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Nathan Meeks

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Nathan Meeks

Birth
Death
11 Feb 1860 (aged 58)
Lee County, Texas, USA
Burial
Lee County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.3619595, Longitude: -97.1982346
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Nathan Meeks was the first person buried in this cemetery known at the time as Miller - Meeks Cemetery. This cemetery is also Knobbs Springs Cemetery and Upper Knobbs Cemetery. The sign over the gate reads "Knobbs Springs Cemetery".

Taken from survey by Audrey Rother and Thelm Moore McDavid dated June 9, 1985. "Mr. Nathan Meeks, land owner started this cemetery when he became ill and near death ask his slave to bring him to this location so he could choose his burial spot. The first burial is for Nathan Meeks b. 1802 d 1860, the husband of Sarah C. Jones Meeks."
Nathan Meeks was the first person buried in this cemetery known at the time as Miller - Meeks Cemetery. This cemetery is also Knobbs Springs Cemetery and Upper Knobbs Cemetery. The sign over the gate reads "Knobbs Springs Cemetery".

Taken from survey by Audrey Rother and Thelm Moore McDavid dated June 9, 1985. "Mr. Nathan Meeks, land owner started this cemetery when he became ill and near death ask his slave to bring him to this location so he could choose his burial spot. The first burial is for Nathan Meeks b. 1802 d 1860, the husband of Sarah C. Jones Meeks."

Gravesite Details

Husband of Sarah C Jones Meeks



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