Titus County, Texas Cemetery Search - Blevins-Cason Cemetery

Blevins-Cason Cemetery is a large public cemetery located about two miles Northwest of the Cason community in Southeast Titus County. It was established before the Civil War. Speculation was that the cemetery was founded by Abraham Blevins, but court records show the land was originally surveyed and patented by the Riddle family.

Annie Riddle, who died in 1856, has one of the earliest monuments in the cemetery. The land was eventually sold to Abraham Blevins, who the cemetery is named after and is buried there. The cemetery is fenced and kept in very good condition. A Cemetery Association was formed to oversee maintenance, allocate space, and administer perpetual care. Meetings are held at 2 PM at the Cemetery on the first Sunday in May.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:

Travel 0.3 mile South on Madison Street to Ferguson Road (Texas Highway 49). Turn left (east) on Ferguson Road and travel 8.3 miles. Turn right (south) on Titus County Road 4875. Proceed 1.4 miles on County Road 4875 to the Welsh Reservoir. Continue 2.6 miles south on County Road 4875. The Cemetery is on the left enclosed in a chain link fence with an arched entrance gate marked Blevins-Cason. A sign on the gate shows the address of 4065 County Road 4875.

GPS COORDINATES: 33°07.019'N 095°01.675'W

DECORATION DAY: First Sunday in May

MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 627 (2008-04-01)

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

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(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: 2006-03-14

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.