The Millennium Committee – Cemeteries of Grayson County Project

July 19, 1999

 

Cemetery

County Map #

General

Condition

Information

Size (Approximate) acres or # of graves

Grave Survey

Historical Marker

Year or Y = Yes N = No

Contact Person

Name

Location

Used

Kept

Other Information

 

Address/Phone

                 
Akers

55

Sherman: Hwy. 75 South across from the Sherman TI Plant.

Yes

Yes

       
Alcarr          

SD

   
Allison

5

Whitesboro: Hwy. 377, North 9 miles from Hwy. 82, Left of Allison Road 0.4 mile; on right at T with Rich Road

Yes

Yes

3 acres

Web Listing

AHS

1997

M. D. Pinkston, 903-523-4258

143 Rich Road

Whitesboro, TX 76173-4397

Allred   (same as Welch? Or near Ambrose?)    

3 graves

OS

   
Aston          

Com

   
Antioch (Pink Hill?)

69

     

Web Listing

     
Atchison        

Private

Com

   
Austin St.   Sherman      

Com

   
Barron

28

Collinsville: SW 6 miles        

1971

Barron Cemetery Association
Barry (Berry?)                
Basin Springs   Sadler: Hwy. 901 North 2.1 miles; right on Brooks Lane 1.2 miles, Left on Basin Springs Road, cemetery entrance a few yards on left with narrow lane leading to entrance.

Yes

Yes

Web Listing

AHS

  Edward Blakely 903-564-3698

Sadler, TX

Batsell                
Beasley   Collinsville: NE of Hwy 377, along __ Rd.    

12 graves

Web Listing

AHS

OS

   
North Rosehill

66

Bells: Hwy 69 North

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

No

 
Ben Dye   Whitesboro: SW 5 miles

No

No

Over 100 graves

In locked pasture

AHS

   
Bethany

70

             
Bethel

1

Whitewright    

Web Listing

    Or #67?; also #2 on County map
Bethel (Negro)                
Berry   Sadler: Hwy. 901 North 4 miles, just before Holder Road; ask at house for permission to drive. Left through pasture to fenced, mowed cemetery on private land of Don Hodges of Dallas, who maintains cemetery.  

Yes

   

AHS

Jim Ballard, 903-564-3374

Sadler, Texas

Bigbee        

Private

     
Binion

43

Pilot Grove            
Blair                
Blanton                
Bledsoe        

Web Listing

     
Blassingame   Whitesboro: Hwy. 377 North 8 miles to Sandusky Store. Left on Sandusky Road, west two miles to T. Right on Ranch Rd., follow 1.7 miles to Reed home on right at corner; cemetery on private property.

No

No

6-8 graves

Last grave 1992

Family.

 

No

Mrs. J. T. Reed 903-523-4538

Whitesboro, TX

Boston                
Boyd        

One grave

     
Brawl   Sadler: Hagerman Wildlife Refuge, north of Sadler on 901; right on Arkansas Road, 21/2 miles; locked gate. See Wild Life Manager. Go another ¾ mile on what used to be a road. In woods, fenced at one time.

No

No

      Frances Dickey 903-564-5072

Sadler, TX

Jim Williams 903-786-2826

Brogdon                
Brooks

19

Collinsville: NE in Center Community, Old Brooks Farm

No

No

5 graves

AHS

   
Brown Family        

One grave

SD

   
Burleson (Providence)

17

Luella: Hwy. 11, turn east on Cedar Rd. for one mile; left on Smith Road for 2 miles; cemetery on right with a horseshoe drive into cemetery.

No

Yes

Annual work day

Web Listing

    Glen & Mary Jane Morphew, 121 Hwy 11, Sherman TX 75090, 903-870-0946

Hugh & Charlsie Burleson, 1901 Timberline Lane, Sherman, TX 75090, 903-893-7187.

