Where did this information come from? I live only a couple of miles from Pecan Grove Cemetery and have never heard of this before. Why would they be moved?? Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Traceroots" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:48 PM Subject: [TXCOLLIN-N] RE: Old McKinney Cemetery > Many of the people buried in Pecan Grove Cemetery and listed in the > cemetery > books have been moved to Ridgeview, Central (75) and Ridgeview Drive just > south of McKinney. When I am looking in Pecan Grove for a tombstone and > don't find one, I check to see if the body had been disinterred and taken > to > Ridgeview. I just thought you ought to know this. > Brenda > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Old McKinney Cemetery > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/4767.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Robert, > According to the book, CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, by Joy Gough > and > Ned Hoover, Old McKinney City Cemetery has also been known as "...the > cemetery in Lovejoy's pasture..." and Trinity Presbyterian Cemetery. > "One of the people said to be buried here is George Lovejoy..." He died > around 1856 and was the son of John L. Lovejoy. > This cemetery served McKinney before Pecan Grove Memorial Park was started > in 1870. > The book cites an old newspaper article by Capt. Roy Hall. He said the > bones > of those interred in this old cemetery were moved when the Trinity > Presbyterian Church was built. Capt. Hall said there were never more then > 30 > graves in the cemetery. > According to the book, there were no burials here after 1869 and the > cemetery was never used by the Presbyterian church. > Capt. Hall stated that the church building was erected in 1926 and that at > that time no remaining tombstones were in the cemetery. However, during > construction, bones were uncovered. > One person said to have been buried here was Milton Wilkerson. He died in > 1867, prior to the opening of Pecan Grove Cemetery, but according to > COLLIN > COUNTY CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, Vol 1, he is now buried at Pecan Grove. No > records have been found to show that any other people were transferred > there. > If you will e-mail me, I will be glad to send you the article containing > this information. It includes directions to the exact location of the old > cemetery and a picture of the church. > Judy > [email protected] > > > > ==== TXCOLL-N Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >