Britton Cemetery

Surveyed by Don Austin ca 1981
Transcribed by Marylee W. Knight

Directions: Exact directions to this cemetery are not currently known at this time; however, efforts are underway to locate it and get precise directions. It is located on private property at the end of Panola County Road 173, off of FM 1971 and south of Dotson's Crossing.

Don Austin gave the following description of the cemetery in his privately circulated book "42 Lost Cemeteries":
"Located on gently sloping ground near a creek, among some large oak trees and bounded on all sides by a barbed wire fence. Seven graves were identifiable and the rest were marked with iron pipes driven into the ground at the head and foot of the grave. A couple were marked with small funeral home plaques, but were illegible.

This is a rare occasion when the exact number of graves is known, and in addition, every grave is marked in some fashion. The first grave was that of a black woman, Sukie Collins, marked by a large piece of native rock and at the foot of a huge oak tree. She was believed to have been buried here sometime during the 1870's."
The late J.R. Murphy of Carthage, furnished supplemental information on the persons buried in Britton Cemetery to Austin.

  • Name
  • Birth
    Death
  • Parents
  • Spouse
  • Children
  • Comments
  • Anderson, Maggie E.
  • 18 Jul 1902
    4 Nov 1902
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  • Anderson, Noble
  • -
    -
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  • Died as a baby
  • Britton, B.F.
  • 16 Jun 1857
    2 Nov 1938
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  • Julia Ann
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  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Britton, Blanch
  • 12 May 1880
    9 Jun 1915
  • son of B.F. & J.A.
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  • Blanch M.
  • Britton, Infant
  • -
    -
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  • Britton, Infant
  • -
    -
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  • Britton, Infant
  • -
    -
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  • Britton, Infant
  • -
    -
  • child of Will & Bertha
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  • Britton, John M.
  • 1807
    20 May 1881
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  • Mary
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  • John Montgomery
  • Britton, Julia Ann
  • 11 Jun 1861
    16 Aug 1951
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  • Benjamin F.
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  • nee Floyd
  • Britton, Lucian
  • 7 Aug 1877
    29 May 1880
  • son of B.F. & J.A.
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  • Britton, Mary
  • 5 Aug 1828
    12 Nov 1902
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  • John M.
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  • nee White
  • Collins, Sukie
  • -
    1870's
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  • Murphy, Mary Jane
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    -
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  • Murphy, Unknown
  • -
    -
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  • Tidwell, Infant
  • -
    -
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