Cherokee County, Texas

        McCRACKEN CEMETERY    

McCracken cemetery is located near Pleasant Grove (West of Maydelle, Texas) north of Hwy 84 and south of Pleasant Grove Church and Cemetery.  It is on an old road trace to the west of County Road 1804.  Property owned by Jerry and Vivian Sanders Rev. Living Trust and Wagner Family Living Trust, 10393 FM 346W, Flint, TX 75762 according to 2024 Cherokee County CAD.

Harold and Sylvia Acker surveyed this old cemetery in Oct 1991 and described the trek to it as covered with briar patches.  The cemetery itself they described as having no tombstones but many rock markers, mostly covered with leaves and debris.  They were able to identify the following:

Ellis, H.  Nov 1802 - 18 Dec 1875

French, Red,  b. ?, d. ?

Ellis, J.M. 11 Feb 1819 - 11 Sep 1867

Hatchit, Unknown . . . .......Mcr A ...-..-....  ...-..-.... Scratched on rock, mostly unreadable

  1 other rock found with markings but no sense could be made of them.

May 27, 2015, Pat Ezell took Gordon Bennett to the site.

Photos by and used by permission of Gordon Bennett.

McCracken, George (According to John Bolton, 1112 Pine Street, Kilgore, TX 75662-3355 ,  johnsbolton8@gmail.com, 903-988-1591, 903-399-4644}

McCracken, Sarah Hughes (According to John Bolton,)

McCracken, John Brownlow (According to John Bolton,)

Revised by Gordon Bennett, October 21, 2024

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