Baccus Cemetery
Posted by: QuesterMark
N 33° 04.752 W 096° 49.300
14S E 703328 N 3662177
Well-fenced historic cemetery off Legacy in Frisco.
Waymark Code: WMK66
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2006
Views: 71
Index Entry: Baccus Cemetery
City: Frisco
County: Collin
Subject Codes: GY
Year Marker Erected: 1980
Designations: na
Marker Location: At Legacy and Bishop Sts, Just East of the North Dallas Tollway. Plano
Marker Size: 18 x 28" Subject
Repairs Completed: Refinish
Marker Number: 272
Marker Text: Henry Cook (1775-1862), a veteran of the War of 1812, settled here in 1845 as a member of the Peters Colony. His log house, located nearby, was a landmark on the Shawnee Trail. He first used this property as a family cemetery in 1847 for the burial of his son Daniel (b. 1831). His daughter Rachel Cook Baccus deeded the burial ground to his heirs in 1878. She later donated adjoining land for construction of the Baccus Christian Church Sanctuary. The cemetery, named in her honor about 1915, is still in use. The church was disbanded in the 1930s. (1980)
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