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NEW COLONY CEMETERY
LINDEN, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS
LOCATION: Cemetery is located 3 miles from Linden on Hwy 59 toward
Atlanta, TX, behind the New Colony Baptist Church.
The church was organized in 1891 in a log school house and named
New Colony by Mrs. J. T. Latham. Charter members were: Mr. & Mrs
John S. Carwile, Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Elgins, Mr. & Mrs. Hamp
Washington, Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Crowson, Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Martin and
Mr. & Mrs. Z. H. Carwile. Bro J. G. Williams was the first pastor
Mr. & Mrs. Z. H. Carwile deeded three acres for a permanent church
and the first service was held September 9, 1904. This building
was destroyed by a cyclone on May 13, 1908. A second building was
rebuilt with the materials from the first church and opened that
same summer.
Many thanks go to Helen ANDERSON Washington for her help in
providing genealogy information.
This cemetery was read O5-OCT-1995 by Gerald Hammock. Updated 02
AUG-1998 by Charles Steger.
The cemetery is operated by an association, New Colony Cemetery
Association, P. O. Box 578, Linden, TX 75563
This cemetery is know to be predominantly white.
The oldest known marked grave; Section B Row 12
CARWILE Zachariah Hugh 11-JUN-1845 22-JUL-1917
Much more information and a list of internments can be found in
THE CEMETERIES WITH CASS COUNTY CONNECTIONS VOLUME 7
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