with the earliest death year being 1904. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=4130. |
| Hillcrest Cemetery is one of Texarkana’s largest cemeteries, with 9117 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=4249&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2538&CSsr=61&. These include US Congressman Wright Patman, who served as a US Representative for nearly 50 years (1929-1976) and US Senator Morris Sheppard (served 1913-1941). |
| Holloway Cemetery is southeast of Redwater. There are 66 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=41&GScid=4295&, with the earliest death year being 1916. |
| Holy Cross is the second large Catholic cemetery in Texarkana, the first being Sacred Heart on Texas Boulevard. It is located adjacent to the earlier Wootten Springs Cemetery. There are 751 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=4326. The earliest death date found in this census is 1911. |
| Hooks (Wilder) Cemetery is in the town of Hooks and also known as Wilder Cemetery. There are 204 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1019982. The earliest death date in the census is 1889. |
| Hooks Cemetery #2 is an African-American Cemetery just northeast of De Kalb. From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2545185, there are 73 listed names, with the earliest death date being 1910 and the latest 2015. Also, “From Texarkana, Texas, follow I-30 West to DeKalb Exit, Hwy 82, past New Boston. Keep to the right lane of off-ramp. Go abt 6/10 of a mile to stoplight. You are at the junction of Hwy 82, and Hwy 98 south, (Left) and Hwy 3378 north, (right). Turn right onto 3378. Go 3.3 miles to Farm to Market Road (FM) 992. Turn left (West). Follow 992 10.6 miles. There is a cemetery sign (Hooks Cemetery) on left side of road. There is a narrow dirt road (driveway) to the left. Follow it to it’s end, and you are looking into the cemetery. It has no official sign other than the one on the highway. The dirt road really is a private driveway, but the man living in the trailer house on the left side of the driveway by the cemetery is a very nice man, and will let you visit. The land the cemetery is on was donated years ago by a Mr Hooks, hence the name. It has many, many unmarked graves, and many with old funeral home markers that are illegible.” |
| Hubbard Cemetery is also known as Hubbard Chapel Cemetery. there are 495 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2163004. The earliest death date in this census is 1842. |
| Hughes Cemetery is northeast of New Boston. Also known as Hughes-Knight Cemetery or Knight Cemetery, there are 48 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=4409. The earliest death date recorded is 1849. |
| Irby Cemetery is just north of Corley, but the location of this cemetery is uncertain, with the website at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crMap&CRid=4462showing this location. Only one name is listed, that of Thomas A. Crump (1838-1925). |
| Janes Family Cemetery is located within the Quail Hollow subdivision. Location information is from the Texas Gravestones project website at https://texasgravestones.org/view.php?id=7526. |
| Johnson Cemetery, north of Leary, has seven names listed at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2525547 with the earliest death date being 1916 and the latest 2011. Also, from this website, “Take FM 2253 north off of FM 2148 in Leary, TX. Turn right (east) into the Bent Tree Subdivision. When the road comes to a T, the cemetery will be about 50 yards southeast in a wooded area. During the rainy season the cemetery is almost completely covered in water. There appear to be two sets of cement markers identifying the original entrance to the cemetery, but this is unconfirmed. Additionally, there appear to be numerous unmarked graves as the markers that remain are placed over a large area about 50 yards long (north-south) and 30 yards wide (east-west).” |
| Lakeview Cemetery, just north of Wright Patman Lake, has 39 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site with the earliest death year being 1913. (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2420648/lakeview-cemetery/map) |
| La Rue Cemetery is just north of Hooks. The cemetery census given at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2349481lists only six names, with the earliest death date recorded being 1930. From the notes at this website, “Located north of Hooks, TX on FM 560 to Knights Lane. Turn left and go 1/2 mile. Cemetery is on the right and is enclosed by a fence without a gate. Completely grown up and hard to see.” |
| Lenox Hill Cemetery is near the Red River north of De Kalb. There are 54 names listed for this old cemetery in the website census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1985043. The earliest death date is 1863 and the latest is 2013. It is near and may have been part of the old Burkham (Mill Creek) Settlement. One of the more noted persons buried here was Thomas Lenox (1838-1894), who was born near Rolla, Missouri and was a member of the Texas Legislature from 1885 to 1887. |
| Liberty Hill Cemetery (new) is one of two near this location on Daniels Chapel Road. This, the newer one, has 142 burials listed in a census that can be found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2137912. The earliest death date listed is 1915. |
| Liberty Hill Cemetery (old) is located on private property. The earliest death date recorded in the cemetery census (see below) is 1906. The census is available at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txkusa/Cemeteries/libertyhilloldcem.html |
