Forbes
Cemetery
"Forbes","Cemetery","4
May 1855","Forbes","This cemetery is located
in the northwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES:
Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 39.340N, 95 Deg 09.466W. This cemetery is
located in the southeast quadrant of Bagwell and is badly overgrown,
thus rendering it lost except to a local. There is a deed transaction
from 25 Oct 1880, file date 19 Mar 1891, Book CH Vol 20 Page
611 transferring 1/4 acre of ground from Malcolm Forbes to Forbes
Cemetery, said land located 1/2 mile southeast of Bagwell Community.
The oldest marked burial is that of M. Bagwell who died on 4
May 1855. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale
on 9 Feb 1999. We visited the site again on 21 Jan 2003 and took
the GPS readings."
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