This little cemetery is located about 5 miles from the town of Van Alstyne, TX on HWY 121. You will find it on the right side on a little hill. It was once beautiful and well kept. A few of my Miller ancestors are buried by the flagpole, and a few in the back section. A handful of other relatives (women who married the Millers) are scattered about.
I read that there used to be a fence surrounding the property, but was torn down. Someone else also said that a few of the infant tombstones were destroyed during this process. I'm glad my ancestors' plots are still undisturbed. Makes me sad that my 3rd great-grandfather, and his children (including my 2nd great-grandfather and his wife and son) are resting in a plot of land that nobody seems to care about, and construction seems to ruin.
There is a little chapel towards the side, and every time I walk in there, you see items that care less children have left behind: Bibles, toys, shoes.
Toward the front is a giant oak tree, and underneath it are a few wooden tombstones that belonged to slave graves. The grounds are unkept at times, and I'm always scared that giants snakes, or a wild bobcat will be wandering about.
The town of Van Alstyne really needs to take a portion of it's money that they spend on football (a two million high school football stadium...really!) and fix up these old country cemeteries. I'm sure someone comes every once in a while to mow the grass, but so much more could be done to take care of this place. read more
