CLARKE HENRY COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES Rape Family 

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Transcription by Charles Brightwell August 20, 2004 ccbwell@cox-internet.com


RAPE FAMILY CEMETERY
Nacogdoches County Texas.  

It is isolated on property off  CR 280  which is accessible
from FM 95 in Nacogdoches County Texas .    I request that you
please place this information on both the Clarke and the Henry
County sites.

All information below is transcribed from wording on the
headstone markers.

   

This  remote cemetery is on private property and cannot be
visited without permission of the owners.:  This location can
be confirmed by visiting the site of the 'Texas Historical
Commission site for GSP plotting .    ( not posted as of August
2004)

 
From Garrison, Nacogdoches, Texas take FM 95 south six miles to
CR 280 ,  turn left go approximately one mile to logging trail
at property line between International Paper Company land and
Barton land on a northward direction   This trail parallels the
fence line for ¾ of a mile,  at this point the land will begin
an incline.   A second logging trail in a N.E. direction
toward the top of the hill.   There is an uncut stand of mature
timber around the cemetery.     The burial sites are heavily
overgrown.  Several of the burial markers are damaged with
three undamaged markers still in place.

This site was visited August 20, 2004, while assisting Mr.
Chris Dyer of Texas Historical Commission.



Known burials by marker only:   Please notice the varying
placement of Elizabeth Rape's initials.  They are copied as
they appear on the individual headstones.

 

Lloyd W. son of       ( marble headstone broken, but legible )
Henry  & E.S. Rape    
Born: Henry County Georgia October 5, 1846
Died: March 14, 1881

 

Elizabeth Hancock     
(  marble headstone broken, but legible )  wife of  Henry Rape
Born in Clarke County Georgia, April 6, 1825 ; Died July 20,
1883

Inscription:   Her last words “Home Sweet Home, I’m almost
there in heaven above there is no more suffon then…..
illegible”.

 

Charlie Rape       ( marble headstone intact )
Son of Henry & S.E. Rape 
Born:  June 28, 1856
Died August 19, 1862

 

Henry Rape         (marble headstone intact )
Born:  March 17, 1819
Died : Feb.  2, 1890

 

Infant of Henry & E.S. Rape             (marble headstone intact)
Born:   No Dates entered on headstone

 
There are probably other family members buried in this
location, but there are no visible indications that can be
confirmed.
 
Transcription by Charles Brightwell August 20, 2004 ccbwell@cox-internet.com