The Texas Spirit Quest
is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.
There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural communities across Texas. This series will introduce you to many of them. The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries, tombstones and local lore.
According to one online source, there are 535 interments here, which seems like a very high number for a site of this size. However, transcription hobbyists that surveyed the location back in 2002 recorded 491 burials at that time, so the figure is probably accurate. (Although on the other hand, they have one Jefferson Davis Taylor as having lived to the age of 124, which strikes one as being improbable.) At any rate, the first burial took place in 1889, and the site remans active through at least 2011.
The site is open--there are no gates to pass through. It is very nicely maintained and features an open air pavilion for services. Local geocachers will, of course, realize that this cemetery was formerly the site of the XANN - Final Interment cache. My thanks to Bigguy in Texas, who was so kind as to transfer the site to me. As always, any refinements to the listed coordinates are welcomed.