| Marker Number |
8532 |
| Atlas Number |
5257008532 |
| Marker Title |
Lone Oak Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Lone Oak Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Kemp |
| County |
Kaufman |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
763857 |
| UTM Northing |
3597271 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Kemp take FM 1895 about 4 miles to CR 4030 in Becker, go E about 3/4 mile, go S about 3/4 mile to small road, go down road to cemetery
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Other - explain |
| Marker Text |
In 1858 passing strangers lost a son by sudden death. Befriending them, Weaver A. Cotton (1822-96) provided gravesite at a tree near log school - church building. Later he gave community burial ground; deed was recorded 1883. Cotton and family and many other pioneers rest here. Incise on back: Marker sponsor: Lone Oak Cemetery Association |
