Clarksville Cemetery

The cemetery's own records fill in the plaque. Benjamin Clark Sr., who died in February 1838, is the earliest burial in the Red River County TXGenWeb listing. The Clark family is said to have given the land, but the surveyors found nothing in the deed records to confirm it. In a 1999 walk-through, Lawrence and Sue Dale uncovered more than twenty completely buried markers. In 1923 the Clarksville Times reported that a ring, two coins from before the Civil War and fragments of clothing turned up while a grave was being dug.

What the plaque says

Clarksville Cemetery This burial site was first used in the 1830s for the family of James Clark, the founder of Clarksville, who is interred here. The earliest grave is that of his father Benjamin Clark, a veteran of the American Revolution. Other graves include those of Albert Hamilton Latimer, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the noted Texas journalist Col. Charles DeMorse and the Rev. John Anderson, a pioneer area preacher and educator. Known for many years as the Baptist Cemetery, the Clarksville Cemetery serves as a reminder of the town's early settlers and civic leaders. (1982) [Second plaque, THC 24020, Historic Texas Cemetery, 2023] CLARKSVILLE CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1838 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2023

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lennox Woods Preserve — 10 mi
  A Nature Conservancy preserve of mature East Texas forest north of Clarksville, kept by the Lennox family for four generations, with a 1.5-mile loop under post oaks more than 300 years old.

More markers nearby

• Stagecoach Stand, C. S. A. — 0.3 mi
• The Rev. William Stevenson — 0.3 mi
• Members of Confederate Congresses — 0.3 mi
• Five Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Red River County — 0.3 mi