Bush        

Private

Web Listing

     
Calvary

83

Denison: Hwy 69 North    

Catholic,

SD

   
Campbell

26

Collinsville    

Private,

     
Canaan (Everhart)

62

             
Cannon

15

Cannon Community        

1996

 
Cannon        

Negro

     
Canyon

37

             
Carson   Ector: north of city        

Yes

 
Cedar

(Cedar Grove)

(Old Cedar)

60

Tom Bean: Hwy. 11 at Intersection with FM 2729; North 2.2 miles to Campground Road; right 1.5 miles.           Oscar and Mary Wetzel 903-523-5233
Cedar Mills

8

Gordonville: Hwy. 377 North; right on Cedar Mills Road & follow toward Cedar Mills Resort. Cemetery on left.

Yes

Yes

   

AHS

Keith Hughes, 903-523-5233
Cedarlawn Memorial

89

Sherman: Texoma Parkway North. 2.2 miles of Hwy 82

Yes

Yes

   

AHS

 
Chambers        

6 graves

     
Cherry (Smith Oaks?)

71

     

Private

     
Cherry Mound

77

             
Christian Chapel (Needle Ridge)

15

Sadler: Hwy. 82. Exit on Spalding Road, north; follow blacktop 1.2 miles. Cemetery on left..

Land donated by M/M Aaron Harshbarger October 1886; more land given by daughter, Myrtle Harshbarger Jones.

Yes

Yes

Web Listing

 

AHS

Lindy Walker, 903-564-9013

Pat Harshbarger Eldredge

903-564-5131

Clark                
Clement        

Private

     
Coffman Lane

70

Denison: Layne Drive    

Web Listing

SD

1979

 
Cole   Grayson County: SE corner      

AHS

   
Collinsville

21

Collinsville: NE            
Colored   Whitesboro: North on J. B. Rich land

No

No

      J. B. Rich, 903-523-4278
Cottonwood                
County Farm   Adjoining Vaden            
Damron                
Deumas

16

Cannon: FM 121 South ½ mile on Wolf Drive            
Diamond (Red)   Whitesboro: Diamond Ranch West           Martha Jo Aldridge
Dickie Family                
Dixie   Whitesboro: ½ mile north of Whitesboro Cemetery.            
Dixie

13

Whitesboro: Hwy. 377 North from Hwy. 82 for 2.6 miles, cemetery on right.

Yes

Yes

Web Listing

AHS

  James Chisum, 609 Chisum Trail, Whitesboro 76273

903-564-3780

Dripping Springs

87

     

Web Listing

     
Douglas                
Dugan Chapel

73

Dugan Whiting, Southeast corner Watine Road  

Yes

Private

Web Listing

    John Ramsey
Dumas

40

Van Alstyne: FM 121 South ½ mile on Wolf Drive    

Private

 

1968

 
Dye (Drye?)   Tom Bean: SE

No

No

1 grave

     
Elliott

32

Van Alstyne: FM 121 West 6 miles        

1987

 
Emberson Chapel                
Enterprise

93

Sherman: Hwy. 1417 North from Hwy. 56 two miles; West on Plainview Road approx. 3 miles, turn north on Enterprise Road for 2 miles. Sign at entrance.

Yes

Yes

100 graves

    Marcus Brown, 903-786-3171; Mark Brown 903-786-4259
Eskew (County Line)

14

Whitesboro: Hwy. 377 North to Dixie Cemetery; left on Tamplen Road to T; left on Roland Road to T; back right quickly on County Road

Yes

Yes

      Bobby Hargesheimer

903-564-3646

Ethel

24

Collinsville: East      

AHS

   
Everhart (Cannan)

62

     

Web Listing

     
Fairview

84

Denison: Hwy. 91 North            
Fields                
Friendship

91

Sherman: Hwy. 56 West of 2.5 miles; turn north on Friendship Road, one mile  

Yes

1500 graves

Web Listing

 

1967

Charlene Elliott, 903-892-9075
Galbreath   Negro            
Georgetown

95

            Harry Deaton, 903-786-9627
Georgetown

96

Negro            
Goff   Bells    

two graves

     
Gordon   Denison      

SD

   
Gordonville

6

Gordonville: East    

Web Listing

AHS

  A. Z. Godwin, 903-523-5025
Government        

Web Listing

AHS

   
Greenwood (Jenkins)

