Jackson Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas

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Jackson Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas

LOCATION: Jackson Cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant of the county. It is in Block 30 of the Lamar County Road Map produced by American Drafting and Services revised December 1993.

DIRECTIONS: In Paris, At the intersection of Loop 286 Northwest and FM 79, take FM 79 northwest for 3.4 miles to the intersection with FM 2820. Take FM 2820 southwest for 2.4 miles. The cemetery is on the right or north side of the road. It is beside the highway across a large ditch, surrounded by a fence and completely overgrown. You need to go around the cemetery to the north to see the stones lost in brush well over head high. It is not visible from the road due to trees.

GPS COORDINATES: 33° 41' 47.8320" N, 95° 39' 56.1600" W.
(33.69662 Latitude and -95.66560 Longitude)

OLDEST KNOWN BURIAL: The oldest inscribed grave is that of Thomas J. Jackson, who died 12 Sep 1887.

NUMBER OF GRAVES: There are 5 known graves in the cemetery. (July 2017)

SIGNS/MARKERS: It is no longer marked by a state highway sign.

LAST ENUMERATION: Last updated by Lawrence and Sue Dale in 2014.

ADD'L INFORMATION: From a biography of William Miller Jackson, written by Mary Mignon Rodgers Wright (a granddaughter of William Miller Jackson), Paris, TX, found in the records of Elizabeth Booth: "In 1887, William and Hannah Jackson lost a baby son and they opened to the public, the William Miller Jackson Graveyard on the corner of their home place, now FM Road 2820, about seven miles northwest of Paris, Lamar County, Texas. The Jackson Graveyard has only five graves but has been a landmark in the northwest part of Lamar County all these years"' The following persons are known to be buried here:

Golden Bessie Jackson 23 Jul 1898 - 2 Dec 1901
Hannah Erwin Jackson 30 Jan 1841 - 24 Oct 1924
Thomas J. Jackson Feb 1887 - 12 Sep 1887
William Miller Jackson 6 Apr 1837 - 26 Nov 1905
Nannie Othella Erwin 17 Apr 1880 -1893 — no marker found

PICTURE(S):
Photo below courtesy of Lawrence and Sue Dale.

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LOCATION:	Jackson Cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant of the county. It is in Block 30 of the Lamar County Road Map produced by American Drafting and Services revised December 1993.
DIRECTIONS:	In Paris, At the intersection of Loop 286 Northwest and FM 79, take FM 79 northwest for 3.4 miles to the intersection with FM 2820. Take FM 2820 southwest for 2.4 miles. The cemetery is on the right or north side of the road. It is beside the highway across a large ditch, surrounded by a fence and completely overgrown. You need to go around the cemetery to the north to see the stones lost in brush well over head high. It is not visible from the road due to trees.
GPS COORDINATES:	33° 41' 47.8320" N, 95° 39' 56.1600" W. (33.69662 Latitude and -95.66560 Longitude)
OLDEST KNOWN BURIAL:	The oldest inscribed grave is that of Thomas J. Jackson, who died 12 Sep 1887.
NUMBER OF GRAVES:	There are 5 known graves in the cemetery. (July 2017)
SIGNS/MARKERS:	It is no longer marked by a state highway sign.
LAST ENUMERATION:	Last updated by Lawrence and Sue Dale in 2014.
ADD'L INFORMATION:	From a biography of William Miller Jackson, written by Mary Mignon Rodgers Wright (a granddaughter of William Miller Jackson), Paris, TX, found in the records of Elizabeth Booth: "In 1887, William and Hannah Jackson lost a baby son and they opened to the public, the William Miller Jackson Graveyard on the corner of their home place, now FM Road 2820, about seven miles northwest of Paris, Lamar County, Texas. The Jackson Graveyard has only five graves but has been a landmark in the northwest part of Lamar County all these years"' The following persons are known to be buried here: Golden Bessie Jackson 23 Jul 1898 - 2 Dec 1901 Hannah Erwin Jackson 30 Jan 1841 - 24 Oct 1924 Thomas J. Jackson Feb 1887 - 12 Sep 1887 William Miller Jackson 6 Apr 1837 - 26 Nov 1905 Nannie Othella Erwin 17 Apr 1880 -1893 — no marker found
PICTURE(S):	Photo below courtesy of Lawrence and Sue Dale.