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 Young Cemetery
N 33° 07.037 W 096° 44.654
14S E 710467 N 3666553
Texas Historical Marker and Historical Texas Cemetery Medallion for the Young Cemetery, a family cemetery containing burials from early area settlers. Located on the grounds of an apartment complex, Estancia at Ridgeview Ranch, in Plano, TX.
Waymark Code: WMFGNY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2012
Views: 9
Access to Young Cemetery is lightly restricted. To visit, you'll need to stop at the apartment office, where they'll hand you the gate key and you'll hand them your driver's license. They'll open the access gate for you, and you'll find the cemetery behind the apartment complex, adjacent to a golf course. Remember to lock the gate after your visit.
Marker Number: 6224 and 15702
Marker Text:
Sam Young (1814-1891) and Patience Cornell Young (1814-1847) came to Collin County from Illinois in 1842. More Illinois settlers came to the area in 1845. Young bought land from the Baccus Land Survey and founded a school on his property. He established this cemetery when Patience died in 1847. Eleven pioneer families are represented in the 51 known graves: Abbott, Baccus, Bankston, Crenshaw, Dennard, Finley, Jackson, McConnell, McQuerry, Teel and Young. Veterans buried here are Thomas Finley, who served in the War of 1812, and Jacob P. Houts and Jacob Baccus, Jr., who fought in the Civil War. (1996)
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004
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Visit Instructions:
Please include a picture in your log. You and your GPS receiver do not need to be in the picture. We encourage additional information about your visit (comments about the surrounding area, how you ended up near the marker, etc.) in the log.
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