Sessions Cemetery

This cemetery is the largest of three slave graveyards which local tradition indicates were established in the area in the early 1850s. It was named for delegate to Texas' Constitutional Convention of 1875 and prominent local citizen Gustavus Adolphus (G. A.) Sessions (1827-1902), who donated the land. The oldest burial here is believed to be that of Anderson Carter, who died in the 1850s. The cemetery is closely associated with the nearby Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and contains the grave sites of many notable former area slaves and their descendants.

Sessions Cemetery is a historical marker in Kirvin, Freestone County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 57 historical markers documented in Freestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 139 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.7739, -96.3224 near Kirvin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Session (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and School, Woodland Cemetery, and Woodland College for Boys.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5161009902. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.