Burris Cemetery
Deport, Lamar County, Texas, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosFound in the Daughters of the American Revolution Collection enumerated in 1940, donated by the Joseph Ligon Chapter of Paris and copied by Sallie Lee Lightfoot of Paris. The book was located in the Corsicana Genealogical Library, Corsicana, TX, by Betsy Mills and Elizabeth House.
The cemetery is in the southeast quadrant of the county, 'Located about one mile west of Deport in what is now [1940] Dave Westbrook's pasture. It is the land which was the homestead of Dr. William M. Burris.
The inscriptions on the tombs are unreadable but the graves are those of Dr. Burris, his wife, daughter and son. The dates were copied from the old Burris Bible.
There are five graves in the cemetery.
The following persons are known to be buried here:
Dr. William M. Burris..b 18 Jan 1799 d 5 Jun 1880
Matilda Carter Burris..b 28 Dec 1810 d..not known
Sarah Ann Burris..b 11 Jul 1841 d 11 Nov 1858
John A.W. Burris..b 16 Aug 1847 d..not known
Found in the Daughters of the American Revolution Collection enumerated in 1940, donated by the Joseph Ligon Chapter of Paris and copied by Sallie Lee Lightfoot of Paris. The book was located in the Corsicana Genealogical Library, Corsicana, TX, by Betsy Mills and Elizabeth House.
The cemetery is in the southeast quadrant of the county, 'Located about one mile west of Deport in what is now [1940] Dave Westbrook's pasture. It is the land which was the homestead of Dr. William M. Burris.
The inscriptions on the tombs are unreadable but the graves are those of Dr. Burris, his wife, daughter and son. The dates were copied from the old Burris Bible.
There are five graves in the cemetery.
The following persons are known to be buried here:
Dr. William M. Burris..b 18 Jan 1799 d 5 Jun 1880
Matilda Carter Burris..b 28 Dec 1810 d..not known
Sarah Ann Burris..b 11 Jul 1841 d 11 Nov 1858
John A.W. Burris..b 16 Aug 1847 d..not known
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- Added: 28 Dec 2011
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2431197
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