Reeves 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 Left or West on USFS Road 131 and go ???? miles....to United States Forest Road 131A...????.  (Will provide complete directions when able to drive closer to the cemetery.  There were trees over the road in several spots.)  J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book (Abt 1963) lists 40 graves as being unmarked.  Additional information added in parenthesis.
There are approximately 30 other graves marked with rocks and stones and are laid out in rows.  There is part of an old fence remaining.  We found at least one rock marked grave outside of the fence.
*GPS Coordinates: 3130834N - 09352724W ;  First Marked Burial - 11 Dec 1867 ;  Last Marked Burial - 29 Oct 1910.
Indexed 23 Feb 2002 by Lloyd Conn, Wendell Grant, Kay Parker McCary, & Weldon McDaniel.

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BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

INFORMATION-COMMENTS

1.

Chambers, Ida H.

4 Oct 1865

29 Oct 1910

Wife of W. A. Chambers - A tender mother and faithful friend (Ida H. Booker - daughter of Charles G. & Sarah Booker - Married Willie A. Chambers 16 Dec 1889 SCT)

2.

Dent, Elizabeth

4 May 1824

20 Sept 1882

Wife of R. H. Dent - Not lost, but gone before (Elizabeth Walker? - Double with son, G. Albert Dent - 1st w of Richard H. Dent)

3.

Dent, G. A.

26 May 1866

29 June 1885

Son of R. H. & E. Dent (G. Albert Dent - Son of Richard Hezikah Dent & Elizabeth Walker? - Double, on backside, with Elizabeth Dent - His footstone is 2nd to right of Elizabeth Dent)

4.

Dent, Margaret

20 Nov 1837

24 Aug 1897

Wife of Richard H. Dent - Farewell - Weep not, she's not dead but sleepth - Because I live, ye shall live also (Margaret Gellatly - Daughter of Robert Gellatly & Nancy Agnes Scurlock/Sturrock - 2nd w of Richard Hezikah Dent, Married 1 May 1883 SCT)

5.

Dent, R. H.

2 Apr 1818

6 Nov 1902

Mason - Death thou are but another birth, Freeing the spirit from the clogs of earth (Richard Hezikah Dent - 1st w Elizabeth Walker?, 2nd w Margaret Gellatly)

6.

Dorsey, Ella

17 Nov 1874

9 July 1886

Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore (Daughter of Joseph T. Dorsey & Mary E. Hamilton)

7.

Reeves, Lawson

11 Apr 1798

11 Dec 1867

(Richard Lawson Reeves - w Allie Rene Bates)

8.

Sanders, Katey D.

27 Jan 1885

3 June 1896

Sleep on dear child, and take thy rest - In Jesus arms forever blest (Is she  Daughter of Benjamin F. Sanders & Margarett Lee Dent ?)

9.

Sanders, Mattie D.

17 Sept 1871

21 Mar 1889

Dau of B. F. & M. L. Sanders - How many hopes lie buried here (Daughter of Benjamin F. Sanders & Margarett Lee Dent)

10.

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Large marker, all information worn off