Lynn Creek Cemetery
Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This burial ground has served area residents since early pioneers came here in the mid-19th century. Settlers arrived by the 1850s and by the 1870s, the community of Squaw Mountain developed. Squaw Mountain had a number of institutions at its peak; today, this cemetery is one of the few remaining vestiges of the former settlement. This burial ground dates to 1878, when a cowboy was buried here. That same year, pioneer John Jackson and infant Henry Henyan were also interred. As the nearby farming and ranching community grew, residents continued to use the graveyard. In 1898, Gabe Washburn, John Allen Jackson and Tom Allen purchased property for the burial ground and organized the Lynn Creek Cemetery Association, serving as trustees. Many early area pioneers and their descendants are buried in Lynn Creek Cemetery. Others interred here include veterans of conflicts dating to the civil war, teachers, pastors, farmers, ranchers and other community residents. This cemetery contains woodmen of the world markers, sarcophaguses, stone cairns, vertical stones, curbing and grave slabs. In 1912, residents built a tabernacle (replaced in 1991); later additions, which were the result of generous donations, include a rock chapel (1951) and water well (1991). Today, the cemetery association continues to care for the burial ground, which serves as a reminder of the pioneers of Squaw Mountain and the surrounding area.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In the rolling country of Jack County, this burial ground anchors the memory of Squaw Mountain, a community that grew up after settlers arrived in the 1850s. The cemetery took shape in 1878 with the burial of a cowboy, pioneer John Jackson, and an infant, and by 1898 a cemetery association had formed to steward it. A tabernacle, rock chapel, and water well added over the decades reflect a community that kept returning to honor its dead even as the town itself faded away.
Why it matters
It is one of the few surviving traces of a vanished North Texas frontier settlement, preserving the labor and lineage of the pioneers who built it.
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Related people
- · John Jackson
- · Gabe Washburn
- · Tom Allen
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