Titus County, Texas Cemetery Search

Belcher Cemetery is a small public cemetery near Talco in north central Titus County. Its exact origin is not known, but its approximate establishment is shown Kernel Alford Belcher's monument, who was buried January 17, 1880. Mr. Lynch Harper believed that Mr. George Belcher donated land to establish the cemetery, but no proof has been found.

Twenty eight (28) wood, native stone, and metal grave markers are visible throughout the cemetery and other large vacant areas where other graves most likely exist. At least two depressions most likely indicate unmarked graves. A funeral home marker is located beside a native stone. The only recognizable inscription is “died Aug ---”. Another funeral home marker is located beside a native stone.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:

Travel north on North Jefferson Street (which becomes U.S. 271) for 16.3 miles to Talco, Texas.

Turn right (east) on Texas FM 71 at the blinking traffic light and proceed 4.3 miles to a small oil, gravel, and dirt road that intersects FM 71 on the left. The road does not have a county road number, but is marked by a green TXDOT sign on Farm Road 71.

The cemetery lies about 0.1 mile north of FM 71 and is visible from that intersection.

Belcher cemetery is well maintained. It was re-fenced and a new granite sign installed in 2006.

GPS COORDINATES: 33°21.454' N 095°01.915' W

DECORATION DAY: Unknown

MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 73 (2008-04-01)

FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY BY E-MAIL.

SEE "HOW TO REQUEST BURIAL INFORMATION" PAGE FOR DETAILS.

(NOTE: This cemetery contains un-named burials marked by irregular makers like natural stones and other methods that could not be included in the Titus Cemetery Search database.)

LAST TCS PHYSICAL SURVEY: 2006-03-28

Historical information for this cemetery was provided by and used with the permission of David Horton, and was compiled from Mr. Horton's work and the earlier work of Lynch Harper. Map provided courtesy of Ark-La-Tex Council of Governments GIS department. Please forward any mapping questions to http://www.atcog.org/gis_mapping.htm.