Submitted by: Eric Bonner Wood
Status: Abandoned about 1856.
Coordinates: 31 degrees - 47 minutes - 30.71 seconds N; 95 degrees - 59 minutes
- 22.16 seconds W
Background: This cemetery is said by different sources to be for the ghost towns
of Troy or Sand Town.
Location: Situated on private property near the Trinity River. East-NE of
Fairfield on Hugh Bonner land, near Trinity River. The cemetery is overgrown
with timber. Warning - there are old unmarked and uncovered wells and cisterns
that one could easily stumple down in the area.
Directions #1: Proceed out FM 2570 to junction with county road that connects to
FM 1364, Turn left at this junction and go .4 mile to double gate; enter through
right gate entrance and travel .6 miles to where road joins pipe line
right-of-way for 1.1 miles then turn right along a jeep road for .4 mile to
cemetery.
Directions #2: Go past I. G. C. plant toward Cook's Lake, come to locked gate
with sign "Wildlife Preserve". Turn right and from there on, someone will have
to take you to the cemetery.
Oldest Marked Grave: Mar 17, 1853 William Adams
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Adams, William L. 5/4/1815-3/17/1853 [See #130 in 1850 Limestone Co. census]
Edwards, B. F. 1803-4/16/1855
[Vol II, Edwards Cemetery list this gave as I did. Vol II, Troy Cemetery lists
this as "Edwards, B. F. and wife ?-4/16/1855"] [This is Benjamin Franklin
Edwards. See #108 in 1850 Limestone County census. See H of FC, Vol I, #289.]
Edwards, W. C. 1/22/1853-1/12/1855
[Could be:Texas State Gazette; published in Austin, Texas; May 12, 1855 edition;
Page: 292
We learn from the Leon Pioneer that Waco Edwards, an old Texan, a citizen of
Freestone county, was killed a short time since by a young man, by the named of
Horn. It seems that Edwards had made some remarks derogatory to the honesty of
Horn, which coming to his ears, he rode up to Edward's home, called him out and
asked him if he said so and so, on Edwards answering in the affirmative he shot
him down in his tracks with a double barreled shot gun. This is rumor - we do
not vouch or its correctness. Report says that Horn has been arrested."]