Britton Cemetery 2009

Panola Co  Cemeteries of TX

Surveyed by Don Austin ca 1981

Photos by Hap Murphy 2009

Submitted by Gloria B. Mayfield

The following description of the cemetery was given by Don Austin in his privately circulated book "42 Lost Cemeteries":

"Located on gently sloping ground near a creek among some large oak trees and bounded on all sides by a barbed wire fence. Seven graves were identifiable and the rest were marked with iron pipes driven into the ground at the head and foot of the grave. A couple were marked with small funeral home plaques but were illegible.

This is a rare occasion when the exact number of graves is known and in addition every grave is marked in some fashion. The first grave was that of a black woman Sukie Collins marked by a large piece of native rock and at the foot of a huge oak tree. She was believed to have been buried here sometime during the 1870’s."  Supplemental information on the persons buried in Britton Cemetery was furnished to Austin by the late J. R. Murphy of Carthage TX.

The Britton Family Cemetery (Panola County, Texas) does not have an  "entrance" as such. It is located in a cow pasture, approximately 200  yards from County Road 173. It has a chain link fence surrounding it  -- mainly to keep cattle out. There is no access road between County  Road 173 and the cemetery (Hap Murphy)
 

This cemetery has been updated, using the Hawthorn Funeral Home Records plus walking records. FH Records are identified by a page number in comments, Use this, plus the death year to locate in the Funeral Home Records. You may find duplicate entries, I left them as such so you can go to the Hawthorn Funeral Home Records for more information. (2009 gbm)