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Pine
Hill B Cemetery
Pine Hill B Cemetery,
11 Mar 1889,"This cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant
of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33
Deg 51.556N, 95 Deg 17.165W. The Pine Hill Cemetery is a black
cemetery. From Woodland take FM 410 north for 4.1 miles to Kanawha
and the intersection with CR 2372. Take CR 2372 west and about
2.5 miles down this sandy road the church is on the left. The
cemetery is just past the church, across the road and 4/10 mile
north into the woods. A deed dated 22 Oct 1906 and filed for
record on 16 Apr 1907 in Book CH Vol 59 Page 231 for a tract
on the Elisha Simmons survey from Cora C. Perot to Pine Hill
Baptist Church. The oldest marked grave is that of Jane Mims
who died on 11 Mar 1889. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence
and Sue Dale on 16 Feb 1997. We visited the site again on 8 Dec
2003 and took the GPS readings. We also did a re walk of the
cemetery adding new burials and noting marker changes. While
there found the grave of an old friend, Cowboy Johnson, and had
a nice conversation with him beneath his beloved pine trees."
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