Woodland Cemetery, 4 May 1873, "This cemetery is located in the northwest quadrant of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 48.672N, 95 Deg 15.819W. Woodland cemetery is located about 10 miles north of Detroit. From FM 195 and FM 410 in Woodland, take FM 195 east about 6/10 mile to CR 2364. Take CR 2364 north 2/10 mile and the cemetery is ahead. A deed dated Sep 9, 1885 and filed for record on 28 Sep 1885 in Book CH Vol 9 Page 176 conveys 1 acre at Woodland school and church from John C. Perot et ux to Woodland Graveyard. It is located in the Isaac Moore survey. The oldest marked grave is that of infant daughter Fleming died 4 May 1873. This cemetery was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 25, 26 and 27 January 1997. On a windy and cool fall day of 22 Sep 1999 we again walked this cemetery for a double check on our work. We were there again on 10 Jan 2003 to take the GPS Coordinates. We also did a re walk of the cemetery on 26 Dec 2003 adding new burials and noting marker changes."

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