WILLIAMS CEMETERY - McKINNEY
MT. OLIVE CEMETERY
Quail Hollow West
33.171N
96.667W
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
This area was
once known as the White's Grove Community. There was a White's Grove Methodist
Church that later moved to McKinney.
The cemetery was
donated by Grafton Williams after the death of his first wife in 1848. It is
deeded in Vol 9, p 572 and Vol 13, p 517. The deed in Vol 9, dated 1881, states
that one acre had been sold to trustees of the cemetery earlier. The deed also
states that the cemetery is called the "Williams Cemetery."
Grafton Williams
also gave land for a church. Mt. Olive Baptist Church was adjacent to the
cemetery and local people call the cemetery the Mt. Olive Cemetery. In fact, the
cemetery association is the Mt. Olive Cemetery Association. Some people call it
Mt. Olivet.
The cemetery is good sized and well maintained. It has a 4-foot chain-link fence
around it with several driveways and a single gate near the south end on the
east side. The driveway in the middle on the east side has a brick pillar on
each side. The pillars have tablets that say, "Dedicated in Memory of Grafton
Williams and Samuel H. Payne", and "Williams Cemetery - Founded in 1848 -
Incorporated - 1965."
This is an active cemetery. It is in the Pheasant Run subdivision of Eldorado.
The cemetery has suffered from vandalism in recent years. The same people who
were vandalizing the McLarry and Horn Cemeteries were vandalizing the Williams
Cemetery. Because of the vandalism, the drive-thru gates are kept locked.
On some maps Hardin Blvd. is called Foncine Road or Mt. Olivet. The Eldorado
subdivision is extending westward. Early in 1996 the land on the east side of
Williams Road was being developed as The Reserve of Eldorado.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Williams 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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