CHAMBERSVILLE CEMETERY -
CHAMBERSVILLE
Cr206
33 18 22N
96 38 08W
Historical marker,2000.
CHAMBERSVILLE CEMETERY
ELISHA AND MARGARET ANN (MANNON)
CHAMBERS CAME TO TEXAS FROM INDIANA
IN 1847. THEIR INFANT SON LEWIS CASS
CHAMBERS DIED IN 1853 AND THEY
DONATED THE LAND ON WHICH HE WAS
INTERRED FOR A CEMETERY AND SCHOOL.
THIS SITE WAS ONCE AT THE CROSSROADS
OF A BUSY FARM COMMUNITY OF SEVERAL
HOMES NEAR A COTTON GIN, SCHOOL,
CHURCH, AND TWO GENERAL STORES, ONE
WITH A POST OFFICE. THOSE BURIED HERE
SERVED THEIR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY
AS STOREKEEPERS, SCHOOLTEACHERS,
POSTMASTERS, FARMERS, BLACKSMITHS,
SOLDIERS, HOMEMAKERS AND MUSICIANS.
THE SCHOOL WAS MOVED IN 1931 AND THE
FIRST BURIAL IN THAT SECTION TOOK PLACE
IN 1941. IN 1999, ABOUT 950 GRAVES
GRACED CHAMBERSVILLE CEMETERY. IT
CONTINUES TO SERVE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES AND REMAINS A CHRONICLE
OF COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
There was once a large community here. It was first called
Chambers after Elisha Chambers. It had a school, a cotton gin, a saw mill, a
sorghum mill, a blacksmith shop, a church and 2 stores. The school lasted until
the 1960's, with the students going to McKinney for high school. The teacherage
was also a millinary store and sold Easter hats. The Chambersville Methodist
Church is still active. The land for a church, school, and cemetery was donated
by Elisha Chambers. The Chambers home place was about 200 yards northeast of the
cemetery. The cemetery was started in 1853 with the deed listed in Vol 5, p 86.
The first person buried here was a son of Elisha Chambers, who died as an
infant. He is buried near the center of the cemetery. This cemetery covers about
2 acres of land and is surrounded by a 4-foot chain-link fence. There is an arch
over the driveway, but no gate.
This area is near the East Fork of the Trinity River. A small branch runs north
and east of the cemetery. The cemetery is on a hill, with the back of the
cemetery being quite a bit lower than the front. The driveway goes down the
eastern edge of the cemetery and turns west. That section can be muddy.
Buried in this cemetery are Lite Morris, who started the community of Roland,
and Larkin Adamson, who had the first store in Weston. According to Capt. Hall
in 1952 there was a marker for Minerva Royall Mims, 1835 - 1920. Her father
loaned $550,000 to the Texas Republic to help it survive. The Giles family
covers the whole front row of the cemetery.
The cemetery is well maintained and still in use. It is close to being full. It
is maintained by a cemetery association. The association owns a piece of land on
the east side of CR 281. No one is buried in it as yet.
Chambersville
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended citation:
Chambersville Cemetery - Chambersville,
"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 ]. | 