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SCOTT CEMETERY - RHEA MILLS

CR161
33.235N
96.696W

Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy Gough

James Preston Scott came to Collin County around 1852. His granddaughter, Mary C. Taylor, was the first burial in the cemetery in August of 1854.

James Preston Scott was elected to the state legislature in 1857. He died of pneumonia in March of 1858. His stone bears the inscription "Member of the Legislature." Five of his children are also buried here. The cemetery was deeded by James W. Scott and J. B. Wilmeth in 1877 with the deeds listed in Vol. 7, p 61 and 62.

The Bloomdale community was about one mile northeast of here.

The cemetery is large, covering about 4 acres, and is currently in use. There is a small sign near the entrance saying, "Scott Cemetery." The cemetery is surrounded by a 4-foot chain-link fence. About half of it has been used. Most of the western half is unused.

There are over 200 graves here, with several unmarked. A family area near the middle of the cemetery is fenced with an old wire fence. Two Scott family slaves are buried in the northwest corner. They stayed with the family after they were freed. There are very few trees.

The cemetery is fairly well kept, although it could use a little stone work. Some of the old stones have been set in concrete. The cemetery has a historical marker. There is a cemetery association.

Since my visit an arch has been added to the entrance. In April of 1994 there was a dedication of crosses for Confederate soldiers buried here.

Historical marker, 1988.

SCOTT CEMETERY

ESTABLISHED ON THE LAND OF

AREA PIONEER JAMES PRESTON

SCOTT, THIS CEMETERY DATES TO THE

1850s. THE FIRST PERSON BURIED

HERE WAS SCOTT'S GRANDDAUGHTER,

MARY C. TAYLOR (1852-1854), CHILD OF

SCOTT'S DAUGHTER TABITHA AND HER

HUSBAND A. J. TAYLOR. OF THE OVER

200 BURIALS HERE, AT LEAST 30 ARE

UNMARKED, INCLUDING THOSE OF TOW

FAMILY SLAVES, JAKE AND RHODA,

BURIED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER

OF THE GRAVEYARD. THE CEMETERY

SERVES THE BLOOMDALE AND SUR-

ROUNDING RURAL COMMUNITIES.

JAMES SCOTT, WHO DIED WHILE

SERVING IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE,

WAS BURIED HERE  IN 1858.

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