Date: 25 May 2001
Cemetery: Campbell Cemetery
Established: first burial in 1843........Warranty deed located in
Lamar County Records book 82, page 205 filed for record 1 Sep1896, dated
24 Aug 1896
Street: Located 6 miles southwest of Paris, TX in county of
Lamar.......take Highway 137, then turn right (west) off of 137 onto
Farm Market Road 1506 towards Ambia. It is located at the dead end of
County Road 22910 in block 47 of the Lamar County Road Map produced by
American Drafting Services revised December 1993. The cemetery is about
1/4 mile, through a brick entrance to the lane leading to the T.V.
Roberts, on the right hidden inside a cedar grove and very difficult to
see. It is near the Atlas community in the Southwest quadrant of Lamar
County.
Type: Road-public
City: 6 miles southwest of Paris, TX.......near the Atlas
Community but closer to Ambia community
Township: Ambia community near Atlas Community near Paris Texas
in the Southwest part of Lamar County, Texas
County: Lamar County
State: Texas
Nation: United States of America
Zip: 75460
Nearby: county road 22910
Location: Rural-mixed
Land: Flat
Water: No
Features: locate in a cedar grove
Sign: Yes
Land Type:
Access: Open
Enclosure: Natural
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: all stones cannot be counted because of the
overgrowth of fauna.....I found one source that stated ..." 120
known graves, with many unidentified not counted." .......I
estimate that there are probably another 100-200 graves......the
cemetery is about 1 and 1/2 acres...
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1843
Newest grave: 1940ish
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: The cemetery was recorded by Tony and Elizabeth
Booth on 31Jan1971. Also found in the Daughters of the American
Revolution Cemetery Collection compiled in 1940, parts of which were
donated by the Joseph Ligon Chapter of Paris and copied by Sallie Lee
Lightfoot of Paris. The book was located in the Corsicana Genealogy
Library, Corsicana, Texas, and copied by Betsy Mills and Elizabeth
House, both of Paris........Lamar Co. Cemetery Records are online and
there is more information about Campbell Cemetery there.
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Seasonal problem
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: The current status of this cemetery is:
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Contacted: Lamar Co. Genealogical Society
Other Information
there is at least one veteran of the War of 1812
buried there, and several Civil War Veterans... The trees and foliage
are so thick year round, that visiting is near impossible. The trees
have big branches broken by winds, weather, and time...some trees are
completely felled...they lay over stones, in undergrowth, that covers
everything. The place has gone back completely wild and broken, toppled
stones disintegrate...
Support
I have no idea
Submitted by:
name: Travis W. Cope
Email: iistravis@yahoo.com
