| Marker Number |
11393 |
| Atlas Number |
5467011393 |
| Marker Title |
Cox Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Cox Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Canton |
| County |
Van Zandt |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
239787 |
| UTM Northing |
3593049 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1986 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
7 mi. SE of Canton on SH 64, then 3 mi. S on FM 1863, cemetery is on W. side of road |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Robert K. Gibbs and his family settled in this area in the early 1850s. A gravestone for an infant daughter of R. K. and Sarah Gibbs reveals the earliest documented burial in this cemetery to be November 1853. Robert Daniel Cox (1842--1898) acquired the land in 1880. He offered the small Gibbs family graveyard for use as a community cemetery. It became known as Cox Graveyard or Cox Cemetery. Land additions in 1920 and 1933 enlarged the cemetery. Some unmarked graves are believed to be those of slaves. Five generations of Cox family members are interred here. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986 |
