Young Cemetery

Young Cemetery. . In 1845, before Collin County was formed, Sam Young, a pioneer from Illinois, bought land in the Jacob Baccus survey. He established the Young Cemetery in 1847 when his first wife, Patience Cornell Young, died. Hers is the oldest marked grave in the cemetery dated February 17, 1847. This makes it the second earliest known marked grave in Plano, by one month. The cemetery covers an acre of land near Young Branch. The last acreage of the farm was sold around 1972, but Sam's granddaughter, Gladys, remained. She lived in her father John's house, shown in an artistic rendering in the background, until shortly before her death in 1998., The house built by John Young, shown as a young man in the photograph, was moved in September 2001 to the Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano. It was restored and showcases some Young family artifacts, including family Bibles. The Young Family Cemetery Association was formed to preserve and protect the monuments and grounds., Families represented in the cemetery include Abbott, Baccus, Bankston, Crenshaw, Dennard, Finley, Jackson, McConnell, McQuerry, Teel and Young. Some of the monuments are hand engraved while others are highly ornamented, such as the Woodmen of the World monument for Adam Teel, near the original entrance to the cemetery. Gate posts still stand, but the gate was removed and resides at the Heritage Farmstead., Some of the Young family traveled west to Montague County (James H Young, marriage certificate) and some are buried in Rowlett Creek Cemetery (see map) including Gladys and her mother. Rowlett Creek Baptist Church once stood on that ground. A book about historic Plano cemeteries was published by The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc. in 2013., Veterans buried in Young Cemetery include Jacob Baccus, Jacob Houts and Thomas Finley. Finley fought in The War of 18 12 and has the earliest birth date, 1790. His grave includes two headstones and a special marker for his service in that war., The cemetery was recognized by the Texas Historical Commission with a marker and the Historic Texas Cemetery designation for the contributions of those interred within it during the early settlement of Collin County.