The Cemeteries of Titus County – Nevills Chapel
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.
Be sure and grab the other cache in this cemetery while you're here. (GC44VVA / DAJ52402)
I'll leave the description short. You'll get plenty of details as you are running all over this cemetery. Hope you're in good shape!!
This is NOT a traditional cache, the cache is NOT at the posted coords. You must have a GPS capable of WhereIGo Caches or the App for your smartphone. You will need to download the required WhereIGo Cartridge here
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!!)
Nevills Chapel Cemetery
The Nevill’s Chapel Cemetery is a public cemetery that has been in existence since the mid 1800s. It lies approximately 2.5 miles north of Mt. Pleasant in the community and adjacent to the Baptist Church bearing the name, Nevill’s Chapel. The name derives from the one of the original families who’s patriarch, Alexander Nevill, was the surveyor for a large part of Northeast Texas. The Nevill’s Chapel school was once directly across the road from the cemetery. Nevill’s Chapel cemetery had its beginnings as a family cemetery for the Nevills family until 1906 when Mrs. Mary Nevill gave a deed for one acre for burial purposes to the deacons of the Nevill’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. . Since that grant, L. A. Cochran, M. O. (Oscar) Combs, and others have given deeds to increase the acreage of the cemetery.
The cemetery has been awarded an Official Texas Historical Marker. The inscription states: “The Alexander B. Nevill family came from Tennessee to settle in Titus County in 1838, establishing their family burial ground on one acre west of their new home in the Alexander Nevill headright survey. The earliest burial on this site was that of Napoleon B. Neville, who died in 1854 at age 20. Alexander Nevill (1804-1854) had the earliest birth date of those interred here. Another grave of interest is that of James C. “Sam” Rowland, a Nevill son-in-law, one of the few men officially hanged in Titus County. Mrs. Mary Neville deeded the family plot to the deacons of the adjoining Missionary Baptist Church in 1906. In 1913 the first Decoration Day took place as families gathered to tend their plots and share a celebration of Spring. The cemetery grew steadily throughout the 20th century. By 1997, A count revealed 1,113 graves. Of these, 1071 had legible headstones; 42 had unidentifiable markers.
Those interred here were primarily families of the Nevill’s Chapel community. They include veterans of the American Armed Forces of American and International conflicts. Now covering six acres and cared for by a cemetery association, the Nevill’s Chapel Cemetery continues to serve the community, and such traditions as an annual Dedication Day continue to be observed.”
From the Titus County court house take Jefferson Street (Business US 271) north 1.4 miles to the intersection of Jefferson and Burton (access road of I-30). Turn right (East) onto Burton and continue 0.5 miles to the intersection of Burton and FM 1402 (Harts Bluff Road). Turn left (North) on FM 1402 and proceed 1 mile to the intersection of County Road 3210 (NE 8). The cemetery lies about 0.2 miles on the left.
All cemetery details listed in this cache were found at www.hiddenancestors.com