Historical Marker

Anderson Cemetery

Historical marker location:

240 CR 4053, Carthage, Texas

( Carthage, 240 CR 4053)

ANDERSON CEMETERY

SITUATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CARTHAGE ON A HILL SHADED BY LARGE TREES, ANDERSON CEMETERY IS THE BURIAL PLACE FOR MANY OF PANOLA COUNTY’S EARLY SETTLERS. THE CEMETERY WAS NAMED FOR JONATHAN ANDERSON (1798-1890), WHO DONATED 100 ACRES OF HIS LAND FOR THE TOWN OF CARTHAGE. HE WAS ELECTED AS COUNTY SHERIFF, AND WAS A VETERAN OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, HAVING SERVED DURING THE SIEGE OF BEXAR AND THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO. HIS FIRST WIFE, NANCY WHETMORE, WAS THE FIRST TO BE BURIED HERE. OTHERS INTERRED HERE WERE VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, WWI AND WWII. MANY OF ANDERSON’S DESCENDANTS ARE ALSO BURIED HERE. THIS CEMETERY IS A RECORD OF EAST TEXAS PIONEERS AND THEIR WIDE VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC CUSTOMS.