Details for Pool's Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507017209

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Marker Number 17209
Atlas Number 5507017209
Marker Title Pool's Cemetery
Index Entry Pool's Cemetery
Address
City Montgomery
County Montgomery
UTM Zone
UTM Easting
UTM Northing
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 2012
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 9 miles west of Montgomery on the west side of FM 149
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text AMONG 1850s SETTLERS HERE WERE JOHN W. POOL (1823-1901) AND HIS WIFE, JOANNAH (1825-1910). THEIR SON, WILLIAM J. POOL (1855-1936), DEEDED ABOUT TWO ACRES IN THE HEZEKIAH FARRIS SURVEY TO THE UNION GROVE BAPTIST AND METHODIST CHURCHES IN 1885. THE CHURCH ALSO HOUSED A SCHOOL, AND A CEMETERY BEGAN WITH THE BURIAL OF JOHN C. MONTGOMERY (1885-1888). IN THE 1950s, EUGENIA (POOL) AND FRANK GAZETTE CONVEYED ADDITIONAL LAND. MILITARY VETERANS INTERRED HERE INCLUDE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HENRY E. WILLIAMS (1825-1900) AND JOHN RANDOLPH STOVALL (1812-1903). UNION GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH NOW HAS A LARGER SANCTUARY NEARBY. THE POOL’S CEMETERY ASSOCIATION COORDINATES AN ANNUAL WORK DAY AND MAINTAINS THIS HISTORIC GRAVEYARD AND THE TRADITIONS OF PAST GENERATIONS.

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