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History on
a Pinhead
On an unnumbered
county road between Dawson
and Purdon,
Babylon was founded by former slaves. A church was formed in the mid-1890s
and a school was opened around 1900.
Babylonians traded in Dawson,
or Purdon,
but after WWII
most all residents moved away. Detailed TxDoT maps of Navarro County
do not even show a place name or a cemetery.
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Babylon, Texas
Forum
Subject: Babylon,
Navarro County, Texas - Lost Cemetery
My family lived
in the Purdon
- Dawson
area since before the turn of the century or pretty close to it. When
I read about Babylon it gave me a real start. There is a cemetery
out there, (Younger?), and one time when my Dad had taken me out there
to view family graves, I did a little looking around. The cemetery
is fenced in and on the other side of the fence, (it would be the
left side as you come in the gate), in among the trees, were headstones!
I asked my Dad why they were buried outside the cemetery and his answer
was "That isn't outside the fence, that is the black section of the
cemetery." I felt so sad at the time, but this morning when I read
that nothing was left of Babylon, not even a cemetery - I just knew
I might have the answer to that. Could this be a lost cemetery? Those
graves out there in the trees always bothered me. Please, could someone
look into it? There are a couple of other cemeteries out there but
I can't remember their names and their exact locations - Younger is
the only one I can think of. Looking forward to hearing from you -
Robbie Scifres, August 06, 2011 |
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