| Marker Number |
12835 |
| Atlas Number |
5139012835 |
| Marker Title |
Ellis County Farm Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Ellis County Farm Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Waxahachie |
| County |
Ellis |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
707746 |
| UTM Northing |
3585500 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
2002 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Ellis Co. Farm is at the SE corner of the T-intersection of FM 878 and a NW to SE gravel road connecting FM878 and FM 879. Cemetery is in the SE corner of the farm bordered by a white iron pipe fence. It is on FM 879, 1.2 miles N of the intersection with FM 878. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
HTC marker |
| Marker Text |
Ellis County Farm Cemetery This fenced area marks the boundaries of what has sometimes been called the Pauper Cemetery, one of possibly three burial grounds on old county farm land that served as the final resting place for some of Ellis County's poor farm residents. County officials purchased 450 acres between 1893 and 1895 to create the farm for the support and employment of the needy. The earliest death recorded at the facility was that of Albert Estes in 1890, the last was Dave Madison in 1946. Iron pipes driven into the ground once identified the graves of some of the other 73 individuals whose names are recorded in county records. Historic Texas Cemetery-2002 |
