Wrights
Chapel Cemetery
Red River County
Wrights Chapel Cemetery,
19 May 1882,"This cemetery is located in the southwest quadrant
of Red River County, Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33
Deg 34.139N, 95 Deg 18.607W. This is to the west side of the
cemetery. It is marked on the current Texas State maps of RRCo
TX and is just inside the line in RRCo TX. According to the current
landowner Sam Wright, the west fenceline of the cemetery is the
Lamar Co TX line. GPS readings taken at the county line on Hwy
82 (95 Deg 18.652W) and Hwy 271 (95 Deg 18.639W) reveal that
the cemetery is, indeed, just inside Red River County. From Detroit
go south for 7.2 miles to the intersection with CR 1237. Take
the country lane which is designated as CR 1237 for 1.3 miles
west, turning right or north onto CR 1226 for 5/10 miles and
then turning left or west for 1.3 miles. The cemetery is just
east of the house in the pasture and to the south about 150 yards.
The oldest marked burial is that of Oscar D. McMillin who died
on 19 May 1882. On a morning threatening rain, 9 May 2000, Lawrence
and Sue Dale, accompanied by Sam Wright, surveyed this cemetery.
The name for this burial ground comes from the family name as
well as from the school that was located nearby, ie, Wrights
Chapel, on the Lamar Co TX side. According to Sam, there has
never been a church in the immediate vicinity. The most recent
burial is that of Sam's son in 1991. Sam thinks that maybe he
will be buried there as well.,
Deport Times, 12 Dec 1940, Thursday, from microfilm in the Clarksville
Library: VANDALS DIG INTO GRAVE AT WRIGHT CHAPEL CEMETERY Three
miles north of Deport is located a very old cemetery, known as
the Wright Chapel cemetery, established by the father of John
W. Wright as a family burial plot many years ago. Later others
asked permission to bury there, which was granted. A recent inspection
showed that someone had been digging into one of the graves in
a portion of the two acre plot, where no one has been buried
for more than a quarter of a century. So far as Mr. Wright knows,
no persons have ever been buried in the plot with any kind of
gold or other precious metals on their bodies, and he is unable
to account for any reason that would prompt a vandal to dig into
one of the graves. On a cold morning, 11 Jan 2003, the GPS position
was taken and hopefully the question as to the location for this
cemetery, ie, in Red River County, can now be put to rest. We
also did a re walk of the cemetery on 20 Dec 2003 looking for
new burials and noting marker changes.
Wright's Information
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