Cass County Texas Archives Cemeteries.....Baucus Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come
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Ronald E. Wade ronwadegop@aol.com May 21, 2009, 1:46 pm

Abstracted By: Ronald E. Wade

At intersection FM 251 and FM 125 go 3.5 miles and left on 
CR 4448 (blacktop road--you will pass Baugus Cemetery on 
the right--the traditional black cemetery), continue and 
turn right on CR 4449 (unpaved in 2009) and cemetery in 
clump of trees near curve on east side (left hand side of 
road) about .3 miles from intersection with CR 4447. 50 ft 
square with iron pipe post with now fallen and 
disintegrated barbed wire fence. Some confuse the name 
with nearby Baugus Cemetery. Baucus was the 
traditional "white" cemetery and Baugus Cemetery 
the "black" cemetery.  Cemetery can barely be seen from 
the road as trees and bushes have grown up around the 
cemetery although Williams family members have cleared the 
little patch of cemetery.  You can see a couple of 
tombstones from the road if you look carefully through the 
trees and it's perhaps 30 yards from the road

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name   Birth       Death        Comment
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Baucus        Jim                                                  
Black         Charles       William       1794        1874         
Black         Rebecca                     1825        1876         Wife of Charles Black
Black         Sarah                       1810        11 Aug 1876  Headstone Notation: Wife of N. Black
Williams      Dr. Benjamin  Franklin      1829        1893         Born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Al.,  the son of Butler Williams (1799-1854) and Sarah G. Pouncey.
Williams      Charles       (Charlie)     1867        2 Nov 1874   On tombstone: Son of S(amuel) L(uke) & R(ebecca) J. (Haden) Williams.  Born Montgomery AL.
Williams      Rebecca J.    (Haden)       1825        9 Sep 1876   On headstone: 'Wife of S.L. Williams'. Born Tn., sister Dr. Williams' wife Teresa.
Williams      Samuel        L(uke)        1828        1881         Brother of Dr. Williams. Headstone now missing. ALA. 1st Reg. CSA with brother Dr. Ben Williams.



Additional Comments:
There are several other headstones and small markers which can no longer be 
read as well as historical data that the slaves of Bryant A. Baugus (born 1812 
Tennessee, died after 1880 Cass County, Texas.  Mr. Baugus was the original 
owner of a large plantation near this cemetery with 29 slaves in the 1860 
census.  The "Baucus" name of the cemetery appears to be a misspelling of his 
name.  The Jim Baucus buried in the cememtery was probably a misspelling as 
well and is probably his son James A. Baugus, born August, 1846 in Tennessee 
and died apparently 1929 in Cass County, Texas.

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