McGuire Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas - From the Court House in Hemphill, Texas take FM 83 East 1 block to State Hwy 87.  Go North or Left on Hwy 87 for 7 miles to Milam.  Continue North on Hwy 87 for 9.7 miles to United States Forest Service Road 131.  Turn Right or East on USFS Road 131 and go 0.9 mile.  Here you will enter the woods on foot going to the Left or North and follow a dim road and then a slough for about 100 yards.  After this 100 yards, the cemetery can be found located just to the left of this slough up a small hill, with the other side bordering Patroon Creek.  There is a barbed wire fence around the cemetery.  There were blue markers tied to limbs and trees, going back into the woods leading to the cemetery the day we were there. 
     This is the Family Burying Ground for the Dr. Lawrence McGuire Family.  The following information was taken from the Jesse T. Scruggs Family Bible, American Bible Society, 1847.  Jesse T. Scruggs, Sr.'s wife, Mary Ann Tolan McGuire, was the daughter of Dr. Lawrence McGuire & Martha Tolan.  This information leads us to believe several mentioned in this Bible could be buried here and are so noted.
     There were seven visible markers and several indentions.  On one marker the faint word "FATHER" was visible near the top of the marker and possibly the letters "H" and "O".  Another marker had the partial year "186?", and below that also "186?".
*GPS Coordinates: 3133581N - 09352554W ;  This cemetery is not mentioned in J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book.
Visited 23 Feb 2002 by Lloyd Conn, Wendell Grant, Kay Parker McCary, & Weldon McDaniel.

NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

INFORMATION-COMMENTS

1.

Arnold, Emma J.

19 Oct 1852

30 Dec 1864

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Emma J. Arnold departed this life 30 December 1864 Sabine County) (Daughter of E. A. Arnold & Martha Ann Loving, J. T. Scruggs, Sr. 3rd wife - Possibly buried here)

2.

Harvey, Arabelle E.

Abt 1826

16 Mar 1852

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Arabelle E. Harvey departed this life 16 March 1852, Sabine County) (Arabella E. McGuire -- Daughter of Dr. Lawrence McGuire & Margaret Tolan - h Robert S. Harvey - Could be buried here, or possibly the Harvey Cemetery)

3.

McGuire, Dr. Lawrence

Abt 1794

16 Sept 1853

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Dr. L. McGuire departed this life 16 September at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock in the evening in Sabine County, Texas 1853) (w Margaret Tolan - He is probably buried here, since this is his family burying ground)

4.

McGuire, Margaret

Abt 1795

9 Apr 1839

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Margaret McGuire, consort of Dr. L. McGuire, departed this life on the 9th day of April 1839 in Sabine County, Texas) (h Dr. Lawrence McGuire - She is probably buried here)

5.

Scruggs, Finch P. (T.)

14 July 1824

11 Jan 1853

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Sabine County, Texas, Finch P. Scruggs departed this life 11 Jan. 1853. His death was accasioned by a fall from a horse, his body is enterred on the bank of the Patroon at Dr. McGuire's Burying Ground, there to remain until the morning of the resurrection.) (Son of Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. & Susan A. Thornton - He is probably buried here.)

6.

Scruggs, George B.

26 Nov 1861

6 May 1864

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  George B. Scruggs departed this life 6 May 1864 age 2 yrs 5 months and 5 days.) (Son of Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. & Martha Ann Loving - This is probably the marker we could read 186? To 186?)

7.

Scruggs, Jesse T., Jr.

16 Mar 1836

17 Aug 1860

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Jesse T. Scruggs, Jr. departed this life 17 July 1860 at his residence in Sabine County, Texas. 24 years of age.) (Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Jr. - Son of Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. & Mary Ann Tolan McGuire - w Gracie Berintha Harper - He may be buried here.)

8.

Scruggs, Lawrence M.

15 Dec 1837

15 Sept 1851

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Laurence M. Scruggs departed this life Teusday (sic) 15 September 1851 Sabine County, Texas) (Son of Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. & Mary Ann Tolan McGuire - He may be buried here.)

9.

Scruggs, Mary A. T.

28 June 1818

4 Mar 1856

(Taken from Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. Family Bible:  Mary A. T. Scruggs, consort of Jesse T. Scruggs departed this life the 4th day of March 1856 in Sabine County, Texas half past one o'clock in the morning, her remains deposited at the burying ground on Patroon there to remain until the morning of the resurrection.) (Mary Ann Tolan McGuire - Daughter of Dr. Lawrence McGuire & Mary Tolan - h Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr. - She is probably buried here.)