Macedonia Syloam Cemetery
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Macedonia Syloam Cemetery

Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, USA

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    Coordinates: 33.68060, -95.09113
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This cemetery has its roots as an old slave cemetery from the mid 1800's. There is nothing left of the old cemetery with its 1800's history. Remarkably, it is still in usage and occasionally there is a new burial there. It is associated with the Macedonia Syloam Church and is about a half mile beyond the church. It is located in the northwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. From Hwy 37 north of Clarksville, take FM 2283 west for a short 1/2 mile to the intersection with CR 2124. Take CR 2124 north 1.4 miles and the cemetery is on the left just after you make a hard left turn in the road. Sadly, most burials were never marked and much damage has been done here by logging operations in the past. This is located on the Josiah Perry survey and so far we have not found a deed record for it. The oldest marked burial is that of Mary Darnell who died in 1886. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 9 Feb 1999. We were again at this cemetery to get the GPS Coordinates on 29 Jan 2003 and are happy to report that the cemetery has a new chain link fence around it. Such is progress. We also did a re-walk of the cemetery adding new burials and noting marker changes. As of 31 Dec 2004 this cemetery had 41 documented burials.

All information for this cemetery location/notes is from the books ‘Burial, Cemetery and Death Records for Red River County, Texas' by Lawrence and Sue Dale, Copyright © 2005.

This cemetery has its roots as an old slave cemetery from the mid 1800's. There is nothing left of the old cemetery with its 1800's history. Remarkably, it is still in usage and occasionally there is a new burial there. It is associated with the Macedonia Syloam Church and is about a half mile beyond the church. It is located in the northwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. From Hwy 37 north of Clarksville, take FM 2283 west for a short 1/2 mile to the intersection with CR 2124. Take CR 2124 north 1.4 miles and the cemetery is on the left just after you make a hard left turn in the road. Sadly, most burials were never marked and much damage has been done here by logging operations in the past. This is located on the Josiah Perry survey and so far we have not found a deed record for it. The oldest marked burial is that of Mary Darnell who died in 1886. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 9 Feb 1999. We were again at this cemetery to get the GPS Coordinates on 29 Jan 2003 and are happy to report that the cemetery has a new chain link fence around it. Such is progress. We also did a re-walk of the cemetery adding new burials and noting marker changes. As of 31 Dec 2004 this cemetery had 41 documented burials.

All information for this cemetery location/notes is from the books ‘Burial, Cemetery and Death Records for Red River County, Texas' by Lawrence and Sue Dale, Copyright © 2005.

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