Jacksboro, Jack County
James N. Jonas (1849-1932) and his wife, Caroline (Atteberry) (1850-1932), settled in the Salt Creek community around 1876. Two years later, a family traveling by wagon camped near the Jonas family land. When the family’s child died, the Jonases offered a burial place on their land. They later conveyed acreage for a community cemetery, also known as Dark Corner Cemetery. The historic Salt Creek schoolhouse stands east of the cemetery and is used by the Salt Creek-Dark Corner Cemetery Association, which holds an annual workday. Among the nearly 200 burials are veterans from the U. S. – Mexico War to the Korean conflict. The rural cemetery still serves as a burial ground for family members of some of the earliest settlers of Salt Creek.