​Selman Roark Cemetery

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Marker No: 6915

Aluminum 18x 28 Subject Marker

Marker Text: ​In 1834 surveyor William Roark (1803-1862) and his family came to Texas from Tennessee. Roark's mother Nancy (Chambliss) and brother Napoleon were buried in the one-half-acre graveyard about 1837-38. Joseph, Delila and James H. Durst deeded this cemetery to Roark in 1838. Roark's daughter Elizabeth married Benjamin Franklin Selman in 1855 and the site became known as "Selman-Roark Cemetery". As Linwood community grew, more families used the burial ground. In 1861 a Roark descendant deeded an additional 0.8 acre adjoining the cemetery. (1979) 

Geographic: 31.663164,-94.993408

Location: ​on SH 21 5 miles east of Alto