Indian Cemetery and Villages

Found during road-building operations and reported Nov. 1966. In Jan. 1967, eight graves were studied, but the bone fragments unearthed were so old that they crumbled upon exposure to air. Pieces of pottery were also found in the cemetery and in six villages in the vicinity. Grindstones, a jar with red paint, water jugs, and skinning stones suggest that the area may have been inhabited about 1200 to 1500 A.D., and possibly at an earlier time, by the Caddo Indians, an agricultural people with a highly advanced culture. Other cemeteries exist nearby. (1968)

Indian Cemetery and Villages is a historical marker in Quitman, Wood County, dedicated in 1968. 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 32.8592, -95.4501 near Quitman. The nearest cataloged historic site is Price Family (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Muddy Creek Church, Clover Hill Baptist Church, and Clover Hill Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5499008965. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.