Clover Hill Cemetery

Families from Georgia and Alabama settled this land in 1856. The next year they chose this hill which was covered with yellow clover for construction of the Clover Hill Baptist Church. In 1868 "Little Buddy," son of G. H. and Sallie Pogue, was the first burial in this community cemetery. Soon a stranger died of smallpox and was interred here. The oldest marked gravestone is that of Martha Benton (1840-1862). She was buried, according to custom, near her home and later the family moved the headstone here. In 1926 the cemetery association was organized. (1979)

Clover Hill Cemetery is a historical marker in Quitman, Wood County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 75 historical markers documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 151 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.8626, -95.4225 near Quitman. The nearest cataloged historic site is Clover Hill Baptist Church (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Muddy Creek Church, Muddy Creek Annex, and Indian Cemetery and Villages.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5499008952. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.