Gray Rock Cemetery

Unmarked graves here may date from the 1840s, when the nearby town of Gray Rock was settled along a frontier highway. Of the 411 marked graves, the oldest is that of an infant, Lula Smith, who died Feb. 15, 1872. Although the land was deeded to two deacons of the Baptist church in 1887, it has always served as a community cemetery. An 1899-1900 epidemic of typhoid fever accounts for some of the burials. The town of Gray Rock vanished after the railroad bypassed it, but the cemetery is still in use. Gray Rock Cemetery Committee, organized in 1906, now maintains the site. (1975)

Gray Rock Cemetery is a historical marker in Mount Vernon, Franklin County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Franklin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 40 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.1594, -95.1273 near Mount Vernon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ripley Massacre (historical marker), about 1.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fuquay Family Cemetery, Rogers-Drummond House, and Hopewell Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5159009844. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.