Marker Inscription
In 1834 surveyor William Roark (1803-1862) and his family came to Texas from Tennessee. Roark's mother Nancy (Chambliss) and brother Napoleon were buried in the one-half-acre graveyard about 1837-38. Joseph, Delila and James H. Durst deeded this cemetery to Roark in 1838. Roark's daughter Elizabeth married Benjamin Franklin Selman in 1855 and the site became known as "Selman-Roark Cemetery". As Linwood community grew, more families used the burial ground. In 1861 a Roark descendant deeded an additional 0.8 acre adjoining the cemetery.
About this site
Selman-Roarke Cemetery is a historical marker in Linwood, Cherokee County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 112 historical markers documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6669, -94.9932 near Linwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bean, Candice Midkiff (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Linwood, Ellis P. Bean, and Old Palestine Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5073006915. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
