(photo by Amy Cumbie)
Smith family cemetery is located in the Reese community near Jacksonville, Texas. It is on the west side of County Road 3411 to the north of US Hwy 175. Go North on County Road 3416 from US Hwy 175. Go about 2 miles and turn east on County Road 3414. Go about 1/4 mile and turn north again on County Road 3411. The cemetery will be on the left at about 1/2 mile. It is located on private property and cannot be seen from the road very well as it is overgrown with briars and brush. The large old cedar trees mark it. Only two stones, both overturned and partly broken, can be found. Mr. Travis Etheridge of Reese gave the names of three more which are known to be buried here but have no markers. These are George Clark and Ella M Smith, husband and wife, and their grandson. There are said to be possibly as many as 30-40 other early Smith related settlers buried here in unmarked graves. The cemetery marker survey was done Dec, 1996 by Gaylon White and Oscar Wofford and published in 1997 by the Cherokee County Genealogical Society. |
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