Campbell-Elrod Cemetery

The cemetery's paper trail survives in the deed books. A Navarro County history says the church deed was filed on November 11, 1855, naming trustees Moses French, D. W. Campbell, A. C. McMillan, William Pope, James George, Joseph White and Abraham Duren. J. M. Elrod took title in 1908, and he and Eunice Elrod conveyed it back to trustees in 1914. Members voted the name Campbell-Elrod in June 1967. The history also lists Sarah Winfield, born in 1797, among the early graves, marked by the D.A.R. for coming to Texas in 1824.

What the plaque says

Campbell-Elrod Cemetery Land for this cemetery was given to the Harmony Methodist Church in 1855 by Navarro county pioneer David Wilson Campbell. Ten acres were donated to the church trustees, with part to be set aside as a graveyard and known as Campbell Cemetery. David Campbell was buried here in 1879. The land was conveyed to J. M. and Eunice Elrod in 1908. They gave the land containing the cemetery back to the church in 1914. Although there are some unmarked graves, the earliest documented burial is that of Ensly Willis (1856-1859). Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Where it stands

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