Peach Tree Village Cemetery

Location: Driving Directions:From US 287 in Chester, go 1.3 miles north on FM 2097. Turn left at gravel road just south of Peach Tree Village and go 0.3 mile to intersection. Turn left and follow the road approx. 1.2 mile west-south-north. At intersection, turn right and go 0.1 mile east. At fork stay to the left and go 0.2 mile north. From this point the cemetery is located in heavily wooded area at east edge of large field, approx. 300 ft. east of road. Cemetery is located approx. 227 ft. west of branch.This cemetery is highly endangered. It is not a map feature and is located in a very remote area on private property. There are no signs indicating a cemetery at this location. Access may require a guide and special transportation. The cemetery is not fenced, and it is very overgrown and neglected. Local tradition states that this is an African-American cemetery and that it may contain the graves of slaves. The cemetery contains numerous marked and unmarked graves. One family plot is enclosed with a chain link fence, and three individual plots are enclosed by dilapidated wood and barbed wire fences. Several graves are marked with fieldstones and metal funeral markers. There are also many grave depressions that don't have markers. At least one marble headstone and a locally cast concrete marker appear to be displaced.(Note: this cemetery is recorded on the GNIS; however, the location is not correct The cemetery is actually located on the west bank of the branch, not on the east as the GNIS indicates.).