Cuthand
Cemetery
Cuthand Cemetery, 1 Jan 1870,"This
cemetery is located in the southwest quadrant of Red River County,
Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 27.700N, 95 Deg 03.372W,
El 359 ft. This cemetery is located about 11 miles south of Clarksville
on the W. H. Tipping headright. It covers about 6 to 8 acres
and the earliest record found was on 29 Jul 1872, a transfer
of 3-3/5 acres to Cuthand Baptist Church from the H. Tippings
survey, recorded on 31 Jul 1872 and sold by J. A. Tipping et
al. On 1 Sep 1930 there is a transaction when 2 acres of the
W. H. Tipping survey were added to the old cemetery. This instrument
was filed for record on 31 Dec 1930 and recorded in Book CH Vol
128 Page 640, a deed from H. C. Byrd et ux to Cuthand Cemetery.
The Cuthand Cemetery Club maintains the cemetery from contributions.
The oldest marked burial with a complete date is that of Lundy
C. Byrd who died on 1 Jan 1870. This cemetery was surveyed on
17, 22 and 23 Mar 1999 by Lawrence and Sue Dale. We visited the
site again on 22 Dec 2003 and took the GPS readings. We also
did a re-walk of the cemetery adding new burials and noting marker
changes."
For Partial Listings Go Here
"Cuthand B","Cemetery"," ","Cuthand
B","From burials in Red River County Death records"
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