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THROCKMORTON CEMETERY - ANNA

US75

Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough

The cemetery itself is not visible from the dirt road. The grove of trees is visible from the US 75 access road.

The first settlement in Collin County may have been Throckmorton, which was located here. The Throckmorton Cemetery was certainly the first public cemetery. The Throckmorton settlement was started by Governor Throckmorton's father, Dr. William Edward Throckmorton, in 1842. He died in 1843. The county of Throckmorton was named for them.

A stockade was built around Throckmorton to protect the settlers from Indians. There are several accounts of the Indian raid on Christmas Day, 1842, when Mr. Whistler and Mr. Wesley Clements were killed. The accounts also say they were buried in Throckmorton Cemetery. The following year Dr. Calder was killed by the Indians and was buried next to them. There are no stones for any of them.

Judging by the bois d'arc posts, this cemetery covers about 1 acre of land. The portion that has markers covers about 1/8 of that. The stones are on the east side of the grove of trees. There is a large Texas-State stone marker for Dr. William Throckmorton. Governor James Webb Throckmorton is buried in Pecan Grove Memorial Park in McKinney. The cemetery is in the northeast corner of the W. E. Throckmorton survey. No deed has been found.

The Sheriff's Department has cleared this cemetery in the past. They left piles of brush and trees lying around. The barbed wire fence is gone. Dr. Throckmorton's stone is the only Throckmorton stone in the cemetery. Governor Throckmorton married a Rattan. There is a large Rattan family plot. The cemetery is still watched over by the Rattans.

I have heard that the Sheriff's Department returned in 1993 and put a fence around the cemetery. I have not been back to the cemetery to verify this. This cemetery was vandalized in the fall of 1995 along with the other cemeteries around Melissa.

James W. Throckmorton

William Edward Throckmorton

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