Britton Cemetery

Surveyed by Don Austin ca 1981

Transcribed by Marylee W. Knight

Directions: Exact directions to this cemetery are not currently known at this time; however, efforts are underway to locate it and get precise directions. It is located on private property at the end of Panola County Road 173, off of FM 1971 and south of Dotson’s Crossing.

Don Austin gave the following description of the cemetery in his privately circulated book "42 Lost Cemeteries":

"Located on gently sloping ground near a creek, among some large oak trees and bounded on all sides by a barbed wire fence. Seven graves were identifiable and the rest were marked with iron pipes driven into the ground at the head and foot of the grave. A couple were marked with small funeral home plaques, but were illegible.

This is a rare occasion when the exact number of graves is known, and in addition, every grave is marked in some fashion. The first grave was that of a black woman, Sukie Collins, marked by a large piece of native rock and at the foot of a huge oak tree. She was believed to have been buried here sometime during the 1870’s."

The late J.R. Murphy of Carthage, TX furnished supplemental information on the persons buried in Britton Cemetery to Austin.