 also known as Pool Cemetery located off Pool Road near Hwy. 691  This
Cemetery was in an area
called "Honey Run", located
southwest of Denison, and was the burial ground for Iron Ore
Creek Baptist
Church, which was established in 1871.
The
area was known as the Ellsworth
Community of
Grayson County, according to the official county plat maps.
BURIALSThis African-American cemetery, 0.614 acres, contains mostly unmarked graves. (Vol. 36, Pg. 52) It is located in an overgrown field, just east of Pool Road and north of FM 691, between Hwy 75 and Texoma Pkwy. Vol. 36, Pg. 52 Louisa Milligan & Letisa Jane Milligan...of 10 sold to Thomas Curry & Charles McDonald, trustees...the use and benefit of the Baptist Church, colored, SW of Honey Run, being a part of...survey originally granted to O.T. Rosenberry...and beginning at the East corner of a 148 acre survey, containing 1 acre of land, 105' x 810' - March 10, 1877. There was a colored schoolhouse at Mrs. Bingham's home on Theresa Drive. S.M. Pool used the lumber from the colored church in his new 4-room home. The abandoned road was reopened as "Pool Road" from Hwy. 691, going north toward Simon's Cemetery.  *The Iron Ore Cemetery, located behind Texoma Medical Center hospital was restored in 2020-2021. A ceremony was held Wednesday morning, May 5, 2021. A lot of headstones were found that were not previously listed online on the Grayson County TXGenWeb site.  Updated May 2021  MAP   Cemetery Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |