DUNKLIN CEMETERY


Location: About one mile west of Dirgin Community, south of the old
Board's Ferry Road.

Number of graves: 8 - 10

Number of identifiable graves: 2

Number of non-identifiable marked graves: 3

Earliest known grave: 1883

Latest known grave: 1918

Race count: all white, presumably

Located just south of the Rusk County section of the old Board's Ferry
Road, in the same vacinity as the Trammel Cemetery. This particular
branch of the Board's Ferry Road was a main artery connecting Henderson
and Marshall via such communities as Gill in Harrison County and Tatum
and Harmony Hill in Rusk County, and crossing the Sabine River at
Board's Ferry.

Only two graves were identifiable and a couple more were marked only by
the broken remains of tombstones lying atop the ground. One in
particular was marked with two pieces of native rock, one at each end of
the grave. The Pruitt marker is a large imposing monument with a
sizeable footstone as well. There are also two or three cedar trees
that are possibly grave markers.

The few graves that are marked are a good distance apart, making it very
hard to judge the approximate size of the cemetery. The site is found
on a gently-sloping ground near a creek.

Identifiable graves

Dunklin, Lee - infant of J.T. & E.. dunklin
B Aug 22, 1883
D Aug 30, 1883

Pruitt, Mordecai John
B July 12, 1849 in Allen Co KY
D April 17, 1918 in Jackson GA

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Submitted by: Bonnie Palmer (bpalmer@bihs.net)

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