McGuire Family Cemetery

Location: SB-C087 McGuire Cemetery, Dr. Lawrence McGuire AKA Dr. Lawrence McGuire CemeteryDifficult accessWalk-in/woodedTopo area only3193-321 McGuire CemeteryAKA Dr. Lawrence McGuire CemeterySabine Co Hist Commission with Kay Parker McCary, Weldon McDaniel, and M. Doer website, Rootsweb: “From the Court House in Hemphill 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 USFS131. 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 Creek. There is a barbed wire fence around the cemetery, although a tree had fallen on one side of the fence. There were blue markers tied to limbs and trees, going back into the woods leading to the cemetery the day we were there.This cemetery is not mentioned in J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book.There were 7 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?”. This was probably a child’s marker. Cem. Index.”THC site visit MB 8/06/04 w/ W. McDaniel. Milam, Tx area. Off US Forestry Rd 131. [SEE SCHC notes above] Approx 1,500 ft. from roadway, walking into wooded area, toward hilltop as described above. Barbed fence damaged by fallen timber. Formal markers, limestone, rather uniform carvings and design. Most markers down or broken. Small sign, McGuire Cem. placed by SCHC. McGuire Cemetery, Dr. Lawrence McGuire. Approx 0.03 acre. SB-C087. Milam, Tx area. GPS 31.33.35.28376N –93.52.30.27448W. Quad 3193-321 © RIP Survey, Texas Historical Commission.Highly endangered. Very remote in heavy forest, logging area. Overgrown, timber freegrowth. Markers damaged by erosion, falling timber. Small fence, US Forestry boundary marker. Small sign. 3193-321 No map location.