| Lumpkin Cemetery is an old cemetery near Dalby Springs. There are six names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=4975. The earliest death date is 1852 and the latest 1899. |
| Macedonia Cemetery is an old African-American cemetery just off Highway 67 southwest of Texarkans. There are 104 memorials listed on the Find-a-Grave website with the earliest death year recorded as being 1915. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2528882/memorial-search?page=1#sr-163446476 |
| Magnolia Cemetery, just west of New Boston, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Bowie County (earliest death date is 1840 as listed in the census found at the website below), there are 239 names listed in this at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=229945&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2538&CSsr=81&. |
| Malta Cemetery: There are 266 names listed in the census to be found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2187720. The earliest death date is 1904. |
| McAdams Cemetery (RRAD): This location is given at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=5090. There is no information on interments. |
| Moores Chapel (Northwood) Cemetery: There are 407 names in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=420254&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2538&CSsr=81&. Also known as Northwood Cemetery for the nearby Presbyterian church (originally the site of Moores Chapel). According to the sign at the entrance, the cemetery opened in 1901, and the earliest death date in the census is 1901. |
| Mt. Obie Cemeter is just east of Corley. There are 84 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1&GScid=5393&. The earliest death date is 1918. |
| Mullins Cemetery is indicated at this Red River Army Depot location on the Find A Grave website at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=5469; however, this is not obvious from the satellite map. Nine names are listed in the census, with two unknown burials noted. The earliest death date is 1865. |
| Myrtle Springs Cemetery is in the old community of Myrtle Springs just north of Hooks. There are 265 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2139606. The earliest death date listed is 1932. |
| Nash Cemetery: There are 313 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=5506. The earliest death year noted is 1889. |
| New Boston Cemetery: There are 372 memorials recorded on “Find A Grave.” The earliest death year shown is 1885. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/5540/memorial-search?page=9#sr-147894399 |
| New Hope Cemetery: There are 352 memorials listed on the Find-a-Grave website. The earliest death year recorded is 1882. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2131559/memorial-search |
| Oak Grove Cemetery is west of De Kalb on Highway 82. There are 142 memorials recorded at the Find A Grave site. The earliest death year is 1899. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1972849/memorial-search?page=1#sr-50282752 |
| Oak Ridge Cemetery is an African-American cemetery north of De Kalb. The earliest death year recorded on the “Find-A-Grave” website is 1925. There are 99 memorials recorded. |
| Old DeKalb Cemetery has 145 memorials recorded on the Find A Grave website with the earliest death year being 1867. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2283854/old-dekalb-cemetery |
| Old Salem Cemetery is shown on the 1958 Bowie County Highway Map, with the associated church (presumably the Old Salem Baptist Church) directly across the road to the north. A school is shown at the road intersection to the east. A cemetery census, with 645 names listed, can be found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1964700. The earliest death date in this census is 1878. Old Salem, as a farm community, may have never had a center, as it does not appear as a community on the older maps (the 1918 Bowie County Soil Map, for example.) From the Handbook of Texas Online: “Old Salem is a small rural community located near the junction of Interstate 30 and Farm Road 1840 about five miles southwest of New Boston and twenty-six miles west of Texarkana in west central Bowie County. The area (also called Salem) was probably settled by farmers during the second half of the 1800s. The oldest marked grave in Old Salem Cemetery, located next to Old Salem Baptist Church, dates to 1880 note: the cemetery census noted above has one death date listed as 1878). In the 1930s the community had a school and scattered farms and dwellings. During the later part of the twentieth century the region still had homes, farms, and dairy cattle operations. Old Salem had a population of fifty in 2000.” (Handbook of Texas Online, Laurie E. Jasinski, “Old Salem, TX,” accessed January 28, 2017, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hno26.) |
| Old Union Cemetery has 1370 memorials given on the Find-a-Grave website. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/5807/memorial-search. According to a sign at the cemetery, the earliest burial recorded is 1850, although there may well be earlier burials. For more information on Old Union, see the separate entry on the community. |
| Pierce Family Cemetery has a location given at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1140582, although burials are not obvious in the satellite map. There are only two names listed, Amon McMillon Pierce (1832-1922) and Sarah Jane Larue Pierce (1848-1910). |
| Pine Springs Cemetery has 261 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2187427. The earliest death date is 1876. |
