Pleasant Springs / Briscoe Family Cemetery

PLEASANT SPRINGS CEMETERY

Also Known as the "Briscoe Family Graveyard"

LOCATION:
Accessible only with permission from property owners.

HISTORY:
Land for the cemetery was donated by A M Agnew. Earliest marked grave is that of Isaac Briscoe in 1864. Briscoe & family were some of the earliest inhabitants of the area in northern Kaufman County & in what is now southern Rockwall County.

CONDITION:
Site was fenced by descendant, J D Briscoe and other family members in 1990 and the site has been maintained by them since that time. New tombstones have been added to some of the graves in 1996 and in 2001 after original ones were taken or destroyed by vandals.

"New tombstones were placed on
the graves of Isaac Briscoe &
Hester Kyle Briscoe in July 2001
by Briscoe Price and family,
descendants of the pioneer couple."

PHOTO COURTESY OF
BRISCOE PRICE

ENUMERATION FROM EXISTING TOMBSTONES - 1999

Surname	First Name	Born	Died	Additional Info
BAKER	Charles H	18 Apr 1882	26 Mar 1894	**per Obituary he was son of T J & N E Baker
	William M K	2 Mar 1891	18 Apr 1894	**per Obituary he was son of T J & N E Baker
BRISCOE	Florence	25 Mar 1902	__ Jan 1905	D/o M J & M E Briscoe
	Hester Kyle	11 Sep 1796	21 May 1867	Wife of Isaac
	Isaac	8 Sep 1788	12 Feb 1864	Pvt 21 Reg VA Militia-War of 1812
	Jesse	20 Jan 1880	24 Mar 1909	MASONIC WOW
DAHN	A F (E ?)	26 Apr 1831	1 Nov 1893
	Augusta Faulton	20 Mar 1900	28 Mar 1900	s/o C & B Dahn
	August A	20 Oct 1867	26 Feb 1884	s/o A R & R B Dahn
	Evy Bell	21 Sep 1901	23 Sep 1901	d/o C & B Dahn
	Ila Althom	11 May 1903	11 May 1903	d/o C & B Dahn
	Infant	27 Nov 1896	27 Nov 1896	D/o C & B Dahn
	Infant	30 Jun 1895	1 Jul 1895	D/o C & B Dahn
	Mary Arrathie	11 Aug 1898	24 Jan 1899	D/o C & B Dahn
	Rebecca	14 Dec 1841	10 Dec 1903	Wife of A Dahn
	Vivie Ethel	19 May 1893	25 Jul 1893	D/o C & B Dahn

KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES

From Information obtained through Obituaries, Death Notices, Family records & other Enumerations

BRISCOE, John	2 year old boy	**per Obituary - KCGS Publication
DAHN, Infant	B & D 21 Dec 1902	**D/o C B Dahn NOTE:This tombstone was missing in 1992 - was there in 1977 & 1991- KCGS Publication
DAHN, Infant	B & D 21 Dec 1903	**D/o C B Dahn NOTE:This tombstone was missing in 1992 - was there in 1977 & 1991- KCGS Publication
DAHN, Vivie Ethel	19 May 1893 - 25 Jul 1893	**D/o C B Dahn NOTE:This tombstone was missing in 1992 - was there in 1977 & 1991- KCGS Publication
Dane (Dahn) Mrs. A E	Died 19 Dec 1913	**per Obituary- KCGS Publication
DARR, Jane	Died 1856 - Aged 6 years	**per Family documents - KCGS Publication
GRIFFIN, Billie	20 Jan 1890 - 21 Apr 1890	**per 1991 Enumeration - KCGS Publication
(No Name)	2 graves marked with field stones next to Jesse Briscoe
(No Name)	1 grave marked with a piece of pipe in NW corner of site

Enumerated 1977 - Walterine Sharp & Sandra Thetford
NOTE: in 1977, the tombstones for Isaac Briscoe & Hester Briscoe were not included.
Enumerated 1991 - Linda Harwell & Jerry Flook
Enumerated 1996 - Harold O'Neal
Enumerated Oct 4, 1999 - Kathey & Donald Hunt

This Kaufman County page was created on November 2, 1999.
Enumeration added on January 29, 2003.
Copyright © 1999-2008 by Abby Balderama
Coordinator of the Kaufman County, TXGenWeb Project site
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