Scott
Cemetery
Red River County
 
Scott Cemetery, 20 Sep
1859,"This cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant
of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33
Deg 41.915N, 95 Deg 17.228W. From Detroit take FM 410 north about
three miles to the second road left, CR 2225. Take this road
about 3/4 mile and the cemetery is on the left in a pasture.
Simeon Clement patented fifty two acres in 1857, and later they
sold or gave a parcel of land to Isabella Jane Dean Scott the
wife of George Scott. There is no record where it was set aside
as a cemetery. The oldest marked grave is that of Elizabeth Allen
Clement, wife of Simeon, who died 20 Sep 1859. This cemetery
was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 16 Feb 1997. In an attempt
to further insure the accuracy of these records, this cemetery
was re surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 21 Nov 2000. We were
there on 20 Jan 2003 and took the GPS Coordinates. We also did
a re walk of the cemetery on 23 Dec 2003 looking for marker changes."
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