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Moore's Springs Cemetery

Paris, Lamar County

Marker Text

Levin Vinson Moore (1809-1899) brought his family to this area from Tennessee in 1836. They established a farmstead near a natural spring, and soon were joined by eleven other families from the southern United States. The earliest marked graves in this cemetery, which started on the Moore farm, date to 1873. Moore family members, as well as many of their neighbors, are interred in the historic graveyard. It was officially recorded in county deed records in 1895 after Robert H. Moore, a son of L. V. Moore, donated a 1-acre tract of land for burial purposes.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description off US 271 on CR 12140, 2 mi. east of Paris
Marker # 8212
Dedicated
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 33.650942, -95.487039

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