SMITH CEMETERY - FRISCO
CR24
33.202N
96.838W
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, Joy
Gough
This cemetery is
located about 1 ½ miles south of US 380 at the Collin/Denton County line. The
fenceline down the west side of the field is probably the county line. The deed
for the cemetery even says, "From the Denton County line go east 1 chain." It is
very obvious that the road to the cemetery is impassable when it is wet. At one
point you cross over a creek. The people, who farm the land, live in Denton
County in the second farm on the south, west of the county line.
The cemetery is surrounded by a wire fence. It is deeded in Vol 200, p 614. The
fields around the cemetery are used by cattle, but there is no evidence that the
cows have been in the cemetery. The cemetery is neglected. A few of the stones
are down, and there are large holes from animals.
The farmstead
for the Smiths is intact on the north side of the dirt road about 300 yards
southeast of the cemetery. The house is gone, but the old wire fence and flowers
remain, as well as the storm cellar and the barns and out buildings. The silo is
probably new.
I have heard of
people coming in from US 380. There was a Smith farm there that had a large
beautiful house. When the family moved to town, the house burned. People would
go to that house, and walk through the fields to the cemetery.
Someone said that they had heard that there is to be development in the area. I
did not see any evidence of that. The power plant is no longer in operation.
The inscription for 10-year-old Callie Smith reads:
Ere sin could
blight or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed
And bade it blossom There.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Smith
Cemetery - Frisco,
"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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