64

Bells: Southeast on private land        

1973

Historical Marker #3
Grove Hill   Leonard           Dorothy Tipping, Sec. & Dick Sikes, Pres. Box 564, Leonard, TX 76452
Grubbs   Dension      

SD

   
Gunter

30

Gunter

Yes

Yes

Web Listing

    Danny Maples, 903-433-1625

Mary Reed, 903-433

Hackberry

34

             
Hagerman

94

             
Hall   on government land, easy access

No

No

       
Hall

35

Howe: 2 miles SW  

Yes

CSA graves

 

1973

Hall Cemetery Association, Ken King (Dorchester), President
Harris   Luella    

Private

3 graves

     
Harvil        

Private

     
Hebron

74

Hebron    

3 graves

Web Listing

     
Hendrix   Sherman: NE on East Hilltop Drive        

1984

80

 
Henry

9

             
Highland   Anna            
Hogtown   Collinsville: SE           Clarence Baker, 940-437-2327, Tioga
Holder   Denison    

Private,

SD

   
Hollingsworth   Private, near Denison?      

SD

   
Holloway

58

Luella: Hwy. 11 just past Luella Baptist Church to Cedar Road, turn west for one block, left on South Luella Road approx. 3 ½ miles to "S" turn, cemetery on left.  

Yes

      John Holloway, PO Box 34, Gunter, 75058
Holt   Sherman: South on Holt land            
Hopkins   Sherman: across street from Sherman Herald Democrat building and a playground.            
Houdershell   Sherman: South Howdenshell land           GH
Howard   Cooke County    

Web Listing

     
Hudson   Denison: Eisenhower State Park    

Slave cemetery,

SD

   
Hudspeth

23

             
Hunter   Tioga            
Hutton   Collinsville: SE 2.5 miles    

10 graves

Web Listing

AHS

   
Independence School        

Colored

     
Iron Ore                
Isbon?   Whitesboro            
Ison

72

     

Private

     
Jenkins                
Jernigan   Private            
Jeremiah

81

     

Web Listing

     
Johnson

4

Whitesboro: On Howard Steven’s property, ask before entering. Hwy. 377 North approx. 15 miles to Mitchell Grocery at Sherwood Shores, right on Hillcrest, first right County Road, left on Oak Trail 2 blocks, cemetery on left.

Yes

Yes

21-23 graves

AHS

  Howard "Shorty" Stevens, 903-523-4575
Jones

100

Collinsville: South on former Lee Graham farm.

No

No

Private

     
Kiersey

92

Sherman: Hwy. 1417 South 2 miles from Hwy. 56 to Plainview Road, turn west for 1.5 miles, north side of road.

Yes

Yes

200 graves

     
Kendall Chapel

(same as Christian Chapel #15?)

16

Sadler: East

Yes

Yes

Web Listing

    Billy Jack Stinson, 903-564-3363
Kentuckytown                
King

25

Collinsville: SE 3 miles    

6 graves

Private

Web Listing

AHS

   
Lankford (Langford?)

(same as Shiloh?)

80

     

Web Listing

     
Lasater   Whitewright: South.            
Layne (same as Coffman?)                
Leftwich   Tioga: (Found in horse lot)

No

 

6 graves

Web Listing

     
Lewis

41

     

Private

     
Liberty

2

Whitesboro: Hwy. 377 West on Liberity Road    

Web Listing

AHS

   
Locust

99

Pottsboro: NW    

15 graves

Web Listing

AHS

   
Locust School House                
Loftin-McLain                
Luella

79

Luella: Hwy. 11 to Cedar Road turn west, one block, turn south on South Luella Road, proceed approx. ¾ miles, cemetery on right at 129 South Luella Road.    

Web Listing

    Agnes Wilkerson, 903-892-9904

JE

Luper

42

             
Macomb

20

Whitesboro: FM 901

Yes

Yes

Large

AHS

   
Magnolia

85

     

Black?

