BEAR CREEK CEMETERY - NEVADA
CR544
Latitude 33.056N
Longitude 96.406W
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy Gough
Martha T. Harless gave 3 acres of land in Vol 46, p
263, and Maston Crowford Robinson (Robertson) gave 1 � acres in Vol W,
p 354, for the use of the Bear Creek Methodist Episcopal Church South,
which was just north of the cemetery on the south bank of George
Creek. The church was
started around 1873 and disbanded in 1902. Most of the
congregation moved to Nevada Methodist Church.
The cemetery covers at least a couple of acres of land.
It appears that there are between 100 and 200 graves. Most of the
graves are for the late 1800's. The families are buried in groups instead
of rows. The Harless family plot is north of the single gate near
the road. The cemetery has a lot of empty space. It is fenced. An
unmaintained road runs the length of the cemetery.
The Collin County Museum has a
partial list of people buried here that calls this the Harris Cemetery.
Margaret J. Harless married W. P. Harris. She died young. I do not know if
that is where the Harris name came from. On some county maps this is
referred to as the Haggart Cemetery. Again I do not know where the name
came from. There are no Haggarts listed as buried here.
The cemetery shows considerable vandalism and/or lack
of attention over an extended period of time. At times it is so overgrown
that it cannot be seen from the road a few feet away. Many of the
stones are down. The Nevada Fire Department has been involved in some
cleanup in the past. It is evident that some cutting and burning has taken
place inside the cemetery. Piles of cut trees are on top of stones. A
Mormon Church group cleaned part of the cemetery in 1995. [A Boy Scout made
cleaning the cemetery his Eagle project in 2000.]
The Collin County Sheriff's Department recently
recovered a stone that had been stolen from the cemetery. It is being stored
at the Collin County Museum in McKinney for the time being. At
present Bear Creek has no cemetery association. [A cemetery association was
formed in 2000.]
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Recommended citation:
BEAR CREEK CEMETERY - NEVADA,
"CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin
County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano
Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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