Andrew Crawford Cemetery

Panola Co  Cemeteries of TX

History by the Panola Co. Historical & Genealogy Society

Submitted by Gloria B. Mayfield, Cemeteries of TX

From Carthage, go south on U.S. Highway 79 South, to the intersection with FM 124 in the Fairplay Community. Turn right on to FM 124, go approximately 500 feet to the intersection with FM 1251. Turn left on to FM 1251 and continue for approximately 1.5 miles. The cemetery will be on the right side of the highway, behind the home of Kenneth and Emmy Guest. Mrs. Guest is the great-granddaughter of Andrew and Mary (Scott) Crawford.

There have never been tombstones for any of the persons who are known to have been buried here. It has always been maintained by family members and oral traditions alone furnish the information regarding the burials. The land on which it is located is part of the estate of Andrew and Mary that they purchased when they came to TX from Pike County, GA.

The two Rhodes children buried in the cemetery were the children of a family that lived nearby, but later moved out of  Panola County. 

 It is said  that a young daughter of John Jackson and Angeline (Crawford) Wills died at the same time as her mother. If the daughter is buried here, it is probably that Angeline is also  buried here,  The Crawfords brought slaves with them to TX and it is possible that the slaves were buried with or near the Crawford family, but there is no record or family tradition regarding that.