SH 19 south from Trinity to FM 3453. East 1.5 miles to Pine Crest Road and cemetery sign. North on Pine Crest .4 miles to gate and gravel road on west side. .3 miles west on private road to cemetery.The Wilkey Tomb or stone, was originally located at this site, but was removed by a group of boys in the past and taken to another location. It was believed for a while that the Wilkey tomb was a different site, but the stone was eventually moved back to its original location in the French Memorial Cemetery.Charlie Elliott (property owner) has fenced and maintains the site, but he is older and cannot visit the site frequently.He has placed concrete and plastic pipe replacement markers at the site. Mr. Elliot said that he found graves marked with fieldstones about 100' NE of site by accident while hunting, but has not been able to locate them again. Mr. Elliott believes that unmarked graves are all through the woods. The deed records to the site show that the cemetery is 4.5 acres in size. Currenlty, about 1 acre is actually fenced.
French Memorial
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French Memorial is a cemetery in Trinity, Trinity County. It is one of 51 cemeteries documented in Trinity County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 77 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.9010, -95.3578 near Trinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Patterson Plot (cemetery), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Trinity Chapel A.M.E. Church, Old Red Schoolhouse, and McDonald, Ranald.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7455007603. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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