NOBLE CEMETERY - WESTON
CR168
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
The treeline is full of briars. The thick
growth lasts for about 10 feet. After that the underbrush is relatively thin.
The graves for the Noble family are covered with iris. Parts of the cemetery are
covered with periwinkle vine.
Parson Noble was a Methodist circuit rider. He preached at the Cottage Hill
Methodist Church, which is about 1 ½ miles north, and the Honey Creek
Campgrounds, which were a few miles northeast along Honey Creek at Pafford's
Bridge. He started the Methodist Church of Celina and was a missionary to the
Indians in Oklahoma. The stones for Parson Noble and his family are here,
although the census shows them living in Denton County. The deed for the
cemetery is listed in Vol 17, p 640. It is deeded to the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.
This cemetery is one of the hardest in the county to find. You can be standing
in it and not see the stones because of fallen trees and underbrush. There is no
evidence that the cemetery has ever been fenced. This cemetery has a long
history of neglect. You may be able to drive close to the cemetery. There is a
very neglected road from the farm on the northeast on CR 125. The road is not in
general use and is hard to find.
There have been many reports about this cemetery being bulldozed and the stones
dumped in the creek. There is no creek and a bulldozer could not get in among
the trees in order to bulldoze it. Several people know the approximate location
of this cemetery. The land at present belongs to the family of Kent Horn of the
Horn Monument Company in McKinney.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Noble
Cemetery - Weston, 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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