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MONKEY RUN CEMETERY - LAVON

Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough

The exact location of this cemetery is unknown. It is on the old Granville A. Jones property.

According to A HISTORY OF NEVADA, TEXAS, the cemetery contains about 50 graves. It was on a cliff near the old turnpike that crossed the East Fork of the Trinity River before Lake Lavon was built. The turnpike was a series of bridges from Wylie eastward across the East Fork bottoms.

There was also a school here called the Cliff or Clift School. This stretch of road was heavily traveled. Some travelers were pelted by stones thrown by mischievous children, who ran off afterward. When people asked the location of the community, people would say it was "down where the monkeys run."

This cemetery was not actually visited since several people said that it would be hard to find. There are no longer roads in this area. This cemetery is on the map in COLLIN COUNTY CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS I, but is unnamed. There is no listing of the people buried here.
 

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