Located in north central Upshur County, the Concord Cemetery is part of the historic Concord community established after the Civil War. The cemetery grew around the Concord Missionary Baptist Church, which was established in the late 1850s. In 1859, the church petitioned the county for five acres promised to them by the late Mr. Richard W. Newsom. In 1880, another tract was granted to the church by the Waller Family. By the 1930s, the community had two schools, a store, a sawmill and a number of farms and homes. Until the decades following World War II, the Concord community was populated predominantly by farmers, tradespeople, professionals and public servants. By the 1980s, however, the only remaining vestiges of the community were the church and cemetery. The burials in the Concord Cemetery represent the community’s history over the years and into the present. The earliest known burial is that of Mrs. J.A. Stracener, who died in 1867 at the age of 29. There may have been earlier burials, however, as there are unmarked and illegible headstones and pieces of iron ore. Also buried here is Republic of Texas citizen Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1810-1879), his wife Margaret Ann (Irvin) Anderson (1815-1887) and their daughter Sarah Adaline (Anderson) Aills (1844-1922). Among the more than 500 burials, a sizeable number are veterans who served in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War, from varied branches of the military. Despite the population decline of the Concord community, the church and cemetery remain as a reminder of the contributions of its citizens and the heritage of Upshur County.