Harris
Chapel Cemetery
Harris Chapel Cemetery
,"26 Oct 1860","This cemetery is located in the
southwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES:
Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 35.875N, 95 Deg 04.603W. This cemetery is
located about 1/2 miles south of Clarksville off Hwy 37 on the
left or south side. There is a sign on the road and the cemetery
is a little over a block off the highway. A deed transaction
dated 5 Mar 1910 has '1 acre in the G. Clark survey reserved
for a cemetery' and filed 9 Mar 1910 in Book CH Vol 66 Page 98
transferred the land from R. H. Harris et ux to the Harris Chapel
Cemetery. Then on 22 Oct 1912 there is another transfer by deed
of another 1 acre tract on the Gilbert Clark survey, filed on
9 Nov 1912 in Book CH Vol 79 Page 380 from R. H. Harris to Harris
Chapel Cemetery. The oldest marked grave is that of Frances Ann
Harris, child of J. C. and Martha who died on 26 Oct 1860. This
cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on Sunday 6 Dec
1998 with 23 additional graves found by probing, most being old
markers. we were on the site on 12 Jan 2004 and took the GPS
Coordinates. We also did a re walk of the cemetery adding new
burials and noting marker changes."
Inventory
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