Historical Marker

Camp Creek Cemetery

Franklin · Robertson County · THC Atlas #5395010909

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About this site

Camp Creek Cemetery is a historical marker in Franklin, Robertson County. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Robertson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 103 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.0403, -96.3580 near Franklin. The nearest cataloged historic site is McMillan, Edward (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Camp Creek, Williams, Walter Washington, and Easterly.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5395010909. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Camp Creek Cemetery in Robertson County dates to 1859, when Ashbel Smith, a Connecticut-born physician and prominent Texas leader, donated ten acres for the burial ground. A log cabin on the northwest corner served as a community school and church, and the oldest marked grave is that of Lucy M. Turner (1824-1864). Local lore records that Ann Marjorie McMillan was killed near here in 1869 when a panther attacked her buggy horse while crossing Camp Creek.

Sources: hmdb.org countygenweb.com

📍 31.0403, -96.3580 · Franklin, Robertson County

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