Details for McGregor Cemetery (Scottish Presbyterian Cemetery)

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5015011700

Data

Marker Number 11700
Atlas Number 5015011700
Marker Title McGregor Cemetery (Scottish Presbyterian Cemetery)
Index Entry McGregor Cemetery (Scottish Presbyterian Cemetery)
Address
City Nelsonville
County Austin
UTM Zone
UTM Easting
UTM Northing
Subject Codes cemetery; Scottish immigrants/immigration
Marker Year 1997
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 8.8 miles northwest of Nelsonville on FM 2502, then 0.4 miles southwest on Schoneau County Road; then 1.8 miles west on Shelby Road and 0.4 miles southeast on Zeter Road
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text A group of settlers came to this area of western Austin County from North Carolina in the early 1850s. Many of the pioneers were originally from Lismore, Argyleshire County, Scotland, and had immigrated to the United States together. Included among the group were members of the McGregor, Carmichael, McLean, McDougald, and McLeod families. Galatia Presbyterian Church was founded nearby in October 1860, but was discontinued in 1883 after most of the members moved away from the area. The church property was sold and the proceeds donated to Austin College, a Presbyterian school founded in Huntsville, but relocated to Sherman in 1878. This cemetery, which contains fifteen marked graves, was established on August 22, 1868, with the burial of Mary McGregor (1793-1861), wife of Malcolm McGregor. Two days later another Scottish settler, Peter John McLean, died and was laid to rest in the graveyard. The cemetery continued to serve the small rural community until 1900, when six-year-old Billy Boy Carmighael was the last person interred here. Maintained by an association of descendants, the McGregor Cemetery is the last physical remnant of the area's pioneer Scottish settlement. (1997)