Between Linden and Douglassville and far up in the woods back
of Springs School is the site of Warren Springs Church. The road
is one of the few remaining "country roads" in Cass
County and follows the original roadbed which was a spur off
the old Old Linden and Boston Road. Only the cemetery remains.
In the cemetery are these graves:
Joseph Warren (18O4-1858)
Harriett Drake Warren (1809-1871)
Joseph Warren, Jr. (1846-1873)
B.F. Ball (1862-19O6)
C.G. (wife) Ball (1854-1932)
Nathan J.
Barron (1855-1922)
Addie Barron (1856-1935)
A.C.Gholson (1841-1898)
Meltry Gholson (1851-1940)
W.A. Carter (1858-1909)
Frank Carter
(1865-1954)
Louiser Carter (1865-1940)
Robert E. Lee (1877-1934)
Naoma Eugenia Lee (1888-1955)
Nearby is a black cemetery which is believed to be the oldest
in Cass County and was begun in slave times. There are no markers
to attest to this fact for most of the graves are marked with
rocks. This cemetery is overgrown with brush and flowering plants
gone wild. It is guarded by giant oaks and cedars.
Among the marked graves are:
Joseph Warren (1821-1891)
Hannah Warren (1825-1912)
Erven Allen (1842-1917)
Nancy
Carter (1785-1910)
These are undoubtedly former slaves of the
whites buried nearby. If you are a good mathematician you have
discovered that Nancy Carter lived to be 125 years of age. This
must be a Cass County record, if not a record for the entire
region.
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