Details for Nelson Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5367003572
Data
| 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) |