Submitted by: Troy Graham ( Troy@Redriverok.com )
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Cass County Cousins, Center Grove Church Almost at Center of County by Reba
Byrd. " there is no page number or date on this page.“The Center
Grove Baptist Church and cemetery located five miles north of Linden amid
giant oak trees is almost in the center of Cass County. We have found no
record of when the first church was built, but it was mentioned in a deed
dated February 16, 1865. "" On that date
( February 16, 1865 ), Charles Graham conveyed to the heirs of James B.
Thompson 210 acres of land situated and lying on the waters of Fraziers
Bayou, " excluding two acres of land in a square to include the house called
the Chapel Meeting House ". There is a small cemetery here, (I am not sure
this has been found and recorded in the Cass County Cemetery Book.) This
Chapel and cemetery are located south of the present church and cemetery. "“The first
burial with tombstone in the newer cemetery was that of Elizabeth Caroline
Graham, b. 1830 d. 1851. She was the daughter of Charles Graham. "
The above
information about this Chapel Meeting House does not tell you what side of
the road, south of the present Church and cemetery it is located. I did not
know there might be another cemetery also. If it is still there it must be
very small and very well over grown, for I did not see it the last time I
was at this Center Grove Cemetery. I made it a point to look for this
Meeting House, or should I say where it might had been. I guess the next
time I get down that way. I'll have to walk both sides of the road, but who
is to say that is the same road or path back in 1851?
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