COATS/HORTON CEMETERY - WESTMINSTER
Location: Westminster, in the woods on
the south side of FM2862
Cemeteries of
Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough
There is one stone for the Coats, 2 for the Hortons, and about 9 for the Rolands.
[Rowland is spelled without the "W" on the stones.] The original headright was
for John Rowland. Christopher Roland married Martha Horton Arrington. They
helped raise Horton nieces and nephews after their parents died. William Horton
married Susan Coats. William and Susan Horton are said to be buried in this
cemetery. There are no markers for them. No deed has been found for this
cemetery.
COATS-HORTON-ROLAND CEMETERY
History by Scott T. Ulrich, part of historical marker application for Elm Grove
Cemetery.
The Coats-Horton-Roland Cemetery is located on the John Roland Survey near FM
2862 in Westminster, Texas. It is located one and one-fourth miles due south of
Elm Grove Cemetery and is surrounded by land under private ownership. The
cemetery was the original dedicated burial site for the Roland family, early
pioneers of Texas from Alabama. Court records show that family members, Martha
Pace Arrington, mother, and sons, Sherrod and Ezekial Roland, were residents of
Texas by November 1834. Martha’s son, John Roland, was killed in the Texas
Revolution in August 1836 and the Texas Land Grant of 1,920 acres was deeded to
his heirs, Martha, Sherrod, and Ezekial, by the Republic of Texas. In 1853, the
John Roland Survey was divided among three heirs as shown on Collin County deed
records. Ezekial Roland died in 1859 and was the first person buried on land in
the north portion of the Survey in what is now Elm Grove Cemetery. Sherrod
Roland’s son, E. R. Roland, was the first person buried in 1854 on the south
portion of the Survey in what is now the Coats-Horton-Roland Cemetery. Martha’s
grave site is in the Elm Grove Cemetery, however, her portion of the Survey is
now the location of the original town plat of Westminster which is east of the
two cemeteries. ...
The small Coats-Horton-Roland Cemetery is currently being
used as grazing land for cattle and the tombstones have fallen over on the
ground. The Coats, Horton and Roland names are the only names recorded on
tombstones in the cemetery. ...
The area near the Coats-Horton-Roland Cemetery was the home of Susan and Sherrod
Roland, who are buried in the cemetery. Their children were the first to be
buried there. The land around the area was later sold to a Claiborn W. Coats who
is also buried there. Susan Roland donated land on the Survey for Seven Points
College, originally a four year theological seminary for the Texas Methodist
Conference. After 1902, the college became a Baptist Academy, a preparatory
school for preachers and teachers....
List of Known Burial in Coats-Horton-Roland Cemetery.
Roland, E. R. b. 2-13-1852 d. 1-12-1854
Roland, N. J. b. 11-26-1853 d. 7-24-1855
Roland, James R. b. 3-2-1867 d. 3-9-1867
Roland, Sherrod b. 1-19-1823 d. 3-23-1885
Roland, Susan b. 2-22-1827 d. 3-26-1907
Roland, T. J. b. 3-21-1861 d. 12-7-1866
Coats, Claiborn b. 1-23-1801 d. 12-9-1896
Coats, Elizabeth b. 1806 d. 5-8-1872
Horton, Claiborn b. 3-11-1883 d. 8-17-1884
CEMETERY
INDEX
Recommended citation:
Coats/Horton Cemetery," 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]. |
