The William Cook Cemetery is a medium sized cemetery located in Southeast Titus County on private land that has belonged to the Cook Family since the original headright survey.
The William Cook Cemetery is surrounded by woods and was once badly overgrown, but family members have cleared the underbrush and the cemetery is relatively clean. Twenty eight native rock markers were counted during the survey. Many others have most likely been submerged by the natural decaying vegetation and the incursion of cattle that have access to the cemetery. One funeral home marker was found on the site. The only remaining monument has been toppled and is lying horizontal on the ground with subsequent rapid deterioration. This is a very significant cemetery because of the uniqueness of the rock cairn that dominates the cemetery.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:
Travel 0.3 mile south on Madison Street to Ferguson Road. Turn left (east) on Ferguson Road. Continue through the traffic light at the intersection of South Jefferson Street and Ferguson Road (which becomes Highway 49).
Travel 3.8 miles on Highway 49 to the intersection of FM 1735 (the Chapel Hill Road). Turn right onto FM 1735 and proceed 0.8 mile to the intersection of County Road 4710 (from the right).
Turn right onto County Road 4710 and proceed for 1 mile to the intersection from the right of County Road 4720. Turn right onto County Road 4720 and continue to the dead end at the current residence. The cemetery lies about 200 yards to the southwest of the current residence on a knoll.
The William Cook Cemetery is located in woods on private property and contains only 2 markers other than natural stones
William Cook Cemetery sits in the woods and was once overgrown with brush and briars, but family members cleaned out the underbrush and the cemetery is reasonably clean
William Cook Cemetery contains only 2 markers other than natural stones. A marker for Sarah Horton has been toppled and is lying on the ground, and a new marker for Civil War veteran John Jacskson Cook has recently been added
GPS COORDINATES: 33°06.401' N 094°54.694' W
DECORATION DAY: None
MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 2 (2006-04-01)
FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY.
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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: 2006-12-17
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.
