Randolph - Lindsey Cemetery
Lindsey Cemetery at Randolph is actually a combination of two tiny
cemeteries grown together.The Randolph Cemetery and the Lindsey
family & Slave graves. Then in a space of a few years the
Blanton Infant was buried nearby and that started the community
Cemetery at Randolph. There are many unmarked graves.
Tennessee native Thomas Lindsey (b. 1794) brought his family to
this part of Fannin County in 1837. In the late 1840s, Lindsey
donated four acres of his farmland for a school and cemetery. The
first burial in the cemetery was for one of Lindsey's slaves. The
one-room school house built next to the graveyard served as a
community church where funeral services were held. Over the years,
this cemetery has served residents of the surrounding area,
including the community of Randolph, which was founded in 1887 on
the Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railroad. The main street in
Randolph was located about 3/4 mile southwest of the Lindsey School
and cemetery, and a wooden sidewalk connected the two. In the
middle 1890s, the Lindsey School was moved to Randolph, and the
original school grounds were added to the cemetery. Among those
buried here are Thomas Lindsey and his wife, Rebecca, and their
son-in-law, the Rev.Burwell Cox, who organized several Presbyterian
churches in the area. Other graves located here include those of
businessmen, farmers, doctors, pioneer citizens and their
descendants, and veterans of several wars.