Texas Historical Marker #01331

Eakins Cemetery. Noah (1810-1868) and Susan (1816-1878) Eakins and their family came to this part of Denton County from Kentucky in 1855. This cemetery was established on their land about 1855-58 when a neighbor, Angelina Rayburn, was fatally burned while cooking on an open fire. Lula Q. Porter, infant child of another pioneer family, was buried in the graveyard in 1861, and the site became a community burial ground known as Eakins Cemetery. It is the final resting place of the Eakins family and many other area pioneers and their descendants. It continues to serve the rural community. (1995) #1331

?, Ponder, TX, United States

Ponder. Settlers began to arrive in western Denton County in the 1850s... [full inscription unknown]

W Bailey Street, Ponder, TX, United States