Clover Hill Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 51.752 W 095° 25.348
15S E 273324 N 3638649
Texas Historical Marker at the pedestrian entrance to Clover Hill Cemetery, north of Quitman, noting the establishment of the Baptist church and this cemetery behind it.
Waymark Code: WM1034C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
Views: 1

Marker Number: 8952

Marker Text:
Families from Georgia and Alabama settled this land in 1856. The next year they chose this hill which was covered with yellow clover for construction of the Clover Hill Baptist Church. In 1868 "Little Buddy," son of G. H. and Sallie Pogue, was the first burial in this community cemetery. Soon a stranger died of smallpox and was interred here. The oldest marked gravestone is that of Martha Benton (1840-1862). She was buried, according to custom, near her home and later the family moved the headstone here. In 1926 the cemetery association was organized. (1979)


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