Morgan Mill Cemetery
Morgan Mill, Erath County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Tradition states that the first burial here was a young girl who died as her family traveled west in the 1870s. The earliest marked gravestone, for Amanda Counts, dates from 1880. In March 1883, Isaac Henderson deeded about three acres to the people of Morgan Mill for a community burial ground, which has grown since to more than six acres. The Morgan Mill Cemetery Association formed in 1926; interest generated from a permanent fund helps fund maintenance. Descendants and the community gather for an annual work day and reunion in may. Those interred here include veterans of conflicts from the Civil War to Desert Storm, as well as early settlers and generations of Morgan Mill families. Historic Texas Cemetery – 2010
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Tradition holds that the first person buried here was a young girl who died as her family traveled west in the 1870s; the oldest marked stone, for Amanda Counts, dates to 1880. In 1883 Isaac Henderson deeded about three acres to the people of Morgan Mill for a community burial ground, which has since grown past six acres. A cemetery association formed in 1926, and descendants still gather each May for a work day and reunion. Those interred include veterans from the Civil War through Desert Storm.
Why it matters
Spanning more than a century of conflicts and generations of settler families, the cemetery is a living record of one small Texas community's endurance.
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Related people
- · Isaac Henderson
- · Amanda Counts
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