Forrest-Rogers-Dollahite Cemetery
Hallsville, Harrison County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This cemetery is located on the home site of Elisha T. and Sarah Vincent Forrest, who came to Texas from Tennessee about 1846. Other early settlers included the Rogers and Dollahite families who formed the community of Little Flock south of Hallsville. The cemetery name changed over the years depending on the ownership of the land. The earliest marked grave is that of Edward Tansil in 1849. Seven generations of the Forrest family are buried here. The three-acre site is maintained by a cemetery association and continues to serve the community as it has for over 125 years.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
About 1846, as Anglo families streamed into East Texas from the older South, Elisha T. and Sarah Vincent Forrest came from Tennessee and made their home on this ground. The Rogers and Dollahite families joined them to form the community of Little Flock south of Hallsville, and the cemetery on the Forrest home site took different family names over the years. Its earliest marked grave dates to 1849, and seven generations of the Forrest family now rest here.
Why it matters
This family burying ground records the Tennessee-to-Texas migration that peopled the antebellum frontier, holding seven generations of one pioneer family in continuous community memory.
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Related people
- · Elisha T. Forrest
- · Sarah Vincent Forrest
- · Edward Tansil
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