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DOUGLASSVILLE CEMETERY
DOUGLASSVILLE, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS
Location: From intersection of Hwy 8 and 77, travel north on Hwy 8. Cemetery is on the east side of Hwy 8 just a short distance
from intersection. It is within the city limits of Douglassville Cemetery was read 24-APR-l994 by Anita Bickham. Updated and put in
rows 23-SEP-l995 by Melba Tims, Irene Powell & Kathryn McAlexander. Cemetery was read from north to south, beginning in
the northwest corner near the front entrance. Extra information given by Louise Williams McCoy & Nettie Jo Carlow Brabham.
Cemetery is known to be predominantly white.
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MARKER PLACED IN 1976
Douglassville Cemetery
Williamson Petty (1820 - 1861), Sulphur River Ferryman donated land for this cemetery from a claim which he settled in 1850. Cd
John C. Douglass (1818-— 1863), from Georgia, bought in 1855 all of the Petty Claim not previously reserved for school and church
The cemetery took its name from his town of Douglassville. The earliest legible stone (1859) marks the grave of Mrs. Henrietta
Cook and her infant twins. Additional land was acquired in 1928 and 1939. The cemetery has about 400 graves and a governing
association.
The oldest known marked grave: SECTION F ROW 22
COOK Henrietta 25-NOV-1834 20-OCT-1859
DOUGLASSVILLE CEMETERY 2
DOUGLASSVILLE, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS
The land for this cemetery was given by Miss Fredonia Louisa
Zonobia Hunt and was part of a 78 acre tract purchased by her from
the Snipes family. Commonly called "Miss Free" by the Douglassville people, she was born 10-JUL-1850 and died 25-AUG-1938. She was the daughter of Henry H. Hunt and his wife Nancy Harp Hunt who emigrated from Georgia with other families. As many graves as were marked are listed but there are many other unmarked graves. Miss Free never married but remained at the homestead to care for an invalid younger sister after her parents died.
Cemetery was read in Nov. 1995 by Julia McKinney with the help of G. C. Johnson, who cut vines and bushes so the graves could be
reached. Cemetery was not read in any specific order due to the brush.This cemetery is known to be predominantly black.
The oldest known marked grave;
LOWE Carrie G. l3-MAY~l886 l9-SEP-l909
Much more information and a list of internments can be found in
THE CEMETERIES WITH CASS COUNTY CONNECTIONS VOLUME 5
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