The Cemeteries of Titus County – Springhill
Here's a list of things we try to always have with us when we go on a caching trip. You should do the same.
Flashlight, needle nose pliers, screwdrivers, camera, tweezers, spare pens, micro log roller, telescoping magnet, swag, mirror, extended grabber, pocket knife, headlamp, and a poking stick. (This is a standard recommendation for this series... You don't need anything more than a pen on MOST of the caches in this series.)
We also like have the PAF (Phone A Friend) & TAF (Text A Friend) options in our toolbox before we head out on a remote cache run. Feel free to email that request to Zoonkai through his Geocaching.com profile page & you will be provided with a cell phone # to add that PAF / TAF option to your toolbox.
This was formerly the home of one of Zoonkai's other caches. (GC4KWN2 / A Sunday Afternoon With My Son...) If you were one of the few who had found that cache, then you should have no problems with this cache.
PLEASE RETURN THE CACHE TO ITS HIDING SPOT AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT. (We’d prefer it stays hidden from the Muggles.)
No Spoilers in your logs please! (We may encrypt or delete logs containing spoiler details.)
Please respectful of your surroundings while searching all caches, particularly ones in cemeteries like this series. NO NIGHT CACHING!!
Congratulations to the following cachers who have completed this entire series!!
TP-Conductor and yakman4 (Co-FTF on the series as well as Co-FTF on many of the caches!!)
Springhill (South) Cemetery
There are two Springhill cemeteries in Titus County. For the purpose of this research this cemetery will be referred to as Springhill SE (the other being Springhill N) since this cemetery is located in the Southeast part of Titus County near the Springhill Missionary Baptist Church. It is an old public cemetery that is fenced and kept in very good condition. A sign beside the entrance gate declares that “Decoration Day” is held the third Sunday in May. Contact 2310 Highway 11 W. Daingerfield, TX regarding cemetery business.
There are numerous graves in the cemetery that are marked with unidentifiable markers. For instance there were 17 unreadable Funeral Home Markers (FHM); a steel plate with Mac Kengie written on it; 2 pieces of petrified wood, 20 bricks; 3 wooden crosses; a piece of concrete with “ a loving husband and a fine father” inscribed; a piece of broken concrete; 21 native rocks; a concrete block beside a FHM; a concrete block; and a FHM with J ....(unreadable) Smith; a FHM with Callie Smith; and a FHM with Lonnie Smith. Piled in a corner of the cemetery was a top part of a monument with the name Mary E. Pitt. There is a story extant that 2 monuments were removed from the Russel Cemetery and brought to Springhill Cemetery but were never installed. Traditionally the Mary E. Pitt monument was one of those. The other monument has disappeared.
To reach the Springhill Cemetery from the Titus County court house take Madison Street south for 0.3 mile to the intersection of Ferguson Road (US 271). Turn left onto Ferguson Road for 3.2 miles to the intersection with FM 2348 (Union Hill Road). Turn right (South) onto FM 2348 (Union Hill Road) and proceed 8.5 miles to the intersection with County Road 4690 (CR SE 2). Turn left (East) onto CR 4690 (CR 2) for 0.2 mile. Springhill Cemetery will be on the left, just a few feet from the road. Coordinates 33°02.350'N 094°51.680'W
All cemetery details listed in this cache were found at www.hiddenancestors.com