SD

   
Maple Grove

84

Fairview            
Massey-Steel   Pottsboro: FM 120. On Preston Peninsular, north to Highland Acres Road (just beyond the Preston Emergency Service Buildings). Go west on Highland Acres road. Located in wooded area between large crosstie fence and an Old remodelled train car.

Yes

No

Private

21 graves, many unmarked graves

CSA graves

AHS

  Possibly oldest cemetery in Texas.

Shirley Wagoner, 903-786-3862

McDonald

31

             
McNeeley-Whitten                
Montgomery

63

             
Morris

35

Van Alstyne & Tom Bean. On private property near Jamieson    

20 graves

    Bob Howard, 903-893-8089
Mount Tablor                
Mt. Carmel                
Mt. Zion

1

Whitesboro            
Mulberry               Margaret Cain, Rt. 1, Ravenna, TX
Myrant

97

             
New Pilot Grove                
Newton   Gordonville: East on Bill Flower’s land.    

One grave

     
Noel

3

Whitesboro: North on US Corps of Engineer land at Sherwood Shores. North on Hwy. 377 from Whitesboro approx. 15 miles, pass Mitchell Grocery, east on Oxford, left on Newcastle.

No

No

24 Graves

 

Web Listing

AHS

  Jane Brady, 903-523-4253
Oak Hill          

SD

   
Oakridge

79

             
Oakwood

82

Whitesboro: western edge.

Yes

Yes

 

AHS

   
O’Dell

86

     

Web Listing

     
Offutt        

Web Listing

     
Old Pilot Grove

(Pilot Grove)

36

             
Outhouse   Ambrose            
Paradise Cove   Collinsville: near Mill Creek Resort    

37 Graves

Web Listing

AHS

   
Patton

27

             
Pecan Grove                
Pilot Grove

46

Negro            
Pool                
Pope   Private            
Porter                
Post Oak

7

             
Potts   Pottsboro: Little Mineral Fishing Resort. Private; Lessees of Little Mineral Resort; Located on north entrance.

Yes

 

6 graves

     
Potts   Pottsboro: Austin College Lake Encampment. Slaves; At Lake Texoma off Hwy. 120.    

3 graves

     
Preston Bend   Pottsboro: North on FM 120 to almost end of road, on right side. Moved to present site by Corps of Engineers from Old Township of Preston Bend when Lake Texoma was constructed.

Yes

Yes

 

98

  Preston Bend Cemetery Association.
Price-Burton-Hite                
Princeton

(Grayson County?)

              Kenny Campbell, 734-2446

Larry Campbell, 972-734-3179

Providence

59

Same as Burleson Cemetary.            
Ragsdale

22

Collinsville: West.

No

No

3 graves

AHS

   
Rector        

Web Listing

     
Rich, North and South   Whitesboro: On Private property. North on Hwy. 377 from Whitesboro for 11 miles; west on 901 for 1.8 miles, left .5 miles toward Rock Creek Camp; right on private road marked with sign: "No trespassing; we don’t dial 911; not responsible for accidents." Ask at mobile home from owner, Mr. Pevehouse for permission to visit cemetery.

No

No

13 graves

 

Web Listing

AHS

  J. B. Rich, 903-523-427?
Rockport   Sherman: SW at headwaters of Chocktaw Creek.    

7 graves

     
Rose Hill

65

Bells: East on Hwy 82/56.

Yes

Yes

Web Listing

    Julie, City Secretary,

John Ransey, County Tax Assessor/Collector

Sadler

71

Sadler: South on FM 901    

Web Listing

    Ed Blakely, 903-564-3698
Sand Pitt                
Sandy Springs (Sandusky)   Whitesboro: North

No

 

1.2 acres

AHS

  J. B. Scarbrough, 903-564-5263

Carrol Pike, 903-564-6137

Scott Family   Sadler: North on FM 902 for 2 miles, left on Dixie Road 1.2 miles, right on Gilbreath Road 1.05 miles, left on a dirt country road to locked gate at cattleguard; by foot on oilfield road to abandoned oil well. Cemetery on wooded hill across a washout, about 100 yards.

