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LOCATION: US 259
north of Daingerfield through the Rocky Branch Community for 7 miles to
the cemetery sign. Turn right on CR 4212 to the cemetery which is on
both sides of this road. Also 5 miles south of Naples on Hwy 338 to the
cemetery sign. Turn right on to CR 4212. Cemetery is at .4 mile.
The Springhill Cemetery
was started in 1852. According to legend the first person buried in
Springhill was a little girl; Nancy Rushton who died September 14,
1852. Her father was a traveling jug maker (crockery); while in the
Rocky Branch area Nancy became ill and died. Nancy’s father made her
tombstone with his jug making material. Someone, we are no longer sure
who, let him bury Nancy on their property. Later several families
donated land, part of which is where Nancy was buried, for a cemetery.
The church and cemetery took their name from a nearby spring and hill on
which they were located. Down through the years little Nancy’s tombstone
became broken. The pieces would be gathered and put back on her grave by
caring individuals. In the 1900’s Ms. Irma Heard gathered up the pieces
and had a new granite tombstone made with the original crockery pieces
made into the new one. As a result Nancy and the tombstone her father
made for her remain together and not forgotten.
Cemetery is known to be
predominantly white with the first section being black.
This listing was copied
from the MORRIS COUNTY TEXAS CEMETERIES – NORTHERN SECTION compiled in
1999 by the Cass County Genealogical Society and the Morris County
Historical Commission. It was read October 29, 1997 by Charles Steger,
Gerald Hammock, John Livingston, Irene Powell, Kathryn McAlexander and
Melba Tims. Updated August 1999 by Charles Steger. Additional
information has been added from obituaries provided by Connie Caldwell,
Maydell Talley, Reggie Talley and Janette Cook.
A sign on the front
fence has: The fence donated by the Lyster Family in loving memory of
their father and mother, Mr. And Mrs. T. C. Lyster.
*Denote oldest known marked grave: Old Section Row
4
RUSHTON, Nancy Only
date September 14, 1852
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Last entry January 31, 2007
Janette Tigert Cook
janettecook@yahoo.com |
