Union Grove Cemetery 
Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

Location: 
FM 2138 5 miles south of Jacksonville 

Marker : 
Established in 1868 with burial of Mary Ann Patton, the
first wife of John F. Patton (1829-1900). He was Jacksonville 
postmaster, Confederate Army officer during Civil War (1861-1865). I
n 1871 he deeded this land to the Union School and Church. Kept up 
by gifts, cemetery is still in use.