Manchester East Cemetery
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Manchester East Cemetery

Red River County, Texas, USA

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    Coordinates: 33.83545, -95.15677
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This was an old cemetery dating possibly from the mid 1800's and was created to handle the needs of the local Afro-American population. This cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 50.127N, 95 Deg 09.406W. First indications of this cemetery were found on 31 Mar 2003 after a careful search of the area. There were two markers found and promises of more in the immediate vicinity. The cemetery is located across the fence from the Manchester Cemetery on the northeast corner of the cemetery. Local lore has it that there was a black cemetery on the site and that years prior when the chain link fence was installed the local black folks elected not to be included in the enclosure. Also, lore has it that over time the markers were removed by deer hunters and used as steps for their cabins or as rocks around their fires. The area has been used as a turn area by the loggers in the area and the ground is considerably torn up. There were, however, two markers there and we will return for more exploring in the spring. There are other areas in the immediate vicinity that show signs of burials. We visited the site again on 11 Jan 2004 and took the GPS readings and photographed the markers. We did not find any additional markers. As of 31 Dec 2013 this cemetery had 4 documented burials.

All information for this cemetery location/notes/burials is from the books ‘Burial, Cemetery and Death Records for Red River County, Texas' by Lawrence and Sue Dale, Copyright © 2014.


This was an old cemetery dating possibly from the mid 1800's and was created to handle the needs of the local Afro-American population. This cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 50.127N, 95 Deg 09.406W. First indications of this cemetery were found on 31 Mar 2003 after a careful search of the area. There were two markers found and promises of more in the immediate vicinity. The cemetery is located across the fence from the Manchester Cemetery on the northeast corner of the cemetery. Local lore has it that there was a black cemetery on the site and that years prior when the chain link fence was installed the local black folks elected not to be included in the enclosure. Also, lore has it that over time the markers were removed by deer hunters and used as steps for their cabins or as rocks around their fires. The area has been used as a turn area by the loggers in the area and the ground is considerably torn up. There were, however, two markers there and we will return for more exploring in the spring. There are other areas in the immediate vicinity that show signs of burials. We visited the site again on 11 Jan 2004 and took the GPS readings and photographed the markers. We did not find any additional markers. As of 31 Dec 2013 this cemetery had 4 documented burials.

All information for this cemetery location/notes/burials is from the books ‘Burial, Cemetery and Death Records for Red River County, Texas' by Lawrence and Sue Dale, Copyright © 2014.


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