Jobe Cemetery

African American families settled the Jobe Community on the Lemuel G. Powers survey. Brothers Phelix and Sampson Jobe bought several tracts of land from 1881 to 1892, setting aside land for the Jobe Cemetery. The local economy included cattle, cotton, crops, timber cutting, and sugar cane for ribbon cane syrup. Jobe Brothers Lumber Co. Provided building materials for area projects such as the clubhouse for Little Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club. Land farmed on Little Sandy Creek was impounded as Lake Hawkins in 1962. The oldest burial in Jobe Cemetery is a child of the Shamburger family, but most graves are Jobe family members and relatives. The cemetery is a testimony to a rural community and a way of life.

Jobe Cemetery is a historical marker in Hawkins, Wood County, dedicated in 2013. It is one of 74 historical markers documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.6152, -95.2463 near Hawkins. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Fouke-Grant (cemetery), about 2.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Beavers-Prince, Beavers, and Fouke Memorial.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017567. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.