FM 2501 east from Apple Springs 4.2 miles to FM 2262 in Nighton. Continue east through stop sign, past Nighton Cemetery, staying right at Mark Fork to locked gate on Paul Potts property a total of .5 miles. Continue through gate following grass road back north around pole barns. Road curves back east at trailer house into back pasture. Go back south at deer stand to cemetery on fence line to the south under trees on small hill. (total trip is .4 miles once inside private property)This site is believed to have many unmarked graves and slave graves along with the Anglo Randolph family burials. The current property owner said that some of the stones had been vandalized and moved by kids many years ago. There are grave depressions and two visible fieldstones (petrified wood). There are three formal markers, all have been broken. There is evidence of repair to the stones, but the site is in poor shape. Paul Potts (property owner) wants to fence the site and possible use it for burials again, but the boundaries are unknown. Legible inscriptions at site:J. T. Randolph (1879)Jane RandolphNancy Randolph (b. 1848, d. 1902)Sarah Randolph (Jul. 30, 1886)
Randolph
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Randolph is a cemetery in Nighton, Trinity County. It is one of 49 cemeteries documented in Trinity County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.2198, -94.8954 near Nighton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nigton Memorial Park. (cemetery), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mount Zion Cemetery, Boggy Slough Burials, and New Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7455006103. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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