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Completed by
Shelby County Historical Society members
Ann Tomlin
Kim Tubbesing Warner
Center, Texas
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To reach Forbis Cemetery take Highway 96 South toward San Augustine. Just past Huana Creek turn right onto County Road 1024 also known as Short Road.. About 3 miles you will see Sandhill Cemetery take a left on this road for about 1 mile, you will see the fenced cemetery on the left hand side of the road in what is now a cow pasture. The cemetery is abandoned and overgrown.
*** Information supplied by Elizabeth Pate epate2@gmail.com
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
| - | - | - | One paper marker with Mangum Funeral Home, name of person has deteriorated |
| Wille O. Connell | June 15, 1884 | July 31, 1885 | Son of E. and N.E. Samford |
| Andrew J. Forbis | - | - | No information |
| Permelia Forbis | - | - | "Daughter" flat stone in ground. |
| T. J. Forbis | 1863 | 1897 | "Father gone but not forgotten" |
| Amos Frampkin | - | - | No other information on head stone |
| Allethia Hatton | Oct. 19, 1880 | Nov. 1, 1890 | Daughter of J.D. and L.J. Hatton |
| John R. Hatton | Nov. 15, 1816 | Oct. 11, 1900 | - |
| Nancy Hatton | April 1, 1839 | Feb 10, 1910 | Great great grandmother of John E. Tomlin |
| Thomas S. Hatton | Aug. 2, 1868 | Mar. 21, 1891 | - |
| Perencia I. Holt | 1856 | 1888 | |
| George T. Hughes | March 10, 1855 | Aug. 29 1873 | - |
| Linnie T. Hughes | April 14, 1882 | Oct. 29, 1882 | Daughter of R.L. and E.J. Hughes |
| Marina Hughes | June 3, 1859 | April --, 1864 | - |
| Tabithy J. Hughes | Feb. 18, 1867 | Sept. 29, 1867 | - |
| L. M. Mills | Aug. 28, 1812 | Oct. 28, 1893 | Mason symbol on head stone "I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." |
| Malisia A. Mills | June 23, 1850 | March 22, 1887 | "wife of W.F. Mills "Oh tell my wife that I miss her so much she left me that night that the mist of the sea drifted over my side. And hid her in shadows; so dense and so deep. Remembering the time ever more I must weep." |
| William Fletcher Mills | June 27, 1845 | June 17, 1919 | CO.A. 28 Tex Cav. CSA |
| Baby of E. and M. E. Samford | July 27, 1883 | July 27, 1883 | Born and Died July 27, 1883 |
| D. L. Samford | Nov. 11, 1847 | April 14, 1883 | - |
| Sophroina C. Samford | Feb. 16,1861 | Oct. 4, 1865 | Daughter of WA and SA Samford |
| William Samford Barbara Snider Samford |
Feb. 7, 1779 ? 1788 |
June 9, 1867 March 2, 1867 |
William and Barbara's headstone read,
"Married Sept. 8 1803
On back of William and Barbara Samford's headstone were the names of their children and years they were born --Rebecca 1806--Elkanah 1808--Dorothy 1810--Belinda 1813-- George 1815--Simon Z. 1817--Matilda 1819-- Margeret 1821-- Pericia 1823-- Snider M. 1825 Elizibeth 1830 |
| William Jasper Samford | 12-14-1844 | 08-12-1866 | Hus. of Sarah Ann Turbeville *** |
| Asa B. Sample | Dec. 23, 1918 | Feb. 3, 1919 | Son of W. D. & Necie Sample |
| Ida S. Smith | 1878 | 1876 | |
| Danny Patterson Tomlin | Feb. 24, 1947 | Sept.05, 2017 | Hus. of Barbara Graves Tomlin |
| Mary Magdaline Weaver | Feb. 11, 1807 | Dec. 18, 1845 | Wife of Elkahah Samford |