The cemetery was located near the head of a branch of Mill Creek,
3/4 mile northwest of White Rock Church, at the intersection of FM 697 and Blanton
Road, between Whitewright and Ida. The
cemetery was on the east side of the creek. No markers are know
to be left. The old dirt road from Kentucky Town to Sherman crossed the
branch at the site of the springs. "Old-timers may remember the long-standing iron bridge spanning the creek at Heiston springs which is also a quarter of a mile or so just east of the Elbert Nichols farm." The dirt road was eventually abandoned at this segment after the gravel road came to be built from Whitewright to Sherman around 1920." (Letter to the Editor. The Whitewright Sun, Thursday, March 27, 1975, pg. 2) HEISTON, JOSIAH L He was the first physician for Kentucky Town. He named the townsite Ann Eliza, in memory of his, then, recently deceased daughter, in 1857. The community had been called Pleasant Hill. When Kentucky settlers came in large numbers, they began to call the community, Kentucky Town, and it was platted as such on July 1, 1852. HEISTON, ANN ELIZA Died around the 1st of May 1854; Daughter of Dr. Heiston. She died of typhoid fever. SLAVE Died around the 1st of May 1854; Slave of Dr. Heiston. Died of typhoid fever. (Letter to the Editor. The Whitewright Sun, Thursday, March 27, 1975, pg. 2) 'W.' and his seventeen year old son (Dr. John D. Walker & sons, Francis, Thomas, & Jacob) Died July 1865 They were two of the seven men who tried to rob and hang Steve Stephenson, in July 1865. They wanted to steal his gold. One, named V. (N.C. Vivion) was buried on his family farm. The other four were buried by a wagon near where they were all seven lynched. (Austin State Gazette, April 20, 1864, pg.2) Cemetery Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