| Piney Grove Cemetery is on Red River Army Depot with a location given at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crMap&CRid=6016. There is only one interment noted in the census, that of Sally Bowie White (1914-1938). The exact location is not obvious from the satellite map. |
| Pleasant Hill Cemetery has168 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2222265. The earliest death date is 1840. The relationship of the Pleasant Hill community to the “Spanish Bluff” community and to the Richard Ellis home place is not known. . |
| Powell Cemetery is in southwest Bowie County with this approximate location from USGS Bassett Topo and from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=6140. No names are listed at this site. A community named “Powell Grove” was likely located nearby and had a post office for one year, 1869-1870. The cemetery is likely at least that old. |
| Pulaskia Cemetery (AKA Pulaski Cemetery) is near New Boston and shown on the 1958 Bowie County Highway Map along with the nearby church. There are 315 memorials recorded on “Find A Grave.” The earliest death year recorded is 1890. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/423238/memorial-search |
| Rathburn Cemetery is south of Highway 67 west of Texarkana. There are 28 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2181418. The earliest death date is 1896. |
| Read Hill Cemetery is near Boston and has1055 memorials recorded at “Find a Grave.” The earliest death date recorded on a memorial is 1855 (Dr. Martin I. Read). See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/421823/memorial-search?page=40#sr-55544746 and |
| Red Bank Cemetery (Old) is an African-American cemetery with 113 memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” site. The earliest death year is 1863 (Mary Beth Hooks–there are many Hooks surnames listed). See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2452997/memorial-search?page=1#sr-161996929 |
| Red Bank Cemetery (New) is the second African-American cemetery in this vicinity. There are 102 memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” website for this “new” Red Bank Cemetery. The earliest recorded death year is 1927. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2608257/memorial-search?page=1#sr-160223694 |
| Red Bayou Cemetery, just north of New Boston, has 1024 memorials recorded on the “Find A Grave” website. The earliest recorded death year is 1866. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1053612/memorial-search |
| Red Lick Cemetery has 2018 memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” website. The earliest death year recorded is 1883, that for “Sweetie” Earnest (1883-1883), an infant. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/420698/memorial-search?page=83#sr-8563420 |
| Red Springs Cemetery on Richmond Road north of Texarkana is an old African-American Cemetery. See (https://sites.rootsweb.com/%7Etxkusa/Cemeteries/redsprings.html). There are 467 memorials listed on the Find=a-Grave website, with the earliest recorded burial year being 1912. |
| Red Springs Cemetery (RRAD) has 49 memorials recorded on the “Find A Grave” website. The earliest death year recorded is 1861. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2393068/memorial-search?page=2#sr-119584946 |
| Redwater Cemetery has 1212 memorials recorded at the Find A Grave website. Earliest burial year recorded is 1884. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=420919 |
| Ringwood Cemetery is at Old Boston and has 1222 memorials listed on the Find A Grave Site. The earliest burial year recorded in “Find a Grave” is 1848 (Nancy Ann Moss). See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1148895 |
| Roberts Cemetery, southwest of Old Boston, has155 memorials recorded at Find A Grave. The earliest recorded is 1896. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/6397/roberts-cemetery |
| Rochelle Family Cemetery has three memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” website, including that of Charles Moores Rochelle (1829-1884). See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2658091/memorial-search. There is a historical marker at the entrance of the “Rochelle Place” (which is private). The text of the marker reads ” On land settled 1811 and later patented in Republic of Texas by M. H. Janes. Built 1866 by Charles M. Rochelle, husband of Janes’ daughter, Elizabeth. Home of their son, state legislator Wm. C. Rochelle, and descendants. Unique fireplace mantel was hand-hewn by slaves.” Note that the date of 1811 here is likely early, as there are no documented Anglo settlers in what is now Bowie County at that time. |
| Rock Creek Cemetery, east of Old Boston, has 449 memorials recorded at the Find A Grave site. Earliest burial year recorded at “Find a Grave” is 1873. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1118707 |
| Rock Hill Cemetery is east of Old Boston and has 366 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site. The earliest recorded death year is 1836, making this likely the earliest recorded burial in Bowie County. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=6417 |
| Rose Hill Cemetery has 4123 memorials listed on the Find-a-Grave website. This is the oldest of the large cemeteries in Texarkana, dating back to the late 1870s. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/6465/rose-hill-cemetery. |
| Runnels Cemetery (RRAD) has12 memorials recorded for this family cemetery, all with death dates between 1850 and 1867. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crMap&CRid=6527 |
| Sacred Heart is the oldest Catholic cemetery in Texarkana, with burials as early as 1876 and a total of 702 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site at https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/421827/memorial-search?page=1#sr-100034833. |
| St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Texarkana has 69 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site with the earliest death year being 1991. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2370120 |
| Sand Hill Cemetery, located southwest of Old Boston, has 1739 memorials listed on the Find-a-Grave website at https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/229980/memorial-search. A sign at the cemetery indicates it was established in 1861. |
| Shady Grove Cemetery is an African-American cemetery at Old Boston with 185 memorials on the Find A Grave site. The earliest death year listed is 1915. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2148036/memorial-search?page=3#sr-188898739 |
| Sherrill-Burnett (Mt. Obie Baptist Church) Cemetery at Corley has 17 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2581690. The earliest death year is 1884. |
| Shipp (McCright) Cemetery near Old Boston has 63 names listed in the census at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2297203. The earliest death year in the census is 1855. |
| Spring Branch Cemetery is shown on the 1951 Daniels Chapel USGS Topo Map and mapped on the Find A Grave site, but no information is given. Nothing is discernible on the satellite image of this location. |
| Spring Hill Cemetery is one of the oldest in Bowie County. There are now memorials recorded at the Find A Grave website. The earliest death year is 1847. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1884255/spring-hill-cemetery |
| Talbot Cemetery just north of Old Boston is a small family cemetery of 8 burials. The earliest burial year is 1857. Family history information on the Find A Grave website notes that John and Sarah Talbot came to Texas in the late 1830s, about the time the Boston area was beginning to be occupied by immigrant farmers. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2343737 |
| Till Cemetery is on Red River Army Depot, and there are three Till family members recorded on the Find A Grave site, all buried between 1882 and 1886. See https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/7241/memorial-search |
| Tiller Cemetery on the Red River Army Depot has 46 memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” website, with the earliest death year being 1861. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=7242 |
| Unknown Barkman Road Cemetery–Headstones can be seen from FM1398, but the name of the cemetery is not known. Location as shown is from the 1953 USGS Leary Quadrangle too map. |
| Victory City Cemetery is just north of Highway 82 east of Hooks. Also known as Hopkins Cemetery, there are 41 names listed in the census found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1&GScid=2271735&. The earliest death date is 1960. |
| Wards Creek Cemetery is east of Dalby Springs. There are 589 memorials listed on the Find A Grave site, with the earliest death year being 1879. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2134264. |
| Warren Hooks was the plantation owner who gave the town its name. The cemetery is near Myrtle Springs, and there are 34 memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” website, including that of Warren Hooks (1802-1876) and his wife Elisabeth Roberts Hooks (1806-1894). The earliest death year recorded is 1866 (“Emiline,” presumably an infant). See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2414693 |
| West Bowie Cemetery is just west of DeKalb. There are 221 memorials recorded on the Find A Grave site, and the earliest death year is 1894. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1965885. |
| Woodmen Cemetery is the largest in DeKalb, with 3319 memorials recorded at the Find A Grave website. Dan Blocker, better known as “Hoss” Cartwright, is buried here. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=7743 |
| Woodstock Cemetery is just south of the Red River and west of Highway 8. There are 342 memorials recorded at the “Find A Grave” website. The earliest death year recorded is 1864. See https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1984593 |
| Wootten Springs Cemetery dates back to 1871, before Texarkana was officially a town. The springs, now part of Texarkana’s Spring Lake Park, had long been a stopping place for travelers. Caddo Indians, who had major villages to the north on the Red River, used the site for centuries, and the springs may have even seen the remnants of the De Soto Expedition in 1842 (the route of this group, led by Luis de Moscoso following the death of De Soto, is very uncertain and much debated, but the Moscoso group did likely travel through the general area,) Although maps of Trammel’s Trace show this route a little over a mile to the northwest, many Trace travelers likely stopped or overnighted at the springs. The 1871 “Union” church at this site, and the original sponsor of the cemetery, was founded by a group of Baptists and Methodists who had recently come to the area from Arkansas. The earliest known burial in the cemetery was in 1875. For more information on the cemetery see the following website: (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txkusa/Cemeteries/woottenspringschandcem.html), and a cemetery census is available at https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2401514/memorial-search: |