McGown Family

SB-C016 McGown Family Cemetery-Davis Cemetery AKA McGown-Davis Cem.USGS point3193-233 McGown Family Cemetery, aka McGown-Davis Family Cem. Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Soc, Rootsweb: “– From the Courthouse in Hemphill take FM 83 East 1 block to Hwy 87. Go North or Left on Hwy 87 for 7 miles to Milam. Take Hwy 21 West or Left 3.0 miles, turn North or Right onto a gravel road, go across a cattle guard and 0.2 mile to the Cemetery. (This gravel road is just past the intersection of Hwy 21 and Hwy 103 and follows the eastern boundary of a pasture.) There is a Historical Marker. Another marker present also says: “McGown – Davis Cemetery … cemetery is maintained from the estate of Ida Kirk Lewis.” This is probably the most beautiful, well kept cemetery in Sabine County. 88 graves. First Oct 1842 Last 1999. One rock marker. Cem. Index.” Sabine Co. Hist. Marker: “…McGown Cemetery's earliest known burial, that of pioneer Anne Kyle (d. 1842) occurred five years after the formation of Sabine County. … George Washington McGown (1799-1859), a Sabine County justice of the peace during the Republic of Texas era, .... Civil War veterans buried here include McGown's son Andrew Henderson McGown (1824-1904), who served four terms as Sabine County sheriff, and neighbors William (1833-1918) and Perry (1841-1927) Browning, … McGown Cemetery continues to serve the descendants of Sabine County pioneers. LOCATION: 3 mi. W of Milam on SH 21, then .4 mi. N on unmarked cemetery road -- Erected 1998.” THC site visit MB 6/28/04: Geneva, Tx area. Off SH 21 N on PR 0.3 mile, McGown Cem2. Lane, across 2 cattle guards, thru pasture to hill top. Steel gates. Formal fenced site, tall Laurel hedge at front. THC marker. Memorial marker in hedge with brick walls, about 90 ft. from front entrance. Marker trees include Redbud and very large Oaks and Hackberry. Marker shrubs include Laurel, Boxwood, Ligustrum. Formal markers, diversity over time, including curbing, slabs, obelisks, benches. Some fieldstones. US veterans, WoW, Masonic, DRT markers. Approx 0.8 acre. GPS 31.26.45.63231N –93.53.28.32580W. Quad 3193-233.Low risk of endangerment, THC marker, memorial marker, fenced, maintained, still in use. 3193-233 Local history notesTHC Markers as McGown and McGown-Davis, 1998

McGown Family is a cemetery in Sabine County, Texas. It is one of 103 cemeteries documented in Sabine County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 148 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4462, -93.8914. The nearest cataloged historic site is Payne-Williams-Cordray (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Joel Halbert, Cooper-Harris, and Las Boregas Camp Site.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7403001605. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.