Edgewood Cemetery

LOCATION: 600 Nokomis Road, Lancaster, TX
Direction: From Beltline Road E. go 0.3 miles south on Nokomis Rd. Cemetery is on both sides of road.

MAPSCO: 86N
GPS: 32.5811005, -96.7478027
On DGS Cemetery Map
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Information about burials in this cemetery was documented in “Genealogical Data From Early Cemeteries, Vol. II“, published by the Dallas Genealogical Society in 1989. You can View a Searchable PDF extract of this information. The document is in alphabetical order, but a description of the burial references is found on the first page. It is best to search by surname only. This publication was submitted by the Lancaster Genealogical Society in 1988. It has not been updated since that time. Death certificates often call this cemetery Edgewood Cemetery or Lancaster Cemetery. An adjacent cemetery, Wood Creek, is provided in the searchable online database.

Edgewood Cemetery Historic Marker:
Earliest grave here is that of Lizzie Richardson, a pioneer child who died in the summer of 1845. The site for the cemetery was chosen by Roderick Rawlins, one of the area’s first settlers. He was buried here in 18948. Among the graves in the older section is that of James Lemon, veteran of the American Revolution who died on July 4, 1858. The land was not officially set aside as a cemetery until it was acquired from Thomas McKee Ellis in 1877. Since then the Lancaster Cemetery Association has bought additional land and currently maintains over 1500 graves. (1974). (Texas Historic Cemetery Marker, 1874)