Ashes to Ashes - Lawhon Springs cemetery Traditional Cache
Ashes to Ashes - Lawhon Springs cemetery
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“Lawhon Springs, TX was first known as Yagua Springs by the Indians, then John L. Smith and son Sam Smith arrived in 1848, purchased the land, built log cabins, dug out the springs and named it The Sam Smith Springs. John L. smith died November 24, 1851 and his son Sam, we’re told gave one acre of land for a cemetery and his father John l. Smith was the first buried there. Sam sold the 300 acres around the spring to John A. Lawrence, who then sold to David B. Lawhon, who gave another two acres to the same cemetery changing the name to Lawhon Springs and Lawhon Springs cemetery.
Sources used were: A History of Post Oak Island Lodge No. 181 A.F. & A.M. by Jackson Daughtery; History of Lawhon Springs by Birdie Hobbs Morgan; Lee County Deed Records; Dud Morris, Ruth Lawhon Bostic and E.H. Lawhon”Source: rootsweb. ancestry.com
This cemetery was originally known as "Sam
Smith Springs" cemetery after the person that originally donated the land in 1851. Sam was the son of John L.and Hester Ann Smith, who were two of the first settlers in the area. John's headstone reads "first one buried here" and has a Citizen of the Republic of Texas medallion. They are my GGGgrandparents. The land was later sold to D. B. Lawhon and the cemetery name changed to "Lawhon Springs". Many old and interesting markers here.
I have created an "Ashes to Ashes" series in this area for my ancestors that are buried in these old and small cemeteries.
It is OK to open the gate and drive in.
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