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In 1848, about ten years after the Cherokee Indians had been driven out from the area more settlers began to move in to the small settlement of Barron Ridge.

Barron Ridge was about two miles southwest of what is now the city of Edgewood. It was located on the farm of James Bundy. Mr. Bundy was a native of Georgia that had migrated first to Tennessee. He and his wife Rebecca had eleven children and Mrs. Bundy died there when their youngest child, Sarah was only one year old. James Bundy later married Nancy Donald but they had no children.

The oldest existing tombstone is that of W. C. Middington who died in 1854. The latest burial is dated 1901. The cemetery is not in use today and is considered complete. Thanks goes to Lavona Blackwell for supplying the cemetery information.

Additional information:
written by Pattizo Humphries; transcribed by B. Miller, 1999

In 1838 when Van Zandt officially became a County, there were already a few settlers living in this area and more followed soon after. The Cherokee Indians had already been driven out some ten years before and the availability of plentiful fertile lands drew many settlers to this settlement which was called Barron Ridge.

Barron Ridge was located about two miles southwest of the present day Edgewood. It was on the 640 acre farm settlement of James Bundy. Bundy was a native of Georgia but had moved to Tennessee. He and his wife Rebecca had eleven children. Rebecca died in Tennessee when their youngest child, Sarah was only a year old. Bundy later married Nancy Donald, and there were no children of this marriage.

In 1848, Bundy and his family traveled to Texas and settled on the above described land. He build a sturdy log house with two rooms, one upstairs and one downstairs.

In January 1850 James Bundy was appointed second postmaster in Van Zandt County and the post office was located on his farm. It was named Barron Ridge and about mid-way between the first post office in Grand Saline and the third post office in Four Mile Prairie.

Because of the long harsh trip from the eastern states to Texas, families usually banded together in groups and when they reached the new settlement they usually settled close together. Not far from Bundy’s settlement, his friend Allen Blair made his home. Blair also came from Tennessee.

After Bundy’s death in the 1850's the portion of his land which had served as a post office and his homestead was sold to Rufus Simpson. When Simpson died in 1900 the land was sold to W. H. Humphries. The land is still in the Humphries family where the farm-post office was located. Those early settlers chose a place to bury their loved ones, located on a tree covered slope on private land, it is referred to today as Blair-Bundy Cemetery. Bundy died on his farm, and tho his gravestone has not been located at this time, it is certain that he is buried there along with many of his family members.

The first existing gravestone is that of W. C. Middington a fourteen year old boy who died in 1854. The latest stone is that of Eula Weatherford who was buried there in 1901. There are many natural stone markers that are not inscribed, so it can never be known who rests in those places. This cemetery is at least a hundred thirty six years old (transcriber’s note: As of 1990 when the information was written).

Additional note from Carol Dumas Allen: James Bundy's second wife was named Nancy DONNELL, not Donald. Carol has done extensive research on the Bundy family and is willing to share information with anyone who is interested. She can be contacted via email by clicking on her name above.

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Surname	First Name	Birth	Death	Misc. Information
BLAIR	ALLEN	09 NOV 1807	20 MARCH 1882	CSA
BLAIR	CINDERELLA	07 JULY 1814	07 SEPT 1883	W/O ALLEN
BLAIR	J. W.	25 MARCH 1833	01 MARCH 1868	CSA; S/O A. & SENDY REAH
BUNDY	JAMES HENRY	24 NOV 1858	28 SEPT 1866	He is the son of William Henry Blair
BUNDY	POLLY ANN	28 MARCH 1848	18 JUNE 1878	W/O WM. H.
BUNDY	THOMAS MONRO	22 NOV 1862	23 ???? 1868	NONE
BUNDY	Wm. H.	25 DEC 1828	03 AUG 1878	NONE
CARTWRIGHT	H. H.	31 DEC 1860	10 FEB 1864	S/O D. & M.
CARTWRIGHT-DANNIELS	REBECCA S.	08 JULY 1858	23 AUG 1877	NONE
MIDDLETON	L. D.	NONE	NONE	S/O W.C.
MIDDLETON	W. C.	09 SEPT 1840	10 OCT 1854	NONE
SCOTT	HENRY W.	15 NOV 1878	17 SEPT 1879	NONE
SCOTT	NANCY M.	01 APRIL 1878	04 SEPT 1885	NONE
SCOTT	ROBERT E.	26 JUNE 1869	18 DEC 1884	NONE
SCOTT	VIRGIL H.	01 DEC 1876	10 AUG 1895	S/O S.5. & L.I.
SIMPSON	ALVIN	10 OCT 1872	04 NOV 1888	S/O R. & M.
WEATHERFORD	EULA	08 NOV 1898	17 FEB 1901	NONE
WEATHERFORD	INFANT	24 MARCH 1901	24 MARCH 1901	S/O W.L. & M.A.

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