Near Wills Point in Van Zandt County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Union Grove Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 8, 2024

1. Union Grove Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Settlers William McBee and Adam Sullivan established the Union Grove community in 1844. McBee built and operated the first corn mill in Van Zandt County, and Union Grove grew to include a Baptist Church and the McBee School. Charles Rufus Peery donted land for a community burial ground in 1880; the earliest intermenet is Peery's mother-in-law, Mary Ann Hindman Henson. The cemetery, sited on a hill overlooking the surrounding countryside, has many large oak and cedar trees on its grounds. It is the final resting place for dozens of veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Union Grove Cemetery Assocaition, active since the 1940s, cares for this historic graveyard. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2008

Erected 2009 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15699.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 32° 44.896′ N, 96° 1.425′ W. Marker is near Wills Point, Texas, in Van Zandt County. It is on Farm to Market Road 751 ¼ mile south of County Road 3812, on the

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right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5946 FM 751, Wills Point TX 75169, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Burial of Neal Martin (approx. 2.2 miles away); Rowden Cotton (approx. 2½ miles away); First National Bank of Wills Point (approx. 2.8 miles away); Wynne & Wynne Law Office (approx. 2.8 miles away); Bruce & Human Drug Company (approx. 2.8 miles away); McKain Family Home (approx. 2.8 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Brick Streets of Wills Point (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wills Point.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 8, 2024

2. Union Grove Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 572 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.