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Submitted: 7/21/21 • Approved: 7/21/21 • Last Updated: 7/24/21 • R439157-G0-S3
The Willow Point Cemetery had its origins in 1882 when Anna M. English died on October 24 and was buried on land owned by Samuel G. Evitts [Evetts]. The next year, on July 13, Evitts died and was buried in the same area. The land changed hands several times before ownership passed to D. H. and M. M. Bishop, who deeded the property to Woodman of the World Camp No. 1763 in 1905. The deed stated that the older, fenced part of the cemetery would remain a free public burying ground.
It is believed that the cemetery contains many unmarked burials. The northwest corner of the plot contains the grave of a confederate soldier who was discharged from Fort Richardson in Jack County, and whose name has long since been forgotten. Also interred here are other civil war veterans, as wall as veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Samuel G. Evitts, original owner of the site, was a veteran of the Texas War for Independence as well as the Civil War.
The Willow Point Cemetery Association, organized in 1947, is responsible for maintenance and hosts an annual homecoming and cleaning day.
(Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986)
Contributed on 7/21/21 by radiovector178
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