Hickory Grove Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 33° 33.156 W 095° 48.880
15S E 238675 N 3716100
Texas Historical Marker at the Hickory Grove Cemetery, noting its dating back to the 1850s -- early for Texas -- and its subsequent growth. Located south of Petty on FM 137.
Waymark Code: WMYVFZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
Views: 2

Marker Number: 8201

Marker Text:
Widespread settlement of this area of Lamar County began in the late 1840s and early 1850s. By 1852 the Hickory Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was established and this cemetery was in use. The earliest documented grave here is that of Mary Isabella Alexander (1832-1852). Also interred that year were Franklin Day (1827-1852) and Nancy Smith (1842-1852).

By the 1870s the Hickory Grove Cemetery was fully established as a community burial ground. The Methodist church was relocated in 1881, providing more space for grave sites where the sanctuary had once stood. Additional land acquisitions, including property deeded by Sam and Dicie Swan in 1889 and F.E. and M.E. Simpson in 1907, enlarged the cemetery grounds. A building referred to as "the shed" was built in the 1920s for funeral services, but it burned in 1949.

The Hickory Grove Cemetery contains over 1,000 graves. The tombstones, diverse in style and size, serve as reminders of the area's pioneer heritage. Many mark the graves of infants and children and are a testament to the often harsh conditions of pioneer life. Others interred here include veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Korea. A cemetery association maintains the historic graveyard. (1991)

Incise on base: In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ben Budd



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