Morris Cemetery (NorthWest), Smith County, Texas -- NW-50 Directions & Coordinates added 9 Jul 2004 by Lawrence E. Oliver Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** Made available to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS, Volume II, Northwest Quarter, p. 252. Take Hwy 69 north from Tyler to the intersection with Jim Hogg Road (CR431). Turn right (east) on CR431 and follow it east and then north until you reach the underpass under IH-20. Continue to proceed about 1.5 miles north on CR431 to the vicinity of the address 15527 CR-431. Immediately to the north of this address and on the east (right) side of the road is a drive which goes to a red barn with a travel trailer next to it. The cemetery is about 50 yards north-northeast of the barn in a wooded area. If the gate to the barn is locked, proceed on CR431 about 100 yard north and there is another un-gated entrance which opens on to an unfenced pasture. Proceed straight into the pasture to the woodline (about 100-125 yards) and the cemetery will be to your right and just inside the woodline. This cemetery is located on land bought by Jesse Morris in 1855. The map coordinates are: Latitude: N 32:29:37.6 Longitude: W 095:22:36.6 Copied 26 April 1938 - Algerine Starnes Weddington ***************************************************************** On land bought by Jesse Morris in 1855. MORRIS, A. J. - wife of J.R. Morris - 22 Oct 1856 - 20 Dec 1897 (Amanda Joanna WELLS MORRIS, according to Algerine Starnes Weddington) MORRIS, Jesse R. - 4 Feb 1854 - 21 Mar 1901 MORRIS, Little Calvin - son of J. R. & A. J. Morris 14 Jul 1882 - 2 Oct 1884 MORRIS, Little Ellen - dau of J. R. & A. J. Morris 25 May 1878 - 23 Aug 1884 MORRIS, Violet - 7 May 1809 - 17 Jul 1881 MORRIS, Jesse - 11 Jul 1805 - 19 Sep 1873 MORRIS, John W. - son of J. A. & S. J. Morris 17 Feb 1875 - 20 Sep 1877 MORRIS, Jourden A. - son of J. & Violet Morris 15 Feb 1851 - 8 Oct 1881 MORRIS, Robert J. - 24 Oct 1868 - 17 Apr 1885 MORRIS, Jessie P. - son of W. E. & N. E. Morris 23 Feb 1872 - 13 Jan 1875 MORRIS, William A. - son of W. E. & N. E. Morris 15 Sep 1873 - 2 Oct 1875 MORRIS, Little Grover - infant son of S. J. & S. J. Morris 12 Feb 1885 -21 May 1885 (or 27 May 1885) MORRIS, Little Onnie - infant son of S. J. & S. J. Morris 25 Mar 1887 -10 Jul 1888 (Old rock - no inscription - looks like child's grave)