Becknell
Cemetery
Becknell Cemetery 1865,"This
cemetery is located in the southwest quadrant of Red River County,
Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 37.691N, 95 Deg 10.153W.
This cemetery is located about 6 miles west of Clarksville, the
first branch bottom east of the roadside park on Hwy. 82. It
is about 150 yards south of the highway in a field on the William
Becknell Survey. On 20 Dec 1861 there is a deed from Mary Becknell
to Methodist Episcopal Church for 6 acres SW corner Becknells
Prairie and filed for record on 24 Dec 1861 in Book CH N page
457. There is a conveyance of a 1 acre tract on the west side
of Becknell's Prairie from W. W. Scaff to the Becknell West School
Commission made on 14 Sep 1882 and filed for record on 2 May
1883 in Book CH Vol 5 Page 401. There are signs of recent brush
cutting and general clean-up to the area. This cemetery was surveyed
by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 24 Jan 1999. We walked through the
briers on 21 Jan 2003 to again visit and to find no more cleanup
has been done on this historic site. We took the GPS Coordinates
while there this time."
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