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LOCKETT FAMILY CEMETERY
NEAR JEFFERSON, MARION COUNTY, TEXAS
LOCATION: 9.7 miles from intersection of Hwy 59 and 125 in Linden.
There is a sign on Hwy 59 So. for Lockett Cemetery. Turn right off
Hwy 59 So. onto Dreesen Rd., go 1.3 miles on Dreesen Rd.. The
cemetery will be right beside the road on the right. This cemetery
is fenced with chain link, has black wrought iron gate with Arch.
Royal Augustus Lockett donated the land for the Lockett Family
Cemetery. The Lockett Plantation was located in this area. In
1961, relatives of the Locketts, McAlexanders and Wards gave money
to have the cemetery fenced.
The ancestor of the descendents buried here have served in the
French, Indian and Colonial Wars; the Continental Army, in GA, KY,
NC, VA and Maryland, the War of 1812. Helped to conquer the
wilderness in KY, in the Transylvania Company, fought the Indians
in AL when it was still a part of Ms Territory. They came with
Fannin and Bullock to TX, died at Goliad & San Jacinto; carried
the Stars & Bars during the despairing days of the Confederacy;
they were in the Spanish American War, WWI & WWII and we, their
descendents should never forget what their sacrifices mean to us.
Some information was given to me by Paul Lockett & Gladys LOCKETT
Belote, descendents of Royal Lockett.
This cemetery is just across the Cass County line and in Marion
County, Texas
This cemetery was read from the north to south, starting at the
northwest corner of the cemetery. It was read 10-JUL-1995 by
Kenneth & Kathryn McAlexander
This cemetery is known to be predominantly white.
The oldest known marked grave:
MCGARITY Walter R. O9-OCT-1853 02-JAN-1862
Much more information and a list of internments can be found in
THE CEMETERIES WITH CASS COUNTY CONNECTIONS VOLUME 2
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