No

 

Two markers, wife and daughter of W. M. Scott; others destroyed.

    Gary Wyrick, 903-564-6681
Shannon

98

     

Web Listing

     
Shannon (Ray Yard)        

Web Listing

     
Shaw

76

private            
Shelton                
Shiloh   Methodist Church?           Betty Smith, Box 188, Tioga, 76271
Shiloh                
Shires   Gordonville: Private. On Corps of Engineer land. East on Brush Creek Road, right over cement bridge, left, about one block, in woods; barbed wire fence with gate and metal arch with name.     1 marker readable "Joseph P. Shires" from TN. 9 Rocks; 5 are Pace babies.     Dan Wright, 903-786-2848
Sikes   Private            
Simon   Pottsboro: Preston Penninsula            
Simpson

44

             
Smith Oaks   Private    

Web Listing

     
Starks Chaple   Whitewright: South near county line near Desert            
St. Mary’s

56

             
Steel (Massey-Steel)   See Massey-Steel.

No

Yes

Web Listing

     
Taylor   Van Alystne: Private, right beside road but very hard to find.    

5 graves

Web Listing

    Bob Howard, 903-892-8089
Thomas   Pottsboro: On Corps of Engineer land. At very tip of Preston Peninsula overlooking Millers’ Cove. No roads or paths. Damaged by flood of 1990, last burinal in early 1800’s. Very difficult to find.

No

No

       
Thompson   Dixie: Private, West of Dixie Cemetary

No

No

5 graves

Web Listing

     
Throckmorton   North Collin County, off I-75 200 yards, A Miss Rattin’s family buried here.

Kept by inmates of Collin County Jail

 

Yes

Web Listing

    Bob Howard, 903-893-8089
Tioga

29

Tioga: West side of Hwy. 377.

Yes

Yes

 

AHS

  Tioga Cemetery Association
Tuck   Private            
Turley-Gain

78

     

Web Listing

     
Union                
Van Alstyne

(Old Virginia Point)

               
Vittitoe (Vitaco?)

50

Kentuckytown: South on Andy Thomas Road.        

1985

10

Villitoe Cemetary Association.

LaVerne Darwin

Walker Grave                
Walthall   Collinsville: East.    

Web Listing

     
Ware   Farmersville           Clarence Crim, 903-782-7444
Warnell          

SD

   
Warden

51

Tom Bean: South off FM 2729, Road impassable

No

No

2 acres deeded by Hezekiah Warden in 1854

    Debbie Lowell, 903-546-632?

Betty R. Bridges, 903-870-0224

Washburn

68

     

Web Listing

 

1997

 
Welch   Whitesboro & Collinsville: West on Lynch Crossing Road, South side in grove of trees, through pasture.

No

No

5 graves

Welch & Allred families

 

Yes

Albert Welch, 903-429-6322
West Hill

57

Sherman: West Lamar St., one block from I-75.

yes

Yes

Web Listing

Y

  Sherman City Library
West Shady Grove                
Whitaker

33

Gunter: Northeast on McConnell Road for 2 miles    

Web Listing

 

1984

33

Mrs. Billy Popham, 903-433-2512
White Mound

56

     

Web Listing

     
White Rock

61

Negro            
Whitesboro (Oakwood)

18

             
Whitewright City

48

Whitewright: Grand Ave & May St.

Yes

Yes

      Martha Dollarhide, 903-364-2171
Whitewright Oak Hill

49

Whitewright: Just outside city limits in Fannin County

Yes

Yes

      Martha Dollarhide, 903-364-2171
Wilson                
Wiley   Collinsville: SE one mile.    

6 graves

Web Listing

AHS

   
Woodman Circle

90

Sherman: West on Hwy. 56, go north on 1417 for 1/4 miles. West side of Hwy. Memorial on either side of gate but cannot see grave.  

Yes

Web Listing

     

 

 

SD = Sarah Dye Survey

OS = Old Survey

AHS = Anderson/Henry Survey

LOC = County location: Hwy 75 and Hwy 82 as dividing lines.

P = Private listing

Com = Commissioner’s map