Corinth in Denton County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Corinth Shiloh Cemetery

Photographed by Joe Lotz, October 13, 2024

1. Corinth Shiloh Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Physician and lay preacher Thomas A. Ball and his wife, Nancy (Yeats), came to Denton County from Missouri soon after the Civil War ended in 1865. They settled with their family on land that would become the community of Corinth.

The Ball family donated land already in use as a graveyard to the Primitive Baptist Church at Shiloh. The first marked grave is that of William Garrison (d. 1870). In 1880, the Wichita & Dallas Railway named the settlement Corinth. An additional land donation in 1953 enlarged the cemetery to 2.5 acres. The community called the burial ground Shiloh Cemetery for many years until a cemetery association formed in 1959 and members adopted the name Corinth Shiloh Cemetery.

Features of the early cemetery include native sandstone markers and decorative mussel shells harvested from nearby creeks. Today, Corinth Shiloh Cemetery chronicles the history of area settlers. Descendants and friends reunite for annual decoration days to clean and decorate the graves of those buried here. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003

Erected 2003 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13027.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location.

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33° 9.792′ N, 97° 3.901′ W. Marker is in Corinth, Texas, in Denton County. It is at the intersection of West Shady Shores Road and Swisher Rd, on the left when traveling east on West Shady Shores Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2750 W Shady Shores Rd, Denton TX 76208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

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,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1848 Denton County Seat (approx. 1.3 miles away); Swisher Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Rector Road Bridge at Guyer High School (approx. 2.8 miles away); Old Alton Cemetery (approx. 3 miles away); Donald Road Bridge At South Hickory Creek (approx. 3.1 miles away); Gregory Road Bridge at Duck Creek (approx. 3.1 miles away); Old Alton Bridge (approx. 3.3 miles away); Taylor Family Cemetery (approx. 4½ miles away).

Photographed by Joe Lotz, October 13, 2024

2. Corinth Shiloh Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Joe Lotz, October 13, 2024

3. Corinth Shiloh Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2024, by Joe Lotz of Flower Mound, Texas. This page has been viewed 426 times since then and 118 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 13, 2024, by Joe Lotz of Flower Mound, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.