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Sowell's Bluff Cemetery

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Sowell's Bluff Cemetery

"This cemetery is one of the oldest in the county. Located on Sowell's Bluff on the Red River
it sustained a large amount of damage and even tombstone removal. I have heard many bits of information on this cemetery over the years. One story heard many times is that
the cemetery had its tombstones bulldozed off the bluff into the river by a farmer. Another that the tombstone that was erected sometime in the 50's by the Mason's was taken and no one knew where it was until lately when it showed up down near Dallas. Unable to substantiate this I can only add that Joseph Sowell who was killed by indians in 1841 was known to be buried there.
He was a member of the Fannin County Militia 1839-1841
There are quite a few people supposed to be buried there.
Joseph Sowell had settled near Ft. Warren
Today's bridge across the Red River on hwy 78 marks Sowell's Bluff
It was also told to me by my grandfather that cattle had been on the property of the original cemetery site and that the original headstones in fact had been knocked over, broken, and often enough had been trampled into the ground. When a group of Masons made a trip after hearing the story of the destroyed headstones, all had been removed and it was rumored that they had been dumped into one of the ravines just east of the cemetery."















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Fannin County TXGenWeb

Sowell's Bluff Cemetery

"This cemetery is one of the oldest in the county. Located on Sowell's Bluff on the Red River
it sustained a large amount of damage and even tombstone removal. I have heard many bits of information on this cemetery over the years. One story heard many times is that
the cemetery had its tombstones bulldozed off the bluff into the river by a farmer. Another that the tombstone that was erected sometime in the 50's by the Mason's was taken and no one knew where it was until lately when it showed up down near Dallas. Unable to substantiate this I can only add that Joseph Sowell who was killed by indians in 1841 was known to be buried there.
He was a member of the Fannin County Militia 1839-1841
There are quite a few people supposed to be buried there.
Joseph Sowell had settled near Ft. Warren
Today's bridge across the Red River on hwy 78 marks Sowell's Bluff
It was also told to me by my grandfather that cattle had been on the property of the original cemetery site and that the original headstones in fact had been knocked over, broken, and often enough had been trampled into the ground. When a group of Masons made a trip after hearing the story of the destroyed headstones, all had been removed and it was rumored that they had been dumped into one of the ravines just east of the cemetery."















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