Truby Cemetery
Anson, Jones County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Several gravestones at this site attest to its use as a burial ground by nearby settlers before members of the Daughtrey family, early area ranchers, formally deeded these three acres for cemetery use on December 4, 1906. The oldest marked grave is that of infant Madge S. McCargo (1897-1898), granddaughter of pioneer Baptist minister George W. Scarborough and his wife Martha, who settled on this land in 1877. Caring descendants erected a fence in the 1950s and a flagpole in 1998 out of respect for the pioneers, veterans, and citizens laid to rest here; their gravestones remain a chronicle of the heritage of Jones County.Historic Texas Cemetery – 2000
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Settlers were burying their dead on this Jones County ground before the Daughtrey family, early area ranchers, formally deeded three acres for a cemetery in 1906. The oldest marked grave is that of an infant granddaughter of pioneer Baptist minister George W. Scarborough, who settled the land in 1877. Descendants later added a fence and flagpole in tribute to the pioneers, veterans, and citizens laid to rest here.
Why it matters
Truby Cemetery is a quiet chronicle of West Texas ranching frontier, where a scattering of graves records the families who first put down roots in the county.
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