MURPHY FAMILY CEMETERY - MURPHY
MOULDEN CEMETERY
Maxwell Creek Road
33.019N
96.605W
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
This is a small family cemetery with maybe
30 graves. It covers about ½ acre of land. The cemetery is fenced and has been
well maintained. It is surrounded by cedar trees. The gates are locked. There is
a house on the immediate east. They may have a key to the gate. There is a brick
sign near the gates that has a small plaque embedded in it. The plaque reads,
"Wm. Murphy Family Cemetery, since 1872." There are several Mouldens buried
here.
This is called the Moulden Cemetery in COLLIN COUNTY CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS I.
Thomas Moulden married Polly McMillan. She was a sister of Comfort McMillan, who
settled in the Murphy area around 1847. The McMillan Cemetery is about 1 mile
north of here. Thomas died before the family came to Texas. Polly arrived with
her children. Her son, James L. Moulden, married Susan Murphy, who was a
daughter of William Murphy for whom the town of Murphy was named. Some of their
children were very active in Collin County government. According to Capt. Roy
Hall, the town was named for Susan Murphy, not for her father.
The cemetery is located on Mapsco, page 661, V. The Murphy (Decatur/Maxwell)
Cemetery is about ¼ mile north. I did not find a deed for this cemetery. The map
in the court house of this survey is hard to understand. It shows roads that no
longer exist and does not have the current roads on it.
Murphy
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Murphy Family Cemetery - Murphy,
"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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