Frontier Red Hill Cemetery
The first grave here was that of 19-year-old Elizabeth Carolina Piles, who died May 4, 1856. Buried nearby are her sister Melissa, who died two days later, and her father John Piles (1802-57), on whose land the cemetery was located. Included among the 188 graves here are those of six Confederate veterans-- Samuel W. Murphy, David Tumlinson, Robert S. Boykin, Thomas Piles, F. M. Shirey, and Robert Beam. Four acres of land were first set aside for the cemetery in 1886, and four more acres were donated in 1963. The Frontier Red Hill Cemetery Association now maintains the site. (1975)
32.4108° N, 95.5574° W
Where to Find It
From Edom North and East via US 64 about 3.5 mi., north on CR 4913 about 2 mi.
Nearby Markers
- 2.7 mi E Cherokee Chief Bowles Edom
- 3.1 mi NW Primrose-Sexton Community Van
- 3.3 mi SE Roseland Plantation Home Edom
- 3.6 mi SE Ingram Cemetery Edom
- 3.8 mi SW First Baptist Church of Edom Edom
- 3.9 mi SW Site of C. W. Morris Cotton Gin Edom