Jones Family

SB-C050 Jones Family Cemetery USGS point3193-223 or 224, Verify correct USGS pt. & Cem. Jones Family Cemetery Recorded: SABI01—Parsons, Kim. 1988. References to Texas Cemeteries; Sabine Co Hist Commission with Kay Parker McCary, Weldon McDaniel, and M. Doer website, Rootsweb: 311606N-0935156W. “Jones #1 - From the Courthouse in Hemphill, Texas take FM 83 (Worth Street) East one block to State Hwy 87. Go South or Right on Hwy 87 for 5.5 miles to the intersection of Hwy 87 and FM 2426, turn West or Right onto FM 2426 and go 1.1 miles to the intersection of a gravel road US National Forest Road 136 on the Right. Turn Right onto USFS Road 136 and go 1.1 miles to a dim woods road on the Left. Go 0.2 mile on the dim woods road to the cemetery on the Right. The cemetery is well kept and has a new wire fence around it. Two graves marked with concrete blocks, no names or dates. About 14 graves. Cem. Index.” GNISTHC site visit MB 7-31-04: Pineland, Tx area. FM 2426 W from Pineland to Jones Cem. Rd, approx 1.0 mile E of intersection with SH 87. Jones Cem Rd gravel then 2 lane dirt road with signs to cem. About 1.10 mile, then left on dim dirt lane curiving into woods, following signs, about 0.25 mile. Small cemetery, tall fence, small arched entryway. Formal site, locally caste markers, grave house, wooden sculptural forms, oberlisks. Caste markers from 1880s include marbles. Grave house, reinforced original structure with modern timbers. Ceiling, picket fence, internal toys and flowers. Original cem. fencing still in place, reinforced with tall new field fencing. Large Gardenia shrubs, like small-trees as markers on most graves. Also stumps of earlier hardwood or Cedar marker trees, Spirea. Some floral grave materials. Obvious evidence of visitation. Surrounded by commercial timberlands, heavily wooded. Approx 0.16 acre. GPS 31.15.07.45585N –93.51.52.18889W. Quad 3193-223 or 3193-224, verify USGS.Medium risk of endangerment: remote, small, in dense timberland, nat’l forest, subject to logging, but maintained, visited, fenced, named access lanes. 3193-231 Local historyGNIS

Jones 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 31.2689, -93.8647. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ener Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, Yellowpine Cemetery, and Gomer Slave.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7403005005. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.