Cemeteries
Wright Patman was U.S. Congressman for our Congressional District for many years and in 1968 he published a compilation of information regarding post offices and communities for all of the counties in his district.
Information for Franklin County includes dates of establishment of the Post Offices; names of the postmasters and their appointment dates. The origin of the name of the town is included for each post office. Some communities which had no post office are also included.
Certain abbreviations were used and are defined as follows:
- (A) Acting Postmaster.
- (*) Denotes a postmaster appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.
Postmasters and their appointment dates were obtained from the postal records of the United States Archives and the Department of the Post Office, Washington, D.C.
CONNALLY CEMETERY
COLLIERS CHAPEL CEMETERY
An old cemetery located about one mile west of Highway 37 midway between Hagansport and White Oak Creek. About 80 gravesites are recognizable today. Burials probably started in the 1870's although the earliest marked graves date only from the 1890's.
Contact person: Terri Emery
CLEARWATER CEMETERY
A cemetery of approximately 250 graves located about five miles northeast of Winnsboro. This cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and is in excellent condition. Several tombstones in this cemetery date from the 1870's and one dates from the 1860's. Arthur W. Bradley�s monument shows the date of his death as July 19, 1866.
Cherry Cemetery
This is a lost cemetery of the Cannon family. It is on land belonging to Mrs. Chunky Frazier about two miles south of Hagansport. No signs of this cemetery remain and it was probably abandoned about 1900.
Contact: Valera Frazier Wilhite
Cannon Cemetery
(ALSO CALLED KEENER)
This is a lost cemetery of the Cherry and Keener families. It is located about one mile northwest of the Daphne Methodist Church. Until 1970 from five to ten marble tombstones and about ten more wooden posts marked the graves of members of these related families. Unfortunately the land has been bulldozed to clear underbrush and only three ancient cedars and some clumps of daffodils remain as signs of this cemetery.
The Daphne community had a sufficient population to support a post office from 1895 until 1906; burials were probably in the Cherry or in the Kaye Cemeteries.
BURIALS ON PRIVATE LAND:
A. Frank Daugherty buried behind his home - south of FM 900 between Hwy 37 and FM 115
B. Don Orren buried behind his home - south of I-30, Center Grove Area
C. Secret Garden Cemetery - Bateman/Miller Families
Bethel Cemetery
Large cemetery located in the southern end of the county. Cemetery contains approximately 300 graves and is in good condition. Burials probably started in the 1880's. The earliest tombstone is that of W.E. Mullinax who was born Nov. 26, 1884 and died Jan. 28, 1887.
Contact: Rickey Swanner
