HOOKS CEMETERY, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS

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Hooks Cemetery is located on Hooks Cemetery Loop which runs east off  U.S. Hwy 69
between the Hardin County seat of Kountze and Lumberton, Texas.

Texas Historical Commission Historical Marker: HOOKS CEMETERY
North Carolina native William Hooks (1818-1894) lived in Florida and Georgia
before moving to Texas in 1849. He settled here on his survey in 1852. Soon after,
he set aside land at this site for a burial ground. It was originally used for family
members and for residents of the adjacent area known as Pigeon Roost Prairie. William
Hooks took a personal interest in the cemetery; he built coffins, dug graves, and
maintained the grounds. After his death, it was administered by his two youngest sons,
Bud (d. 1933) and Ben (d. 1949). (1986)

The Hooks Cemetery Survey is presented two different ways.
It is done by Section/Row and Tract/Plot designations divided up into the original cemetery,
the old cemetery and the new cemetery.  The seconde presentation is alphabetical.

So, we have here:
Hooks--The Original Cemetery
Hooks--The Old Cemetery
Hooks--The New Cemetery
Hooks Cemetery--Alphabetical Listing.