| Marker Number |
11430 |
| Atlas Number |
5467011430 |
| Marker Title |
Morris Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Morris Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Canton |
| County |
Van Zandt |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
227718 |
| UTM Northing |
3588593 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1986 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
10.6 mi. S of Canton on SH 19, then 2.5 mi. W on FM 1256, then 0.1 mi. N on Morris Cemetery Rd. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
The oldest documented burial in this cemetery is that of Sarah Morris (1807-1866). Sarah had come to Texas from Kentucky in 1857 with her husband Thomas Banister Morris and family. The land on which the cemetery is located was part of a farmstead which was purchased in 1886 by Elijah Newton Morris, son of Sarah and Thomas. It eventually became a community cemetery for the people of the China Grove/Denman area. Gravestones here document burials of Civil War and World War I Veterans, as well as victims of early epidemics. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986 |
