Buckner Cemetery

John S. Buckner (1806-1870), his wife Mariah T. (d. 1874), and their sons Arthur Washington (1828-1894) and Mumford Jackson (1831-1872) came from Georgia and settled in the area before 1850, and as their family and community grew, this ground was set aside for burials, with John among the first buried here in 1870. During the Civil War, both sons served the Confederacy: Mumford enlisted in Johnson's Brigade, 1st Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers, and later served in the Texas Cavalry, while Arthur served in Company C, 1st Texas Infantry and was at Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, when Robert E. Lee surrendered. Arthur then returned to Pinehill, where he operated a sawmill with his father and also ran a general store and cotton gin. His daughter May Buckner Hillin (1869-1966) became known for her response to an 1892 stabbing at a local drugstore that secretly sold whiskey, leading Pinehill women there to smash the whiskey containers with axes. The cemetery preserves the history of these pioneers, veterans, and later generations who helped develop the Pinehill area of Rusk County.

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