Details for Tyson Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5121005587
Data
| Marker Number | 5587 |
| Atlas Number | 5121005587 |
| Marker Title | Tyson Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Tyson Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Pilot Point |
| County | Denton |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 679763 |
| UTM Northing | 3699139 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Sanger, go north on IH-35/US 77 about 4.6 miles to FM 3002, go east on 3002 about 5.5 miles to FM 3442, go south on 3442 about 1.4 miles to intersection with CR, go east on CR about 3/4 mile to cemetery |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | J. P. Newton (1821-56), a settler from Tennessee, is the earliest known burial in this cemetery. Charles Hammons (1854-64) has the second oldest stone. He was a grandson of another Tennessean, Charles Lee Sullivan (1810-68), a leader in this community. This burial ground, bought 1869 by Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hammons, Sullivan's son-in-law and daughter, later was donated to the public by James R. Tyson (1829-99), father of Sullivan's daughter-in-law, Angeline Tyson Sullivan. There are 44 Sullivan graves in 1976. An active cemetery association maintains this burial ground (1976) |