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Brush fires were somewhat infrequent occurrences; however,
the grave plots and cemetery were kept bare of weeds and grass
in case a fire did break out so that the original wooden grave
markers.would not burn. Also, the Upland Southern :pioneer-
theorized that where no grass grew no cow would want to graze.
Sixteen of the cemeteries included in the study were
maintained in varying degrees of Upland Southern tradition in
that one or more plots were kept free of grass and weeds. Only
one family plot in the Antioch cemetery was scraped bare, the
remainder was overgrown with most headstones covered. Jackson
and Mitchell cemeteries were completely overgrown.
Three cemeteries included in the study were purely
Upland Southern in that all graves and family plots were scraped
bare of weeds and grass. These were St. Peters, Brushy, and
Scrougy.
In his study, Jeane found that individuals were buried
in clusters or family plots. Traditionally, these family plots
were lined with brick, rock or cement. Results of the study of
the eighteen cemeteries in southern Montague County, it was
found that all were buried in family clusters or plots. Of
these, fifteen cemeteries had thrity to fifty percent of the
family plots outlined in rock, brick, cement, orsgranite. Only
Smyrna, Jackson, and Dye had no bricklinedplots. In seven
cemeteries from one to four of the graves or.family plots were
enclosed with wrought iron fencing.5
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Schroeder, Lynette. Upland southern burial traditions in Montague county, Texas, paper, July 1974; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851816/m1/33/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.