Details for High Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5467011418

Data

Marker Number 11418
Atlas Number 5467011418
Marker Title High Cemetery
Index Entry High Cemetery
Address
City Canton
County Van Zandt
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 222644
UTM Northing 3606924
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1986
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Canton 4.5 mi. W on SH 243 to Wallace High Rd (CR 2501) then, 2.25 mi. N to intersection 2/okl Kaufman-Canton Rd (CR 2520)
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text The first burial in this public cemetery, that of Nancy Jane Hubbard, took place in 1859, six years after the High community was first established. More than 100 graves date from the 19th century. Many members of the High family, including Samuel A. High (1809-1894), first permanent landowner in the area and original donor of land for the cemetery, are buried here. Also interred in the High cemetery are veterans of the Civil War and members of other pioneer families and their descendants. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

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