Deadwood Cemetery

The Handbook of Texas says the settlement was first called Linus. Adam LaGrone's family settled near Socogee Creek in 1837, and about 1860 his son H. C. LaGrone built a mill and gin that became the nucleus of the town. When residents applied for a post office in 1882, another Texas town already had the name Linus, so a town meeting chose Deadwood. The post office was discontinued in 1917. A hotel built around 1900 closed a few years later, and after World War II the school was consolidated with Carthage's and the remaining businesses closed.

What the plaque says

Deadwood Cemetery The community of Deadwood was established in the 1830s by the Adam LaGrone family. A family burial ground was begun on the LaGrone farm in 1847 when Adam LaGrone's wife, Christeena, died. Adam was buried next to his wife nine years later. Although the land did not officially appear in county deed records as a public cemetery until 1859, members of the community were buried here before that time. A testament to early Panola county history, the Deadwood cemetery is still in use and maintained by descendants of pioneer families. (1988).

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Tex Ritter Museum and Texas Country Music Hall of Fame — 12 mi
  Carthage's country music museum, with Tex Ritter's boots, guitars and saddles in a room styled like a movie theater, and exhibits on other Texas stars, Jim Reeves among them.

More markers nearby

• Jim Reeves — 8.4 mi
• International Boundary Marker — 9.6 mi
• James Rowe — 10 mi
• Old Center Cemetery — 10 mi