Forney in Kaufman County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Hillcrest Cemetery
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, September 2, 2024
1. Hillcrest Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Hillcrest Cemetery. . After the community of Brooklyn was relocated and renamed Forney when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through here in 1873, its early burial ground was no longer convenient to the town. In 1878, a committee of civic leaders organized the Forney Graveyard Company and purchased a 5-acre tract of land. The earliest documented burials are those of Blanch Ivey and Isaac Sorey, both of whom died in 1879. The problem of irregular maintenance was first addressed in 1911, about the same time it became known as "Hill Crest Cemetery." A perpetual care endowment was established in 1976. Many veterans of U.S. and foreign wars are interred here, including more than 46 veterans of the Civil War. The cemetery continues to be a chronicle of Forney settlers.
After the community of Brooklyn was relocated and renamed Forney when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through here in 1873, its early burial ground was no longer convenient to the town. In 1878, a committee of civic leaders organized the Forney Graveyard Company and purchased a 5-acre tract of land. The earliest documented burials are those of Blanch Ivey and Isaac Sorey, both of whom died in 1879. The problem of irregular maintenance was first addressed in 1911, about the same time it became known as "Hill Crest Cemetery." A perpetual care endowment was established in 1976. Many veterans of U.S. and foreign wars are interred here, including more than 46 veterans of the Civil War. The cemetery continues to be a chronicle of Forney settlers.
Erected 1998 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 8526.)
Location. 32° 45.187′ N, 96° 28.382′ W. Marker is in Forney, Texas, in Kaufman County. It is on West Broad Street (Farm to Market Road 688) 0.1 miles west of Pinson Road, on the left when traveling west. The marker stands near the main entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 Pinson Rd, Forney TX 75126, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South. 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.
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, September 2, 2024
2. Hillcrest Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2016, by Rheba Bybee of Seagoville, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,198 times since then and 100 times this year. Last updated on September 3, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 3, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
