MILLWOOD CEMETERY - LAVON
CR535
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
This was one of
the oldest settlements in the county. People heading west for the Gold Rush
would stop in Millwood for supplies. It was their last stop before California.
Because the prospectors camped at the creek south of the settlement, the creek
got the name of Camp Creek. At one time there were 3 mills, a school, churches,
and about 200 inhabitants here. It was on a trail that went from Bonham to
Rockwall to Dallas.
A couple of years ago this was a very badly neglected cemetery. A cemetery
association was formed and the cemetery has been cleaned up. The county improved
the drainage on the road so the cemetery would not be under water. The Sheriff's
Department and a Boy Scout troop helped clean the cemetery. The association has
reset the stones and has built a brick entrance. Stones have been added for
graves of unknowns. The cemetery and community have recently obtained a
historical marker.
Some people believe this is also the Nancy Bullock Cemetery #204. Nancy
Bullock's brother, Alexander Horton, says in his memoirs that he deeded 4 acres
of land for a cemetery at the time of his sister's death in 1854. No record has
been found of the deed. The stones for the Bullocks have not survived.
According to A HISTORY OF NEVADA, TEXAS, by Grace (Moran) Evans, the land for a
church, cemetery, and a school was donated by J. D. Naylor. No record of that
has been found either. Even though the cemeteries are probably the same ones,
there is no concrete proof. The cemetery recently acquired additional acreage
and has become active again.
Historical
marker, 1995
MILLWOOD AND
MILLWOOD CEMETERY
NAMED FOR A
LUMBER MILL ESTAB-
LISHED NEARBY
ABOUT 1846, MILLWOOD
CONTAINED A
POST OFFICE, SEVERAL
BUSINESSES,
AND LUMBER, GRIST, AND
FLOUR MILLS BY
THE EARLY 1850s.
ALTHOUGH
WILLIE O. HUNT'S BURIAL
IN 1864 IS THE
FIRST RECORDED HERE,
LOCAL
TRADITION CLAIMS THIS CEME-
TERY BEGAN IN
1854 WITH THE DEATH
OF NANCY
BULLOCH, WIFE OF JAMES
W. BULLOCK,
HERO OF THE BATTLE OF
NACOGDOCHES.
EARLY ACCOUNTS REFER
TO IT AS NANCY
BULLOCH CEMETERY.
THE TOWN
PROSPERED UNTIL THE
EARLY 1900s.
MILLWOOD CEMETERY
MAINTAINED BY
A LOCAL ASSOCIATION,
IS ALL THAT
REMAINS OF THE
FORMER TOWN OF
MILLWOOD.
Millwood
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Millwood Cemetery - Lavon,
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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