According to local oral tradition, this cemetery was named for John Carson, who once owned the adjacent land. Some sources say one grave was in existence before 1842; others maintain the first graves date to an 1842 Indian raid at the nearby home of . . . — — Map (db m306552) HM
This lodge began in 1887, when a group of Masons in the town of Ravenna joined together and petitioned the Grand Lodge of Texas for a charter. In 1889 the lodge was moved to the new railroad town of Ector, and in 1901 the name was changed to Ector . . . — — Map (db m128687) HM
The community of Ector was established in 1874 on the route of the Texas & Pacific Railroad. The Ravenna circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was created in 1885, and the Ector congregation, which met in a nearby school, was served by . . . — — Map (db m263837) HM
Sid H. (1833-1914) and Suzan Brown Pierce (1845-1923) donated this burial ground, near the Little Jordan Baptist Church (active 1850-1893).
The Ector Baptist Church, organized by former Little Jordan members, deeded the cemetery to Savoy . . . — — Map (db m204484) HM
