Details for Nelson Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5367003572

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Marker Number 3572
Atlas Number 5367003572
Marker Title Nelson Cemetery
Index Entry Nelson Cemetery
Address 1151 Nelson Rd.
City Springtown
County Parker
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 634940
UTM Northing 3646532
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1985
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Nelson Cemetery (aka Nelson Family Cemetery), Reno community, Nelson Rd., N side 0.1 mi. W of N. Cardinal Rd.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Hugh Nelson (1821-1884), a native of Tennessee, donated the original two acres of this burial ground. The earliest dated stone marks the grave of his infant son Hugh, who died in 1864. Earlier burials were marked only with field-stones. A number of children's graves date from a dysentery epidemic in 1884. Known at one time as Walnut Creek Cemetery, this is the burial place of many area pioneers, including members of the Cruse, Helm, Nix, Osburn, Parker, and Peden families. Nelson Cemetery contains over 700 known graves. (1985)

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