Located in Gilmer, in the 700 block of Pine St.  There is a wooden marker at the sidewalk, the cemetery is located at the back of the house on the left.  It is fenced, and other than needing a little clean up from some fallen limbs, the stones are in very good condition and very legible. The stones are tall obelisk type, with some of them have multiple names on them. This cemetery is located near the site of the headquarters of the okd Ford Plantation. There is an endowment that provides for its upkeep.

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.

Read Oct 21, 2001 by Randy and Sharon Pierce.
Updated Oct 2008 with complete reading with photos by Geraldine Little Braswell & Sandy Spann.

Alexander P Ford           S/o Precia & James Ford
Jan 18, 1878            Jul 30, 1927
son of James Polk Ford (1840-1892) & Prescia A. Hopson (1843 – 1920); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer

(Precia A. Hopson Ford         Pic #2        "Mother" 
Nov 1, 1843           Jan 27, 1920
Per Ronald Wade - Prescia A. Hopson Ford married James Polk Ford (1840-1892)  and their children included Bocca Lorena Ford (1868 – 1945), Ida Lee Ford (6 Nov 1870-Aug 13, 1872), George W. Ford (25 Jul 1872-Jul 7, 1873), Little Dick Ford (3 Jul 1874-Sep 30, 1879), Nattie Ford (12 Feb 1876-Mar 27, 1877), Alexander P. Ford (18 Jan 1878, Roy Ford (13 Feb 1883-Feb 11, 1884), S. Ford (Dec 1885, and Janie J. Ford (12 Oct 1886.  (Sister to W A (Wm) Hopson buried Derrick Cem; Briggs Hopson; Edward Hardy Hopson buried Pitts Cem, Pittsburg, TX)

(James P Ford                "Father"      (Has 2 stones - see  double with Roy also) 
Jan 28, 1840              Feb 16, 1892
(Their daughter Bocca Ford m. Douglas Buie and is buried in the Gilmer Cemetery); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
Per Ronald Wade - James Polk Ford, born in Alabama, the son of Dr. George Lawson Ford (1806-1869) &  Sarah Ann Teague ( who died 1845 Ala.).  James married Prescia A. Hopson (1843 – 1920) and their children included Bocca Lorena Ford (1868 – 1945), Ida Lee Ford (6 Nov 1870-Aug 13, 1872), George W. Ford (25 Jul 1872-Jul 7, 1873), Little Dick Ford (3 Jul 1874-Sep 30, 1879), Nattie Ford (12 Feb 1876-Mar 27, 1877), Alexander P. Ford (18 Jan 1878, Roy Ford (13 Feb 1883-Feb 11, 1884), S. Ford (Dec 1885, and Janie J. Ford (born 12 Oct 1886.)  During the Civil War he enlisted in Co. F & S, 17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Moore's Regiment).

On same stone: 
   Ida Lee               Nov 6, 1870           Aug 13, 1872
   Little Dick           Jul 3, 1874              Sep 30, 1879
   Nattie                 Feb 12, 1876          Mar 27, 1877
   George W          Jul 25, 1872             Jul 7, 1873          Pic #2
   J P Ford             Jan 28, 1840           Feb 16, 1882     (Has 2 stones - see  double with PA also)
   Roy                   Feb 13, 1883           Feb 11, 1884       Pic #2
(Precia & James P Ford's children); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer

Dr George Ford      
Apr 5, 1806           Sep 15, 1869
Per Ronald Wade - Dr. George Lawson Ford, born in NC, the son of W. Richard Ford (1778 – 1849) & Elizabeth "Betsy" Flowers.  In 1829 in Limestone, Ala. he married Sarah Ann Teague ( who died 1845 Ala.) and their children included Mary Ann Ford born 1831, William T. Ford born 1833, Alexander T. Ford born 1834, Richard W. Ford born 1837, James Polk Ford (1840-1892), George F. Ford born 1841, and Roxanna Ford born 1845.  In 1852 in Athens, Limestone Co., Ala. he married Nancy Jane Higgins (1829 – 1881) and their children included Sarah Ford born 1853 and Edward Ford born 1855. He was a Civil War Surgeon.

Sacred to the Memory of Fannie Harrison         (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Mollie E Harrison      Pic #2       (no dates)

On ground small marble slab  with   M E H
On ground small marble slab with   U P H

Stone with Ford

Sacred to the Memory of Richard E Harrison        (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Johnnie P Harrison      (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth F Harrison        (no dates)

(Alexander Ford            
May 15, 1834        Feb 13, 1899
Per Ronald Wade - Alexander "Alex' Polk Ford, born in Georgia, the son of George Lawson Ford (1806 – 1869) & Sarah Ann Teague (who died 1845 Ala.)   He married Eliza J. Hall (1843 – 1894) and their children included Stella Mae Ford (1871 – 1902), Mary S. Ford born 1872, Alexander M. Ford born 1875, William T. "Willie" Ford born 1877, Rosa Ford born 1879 & Virgil Ford.  During the Civil War Alex was a Sergeant in the Upshur Guards, 6th Texas Brigade, 6th District, under Capt. Raleigh S. Camp, CSA. He served in Co. F, Texas 13th Regiment Volunteers Infantry (Moseley's Artillery Battery) and assigned to the Western District of Texas, Trans-Mississippi Department.   On 18 Mar 1864 he re-enlisted as a Private, 3rd Class, at Camp McCulloch, Co. C, 1st Texas Regiment, 2nd Brigade.

(Eliza J Ford           Pic #2         
Oct 25, 1843         Oct 25, 1894
Per Ronald Wade - Eliza J. Hall Ford, born in Louisiana, she married Alexander "Alex' Polk Ford (1834-1899), and their children included Stella Mae Ford (1871 – 1902), Mary S. Ford born 1872, Alexander M. Ford born 1875, William T. "Willie" Ford born 1877, Rosa Cecil Ford (1879-1899) & Virgil Ford.

Rosa Cecil Ford          Pic #2    
Feb 8, 1879          Mar 7, 1899
Per Ronald Wade - Rosa Cecil Ford, born the daughter of Alexander "Alex' Polk Ford (1834-1899) & Eliza J. Hall (1843 – 1894).

(Nancy J Ford         Pic #2
Feb 4, 1825         Sep 29, 1881
(Frank Ford
Oct 1, 1865           Oct 28, 1885
 

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