Morris Cemetery - Van Zandt County, TX
N 32° 24.059 W 095° 53.677
15S E 227735 N 3588570
The Morris Cemetery is a historic but still active cemetery of about two hundred burials -- many of them marked only by field stones -- located southwest of Canton, TX, serving the Denham and China Grove communities.
Waymark Code: WMP91M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2015
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A Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
The oldest documented burial in this cemetery is that of Sarah Morris (1807-1866). Sarah had come to Texas from Kentucky in 1857 with her husband Thomas Banister Morris and family. The land on which the cemetery is located was part of a farmstead which was purchased in 1886 by Elijah Newton Morris, son of Sarah and Thomas. It eventually became a community cemetery for the people of the China Grove/Denman area. Gravestones here document burials of Civil War and World War I Veterans, as well as victims of early epidemics.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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