Is there an active Sons of the Republic chapter in your area? If so, have they been notified? Perhaps you would get more willing hands for your clean-up. Mary/Aransas Pass, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Black" <black@1starnet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Work Day at Old Cemetery > I'm sending this message that I got from Lawrence and Sue Dale on to the > list as requested. Seems a shame that the grave of one of the signers of > the TX Declaration of Independence has been so neglected. > > Sharon, > > Can this be posted on the Red River County Chat page? Will call later > and talk to you more on this. Just hope that, as bad as we need the > rain, that it doesn't on this date. > > There is a work day planned for Old Shiloh Cemetery on Saturday, 17th of > May 2003 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Come to work and bring tools as the > cemetery is in bad need of cleanup. (If you can bring a push-type > lawnmower or gasoline powered weedeater, please do so) Hoes and rakes > will also be welcomed. As the day progresses we will attempt to find and > to mark more burials in this, the oldest cemetery in Red River County, > Texas. Please bring your own picnic lunch and drinks. > > >From the intersection of Hwy 82 and FM 1159, take 1159 north for 3.4 > miles to the intersection with CR 3202. Then take CR 3202 east or right > for 1.1 miles. The cemetery is on the right and is well marked. > > The cemetery is a part of the S. F. Moore headright survey. The oldest > marked burial is that of Mary S. Bagby who died 25 Apr 1836. It was > closed for burials in about 1890_1900. There is a deed dated 20 Apr 1901 > and filed for record on 22 Apr 1901 conveying 'tract William Wheat > survey' from Leopald Silberburg to Old Shiloh Cemetery Association as > recorded in Book CH 41 page 164. Then on 6 Jul 1901, instrument and file > date, a release of lein from Red River National Bank to Old Shiloh > Cemetery Association as recorded in Book CH 38 page 155. Due to the > usage of the name 'Shiloh' by the media in reference to funeral services > at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church and then adding 'with burial > there', we have elected to use the name on the entrance to the old > cemetery. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 3 Feb > 1999. If an entry is not shown as 'Unmarked', the old marker denoting > the burial was there on this date. > > Unnamed newspaper clipping, 15 Jun 1937, from microfilm in the > Clarksville Library, Reel 2002_2: Page 64, MARKER DEDICATED AT SHILOH > SUNDAY __ History of the Presbyterian Church in Texas was traced Sunday > afternoon as members gathered at the Old Shiloh cemetery, six miles east > of Clarksville, to dedicate a marker in commemoration of the > denomination's first church in this State. The services were conducted > by the Rev. H. R. Allen, pastor Oak Cliff Cumberland church, who paid > tribute to the founding pastor, the Rev. Milton S. Estill, and the > church's charter members. He read a letter from Judge Royall Watkins, > Dallas, whose grandfather and great_grandfather were members of the > church. Other Dallas speakers were Mrs. D. W. Wolfe, granddaughter of > the Rev. Sumner Bacon, first Cumberland Presbyterian minister to come to > Texas, who preached at the Shiloh church, and Mrs. G. F. Carlisle, > great_granddaughter of Robert S. Hamilton, signer of the Texas > Declaration of Independence, who is buried in the cemetery. Talks were > also made by the Rev. R. E. Matlock, pastor of the Shiloh Cumberland > Presbyterian church, three miles from the cemetery, and the Rev. Wilson > Cole, Clarksville. Preceding the ceremonies preaching services and > dinner on the grounds were held at the Cumberland church. Reverend Allen > delivered the sermon. The marker was placed at the cemetery by the State > government. > > (Sharon, this is all we have in notes on Old Shiloh Cemetery) > > Thank You > > Lawrence and Sue Dale > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > -.-Spam and virus filtered by modusMail using Norman virus engine.-.-