Titus County, Texas Cemetery Search

Gladewater Cemetery is an old public cemetery located in rural North Central Titus County. L. Mark Crooks and his wife Annie E. Crooks donated the original land to the Spring Hill Baptist Church and graveyard. The cemetery was called Spring Hill Cemetery. Some time before 1904 the church and cemetery names were changed to Gladewater. The name Springhill Cemetery was used by a cemetery located a few miles North of Gladewater and just off FM 1402.

The Gladewater Missionary Baptist Church sits adjacent to the cemetery's east side. Gladewater Cemetery is quite large and well maintained. The front (east) side of the cemetery is fenced by a welded steel tubing fence and the remainder is fenced with chain link. The first person interred in the cemetery was Ella Crooks, July 10, 1887, who is buried on row 20. Gladewater Cemetery may have a claim to fame because the local people say that Arelda Jane Stevenson Sparks, the first white child born in Titus County, is buried there.

Some time in the past, a program of placing concrete blocks at known but unmarked grave sites was conducted and at least 95 of those remain today. Besides commercially manufactured monuments, a number of irregular markers are used to mark graves including cement blocks, marble foot stones, granite blocks, broken rocks, and a flat granite slab.

When searching burial records, the plot area referred to as "Area 2" is off the road from the back.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:

Drive 1.5 miles north on North Jefferson Street (U.S. Highway 271 Business) to its intersection with Burton Road (the Interstate 30 south service road). Turn right (east) on the service road and drive 0.4 miles to the intersection of Texas Farm Road 1402 (Harts Bluff Road). Turn left (north) on FM 1402 at the stop sign and cross Interstate 30. Continue 5.1 miles to the intersection of County Road 1750. Turn left. Gladewater Cemetery is located at the end of the road (approximately 0.1 mile).

GPS COORDINATES: 33°15.066' N 095°56.939' W

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MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 860 (2008-04-01)

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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: 2006-03-16

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.