Titus County, TX - Cemeteries: Evergreen Cemetery ****************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: David M. Horton USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************** EVERGREEN CEMETERY Evergreen is an old, abandoned and almost lost African-American cemetery located in far Northeast Titus County about 15 miles East of Talco on FM Highway 71 about one mile from the Morris County line. Without proper maintenance, it will soon be lost. It lies in the forks of County Road NE 48 (CR 3925) and the highway. Logans, Prices and other families are buried in this cemetery. There are at least thirteen unmarked graves visible. Eight native stones remain to mark some of the graves. One of these stones has the initials D.A.W. & E.G.W. scratched into them. There is only one monument in the cemetery for: Price, Mose born: March 3, 1853 died: March 12, 1920 To reach the Evergreen Cemetery from the Titus County courthouse take Jeffers on Street north for 1.4 miles to the intersection of Burton Road (IH 30 southern access road) and turn right (East) onto Burton Road. The Harts Bluff Road (FM 1402) will intersect after 0.5 miles. Turn left (North) onto FM 1402 and proceed 12.4 miles to the intersection of FM 71. Turn right (East onto FM 71 and proceed 6.6 miles to the intersection from the left of CR 48 (CR 3925) Turn left onto CR 3925. The cemetery will lie on left about 0.1 mile. Coordinates: 33o20.030'N 094o50.596'W Survey completed: January 29, 2002 The compiler of the following information hereby grants permission to use, reproduce, and/or extract data for any purpose except such data must not be offered for sale in any form. This right cannot be restricted by any other organization or individual. Any non-commercial entity has unlimited use of the data. David M. Horton Rt. 6 Box 1800 Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455 (903) 572-0156 ====================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE INSCRIPTION ====================================================================== Logan, Green -- -- not found Logan, Salli -- -- not found Price, Emily -- -- Wife of Mose. not found Price, Mose March 3, 1853 March 12, 1920 Rock of ages Yea to do right Bled is he that die in the name of the Lord Towles, Ada -- -- not found Wheeler, L. -- -- not found The following persons are listed in the "Cemeteries of Titus County" by Lynch Harper as having been buried in this cemetery. No attempt has been made to verify the listing. ================================================================== NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE REMARKS ================================================================== Ellis, John -- June 18, 1926