Cherry Family Cemetery
aka Cherry Tree
Located 10 miles Southwest of Concord Baptist Church & 300 yards due West of Hwy 144 in the woods and heavily under brush. From US 67 in Omaha this would be 4 miles South on Hwy 144. This is private property - get permission before entering.
Read by Gerald Hammock & Charles Steger on 2/9/1999. Published & submitted to Cemeteries of East Texas by J. W. Wardlow, January 6, 2006.
Oldest known marker - BUTLER, Tabitha Jane only date is 1/1847.
Cherry, John V Only Date 05/27/1847 h/o Nancy P. (1812-1882) Fought in Texas War of Independence. First Pastor of Concord Baptist Church, was Appointed by Sam Houston as the Interpreter for the Indians.
Hayes, Martha Dallas 05/13/1847 03/05/1848 d/o Wm R. & Margaret Butler Hayes.
Hayes, Margaret Butler 05/06/1822 08/11/1847 w/o William
Smith, Margaret Hayes 08/13/1847 07/08/1868 w/o Pol Smith, d/o Wm R. & Margaret Butler Hayes
Butler, Anderson Only Date 06/09/1852 66 years, h/o Tabitha Jane Hester
Butler, Tabitha Jane Hester Only Date 01/1847 w/o Anderson, married b. 1819