Snodgrass Cemetery is an abandoned cemetery located on the Wade Vining Survey in Southeast Titus County. David Snodgrass founded the cemetery before the Civil War. The earliest burial date found was 1853, shown on John Lindsey's monument. David Snodgrass, his wife, and others are buried in the cemetery. There are probably 20 graves total. Lynch Harper's “Titus County Cemeteries” presents a very good history of the cemetery and genealogy of the Snodgrass family.
All previous histories of the cemetery mention its shabby, overgrown condition. Some dedicated individuals took it on themselves to clean and straighten the cemetery and achieved a striking improvement. Thanks to those individuals, the cemetery grounds are cleared and monuments are clean and arranged. They have also drafted a very comprehensive cemetery plot. If only we had more like these!
In addition to formal monuments found in the cemetery, there indications of many other grave sites without monuments including a pile of native stone, 23 native stones, part of a monument with no inscription, a concrete slab, 3 brick cairns, a concrete crypt with no identification, and a brick ringed enclosure.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:
Travel 0.3 miles south on Madison Street to Ferguson Road (US 271). Turn left (east) on Ferguson Road (which becomes Texas Highway 49) and travel 3.8 miles on Highway 49 to the intersection of Texas FM 1735 (Chapel Hill Road). Turn right onto FM 1735 and continue for 3.8 miles to a private residence which sits on the right side of FM-1735 at 3940 FM 1735. Turn right into the private driveway. Snodgrass Cemetery lies at the end of this private drive on the left, approximately 200 yards west of FM 1735.
Snodgrass Cemetery is located in the back yard of a private residence
at 3940 Texas FM-1735
Snodgrass Cemetery is located in the back yard of a private residence. It contains several quite old monuments. The residents keep it mowed and in good condition.
GPS COORDINATES: 33°05.540' N 094°52.402' W
DECORATION DAY: None
MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 18 (2008-04-01)
FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY.
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: 2006-12-14
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.
Snodgrass Cemetery
Texas FM-1735, Titus County, Texas
