Details for Center Grove Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5449011171

Data

Marker Number 11171
Atlas Number 5449011171
Marker Title Center Grove Cemetery
Index Entry Center Grove Cemetery
Address CR 4340
City Cookville
County Titus
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 327854
UTM Northing 3667163
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1984
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Center Grove community, south of Cookville on CR 4340, north side of the road between FM 1000 and CR 4330
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text This cemetery was originally called the Yancey Cemetery because the first parcel of land was donated by David Yancey, Sr., in the mid-1860s. An orphaned infant, who was a member of the group that traveled with Yancey from Tennessee to Texas, was the first to be buried here. Many of the graves, including the first, are marked with only a rough stone. Veterans of the Civil War and both World Wars have been buried here. The name of the cemetery was changed in 1900 because the graveyard was located in the same area as the Center Grove Church of Christ. (1984)

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