Plum Grove Cemetery

PLUM, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS

29°56'05"N 96°57'30"W

This cemetery is located on County Rd. 393 which is off of County Rd. 388 about 1/2 mile east of Plum. Hurricane fencing surrounds it and inside the entrance is a granite marker that states:

Plum Grove
Baptist Church
1839-1904
Organizers:
Kirk
Drisdale
Scallorn
Preachers
Rev. Morrell
Judge Baylor

The entire plot is 4 acres, the burials are all to the right of the granite entrance marker. Mr. T.H. Johnson did a complete survey of this site in 1975 and it is on file in the archives. Johnson's report states: The Second Plum Grove Baptist Church came into existence in 1869, when the members of the old (First) Plum Grove Baptist Church (near West Point, TX) united with a newly formed Baptist Church of Christ at Pleasant Retreat. The site chosen for the new church was approx. 3/4 mile NE of the town of Plum. Construction of the church house was completed in early 1870. By 1900 the membership had declined and the church disbanded.

Kathy Carter and Helen Muras visited this cemetery on 10-18-1986. The actual number of people buried here is not known. On Sept. 14, 1989, Mr. Tom Breedlove did a survey of this site. [Joe Cole #099W]

Text from historical marker:

PLUM GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND CEMETERY
This cemetery is the enduring physical reminder of the Baptist congregation that worshiped at this site from 1870 until about 1904. Plum Grove Baptist Church and the Pleasant Retreat Baptist Church of Christ combined their congregations in 1869 and built a sanctuary the following year. Church services were held once a month with annual revival meetings until the area population and church membership declined about the turn of the 20th century. The first burial in the church's cemetery, that of four-year-old William A. Routh, took place in 1872. Burials ceased in 1945, until a new section opened for interments in 1985. (2001)

 

Paul Smith contributed the following data from his survey of the Plum Grove Cemetery.

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

COMMENTS

Barnhill, C. H.

Nov 17, 1870

Dec 6, 1900

Barnhill, Hattie J.

Sept 5, 1845

Nov 17, 1888

Barnhill, Jerry W.

Feb 15, 1835

Feb 3, 1880

Barnhill, J. W.

Nov 10, 1865

June 22, 1901

Barnhill, Fannie T.

1873

1898

Barnhill, John B.

Co. I 27th Tenn Inf. CSA.

Blakemore, Charles L.

Oct 15, 1866

Jan 10, 1874

Bledson, Charlie

July 31, 1872

Sept 27, 1888

Byerly, Stephen

1841

1902

Calley, Herschel T.

Jan 25, 1910

Mar 23, 1985

Drisdale, Mary E.

Feb 13, 1877

Feb 25, 1881

Drisdale, Lois

Mar 12, 1888

Jan 19, 1889

Faires, Lizzie

Aug 3, 1880

June 26, 1881

Fenner, Mary Loula

May 31, 1859

July 28, 1877

Fenner, Fola J.

Feb 11, 1872

July 30, 1877

Horn, Marion O.

May 12, 1862

Nov 23, 1894

Horzer, Josie

Mar 22, 1869

Sept 5, 1889

Ivey, John W.

May 29, 1884

June 3, 1884

Johnson, Martha M.

Oct 22, 1902

May 8, 1989

Long, Lenora

Jan 8, 1889

Aug 25, 1892

Long, D. T.

Aug 26, 1873

Nov 16, 1875

Daughter

Long, A. E.

Apr 1, 1872

Feb 3, 1881

Daughter

Long, Wilmer D.

Mar 25, 1880

Oct 26, 1883

Lowd, James

Apr 4, 1813

Jan 29, 1888

McCollum, Travis

Dec 1, 1929

May 4, 1994

McClure, Strephen

Jan 14, 1865

Aug 28, 1886

McClure, J. M.

Nov 25, 1836

Sept 16, 1889

Mathews, Robert S.

July 1, 1838

Aug 6, 1915

Morgan, L. T.

May 2, 1856

Mar 4, 1927

Morgan, Martha J.

Apr 20, 1832

Mar 18, 1884

Pardes, S. N.

1927

1928

Parker, C. B.

Mar 29, 1913

Sept 13, 1987

Parker, May Bell

Feb 21, 1921

Nov 11, 1992

Read, Roger

Mar 28, 1931

July 29, 1993

Reese, H. L.

May 17, 1848

May 2, 1881

Routh, James K.

Nov 28, 1866

Jan 9, 1874

Routh, William A.

Mar 13, 1868

May 6, 1872

Routh, Pleasant M.

Oct 15, 1808

Jan 1, 1874

Taylor, Thomas L.

Nov 4, 1834

May 12, 1894

Teague, Rosa E.

May 14, 1881

Worrell, Cornelia F.

Oct 26, 1858

Jan 19, 1895



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