Titus County, Texas Cemetery Search - Belcher Cemetery No. 2

Belcher Cemetery No. 2 is a small abandoned family cemetery located near Talco in north central Titus County behind the main Belcher Cemetery. Why the people interred in Belcher Cemetery No. 2 were not buried in the main Belcher Cemetery is unknown. The two graves found here are located on the Belcher family's main home site and lie beside an old dirt road that ran to the home. The graves are unprotected and the grounds are overgrown and not maintained.

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) at the blinking traffic light at the intersection of Texas FM 71 and proceed 4.3 miles to a small oil, gravel, and dirt road that intersects FM 71 on the left.

The cemetery lies about 0.4 mile north of FM 71 and about 0.2 miles from the northwest corner of the main Belcher Cemetery.

Belcher Cemetery No. 2 is located approximatley 0.4 mile northwest of Belcher Cemetery

Belcher Cemetery No. 2 lies beside the road that runs west and north of Belcher Cemetery

Belcher Cemetery No. 2 is overgrown, and the ground around it is being bulldozed. It has been marked with survey tape.

GPS COORDINATES: 33°21.616' N 095°01.841' W

DECORATION DAY: None

MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 2 (2008-04-01)

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

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

LAST TCS PHYSICAL SURVEY: 2007-01-07

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.