YOUNG CEMETERY - PLANO
SH121
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
This is a
one-acre, deeded cemetery listed in Vol 51, p 22. It is said to be the second
oldest cemetery in Plano. The cemetery is neglected at present but was cleaned
in the past year. The owners of the land are afraid of vandalism, and would
prefer to keep the cemetery hidden. A historical marker has been applied for and
approved. Efforts are being made to form a cemetery association.
This area was once called "Rowlett." Samuel Young and Shadrick Jackson were
brothers-in-law, and were among the earliest settlers here in 1844. They came to
the area with the Baccus, Witt, and Gough families from Greene County, Illinois,
to settle as neighbors along the waters of Rowlett Creek. Most of them were the
founders of the Rowlett Creek Baptist Church, which is on the east side of FM
2478, just north of the Rowlett Creek Cemetery. The Jacksons and Youngs are
buried in this cemetery. The Goughs and Baccuses are buried at Rowlett Creek
Cemetery.
The earliest
marked grave here is for Sam Young's first wife, Patience. She died in February
of 1847. The Young Branch is on the east side of the cemetery. COLLIN COUNTY
CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS I mistakenly lists Beulah and James Dennard as Youngs.
The new Plano Municipal Golf Course will be on three sides of this cemetery, the
south, the west and the east.
Historic marker,
1996.
YOUNG CEMETERY
EARLY PIONEERS
FROM ILLINOIS WERE
SETTLED IN
THIS AREA WHEN SAM
YOUNG
(1814-1891) AND HIS WIFE
PATIENCE
CORNELL YOUNG (1814-1847)
ARRIVED IN
1845. YOUNG BOUGHT LAND
FROM THE JACOB
BACCUS LAND SUR-
VEY, AND
FOUNDED A SCHOOL ON HIS
PROPERTY.
YOUNG ESTABLISHED THIS
CEMETERY WHEN
PATIENCE DIED IN
1847. ELEVEN
PIONEER FAMILIES ARE
REPRESENTED IN
THE 51 GRAVES HERE:
ABBOTT, BACCUS,
BANKSTON, CRENSHAW,
DENNARD,
FINLEY, JACKSON, McCONNELL,
McQUARRY, TEEL
AND YOUNG. VETERANS
BURIED HERE
ARE THOMAS FINLEY WHO
SERVED IN THE
WAR OF 1812, AND
JACOB P. HOUTS
AND JACOB BACCUS, JR.
WHO FOUGHT IN
THE CIVIL WAR.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Young
Cemetery - Plano,
"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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