Merriman Cemetery located in Eastland County, Texas, is approximately two miles southwest of Ranger and a mile south of I20, along FM 2461.
In the survey, dated February 17, 1974, 418 individuals were buried in the cemetery in marked graves-- some graves were marked with concrete markers with only a surname listed. Some of the 418 individuals were buried in common graves. Sixty-six graves were found to be marked with field stones or wooden stakes, without names. Seven graves were marked “unknown.”
The number of burials in that exist without any marker or evidence of a burial is not known. The first grave, as indicated by a tombstone inscription, is that of Orthosias Scarborough (March 25, 1878 – January 6, 1879), son of C. C. Scarborough and Rebecca J. Scarborough.
