WEAR CEMETERY - RHEA MILLS
WARE CEMETERY
CR79
33.236N
96.746w
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
COLLIN COUNTY
CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS I calls this the "Ware" Cemetery. The sign over the
entrance and the gravestones for one family spell it "Wear."
The Sway Back Union Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was
started by Rev. W. B. Wear (B. W.), Sr. in 1852. When the Rhea brothers came to
Texas in 1855, they donated land to the church. The name was then changed to
Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church. The Walnut Grove Church was about 1 mile east
of here, north of the Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Part of the land
for this cemetery was donated by Rev. Wear's wife, Eliza, for a cemetery. The
deed is listed in Vol 10, p 308. A deed made out by James Kelly and wife in Vol
25, p 591, may also apply to this cemetery. The Rhea's Mill Baptist Church
started north of this cemetery.
This cemetery is quite large and fenced. Most of it is well kept. There is a
family plot surrounded by a wrought-iron fence that is neglected. The graves
start about ½-way back, with the front of the cemetery being empty. There is a
tabernacle on the north side in the back.
This cemetery is
the only one in Collin County that does not follow the east-west rule for
burials. The older graves are in a north-south configuration, with the newer
graves in the east-west mode. This cemetery is active.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Wear
Cemetery - Rhea Mills,
"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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