This burial ground, which extends along Pin Oak Creek, has served the rural Pin Oak Settlement, as well as the surrounding gause, hanover and liberty communities. Most of the area settlers, the earliest of whom were here by the 1850s, took advantage of the area’s fertile soil and engaged in agriculture. Many of the early Pin Oak settlers were related, with a number coming from Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Morgan and Marshall counties in Alabama. The settlers established a school prior to the Civil War, which served Pin Oak until it consolidated with the Milano Independent School District in 1949. This property was deeded by Walker P. Perkins for use as a cemetery in 1896, when he conveyed it to trustees W.H. Spinks, R.T. Littleton and John Ditto. The earliest known burials, of Charles Shafer and then James D. Faubion, occurred in 1861, though there may be older unmarked graves. Cemetery features include vertical stones, curbing and obelisks. Among the interred are veterans of conflicts dating to the civil war. The Pin Oak community began to decline after World War II, as many residents followed the national trend in moving to urban areas for employment opportunities. The cemetery deteriorated, but concerned family members worked to preserve the burial ground. Today, residents and relatives of the deceased continue to care for the cemetery, which serves as a record of the pioneering men and women of the Pin Oak community.
Pin Oak Cemetery
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Pin Oak Cemetery is a historical marker in Gause, Milam County, dedicated in 2009. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Milam County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 151 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.8121, -96.7794 near Gause. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wash Davis Grave (cemetery), about 2.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Black Israelite, Coxes Providence Community, and Gause Peaceful Rest Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015728. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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