ROSS CEMETERY - McKINNEY
Old Mill Road
N33.1745
W96.6159
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
There are 3 cemeteries together here:
Pecan Grove, Potters' Field, and Ross. The Ross Cemetery is shown in Mapsco as
being part of Pecan Grove Memorial Park. It has a separate deed and is separated
from Pecan Grove Memorial Park by trees. It is not visible from Pecan Grove or
Potters' Field Cemeteries.
This cemetery is large with several acres. There seems to be relatively few
graves, unless there are some without markers. There is a chain-link fenced
family area near the back of the cemetery.
The cemetery itself it not fenced. It is
not as well maintained as Pecan Grove Memorial Park, but it is not as neglected
as the Potters' Field Cemetery, which is just south of Ross. There are several
low areas where the water stands. The cemetery is on the side of a hill.
The deed is listed in Vol. 69, p 27, under
Colored People Cemetery. It is for 3 acres of land and was made by some of the
same people who made the deed for Pecan Grove Memorial Park. The cemetery looks
as if it covers more than 3 acres. I do not know where the name "Ross" came
from.
Even though this is called the Ross Colored Cemetery, there are white people
buried here. The white people buried here were those who were deemed unfit to be
buried in Pecan Grove Memorial Park. Sometimes that just meant that they were
newcomers to the area and no one knew them.
McKinney
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Ross
Cemetery - McKinney,
"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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