Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Collin County - Cemeteries of Texas, Gloria B. Mayfield

Directions: At the intersection of Hwy 121 and Hwy 160, travel north on Hwy 160 for about ½ mile. Turn west (left) onto CR 584. Travel about three-fourths of a mile until CR 584 makes a sharp left curve. Just past this curve, is a house on the right with a gate that says “Private Property”. On the left (south) side of the house is another locked gate with a path leading to the cemetery. The gate has been locked due to cemetery visitors leaving the gate open and livestock getting out.

About 2 ½ years ago, the county Sheriff visited the owner of the property that is in front of the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. He requested permission to bring workers and equipment onto the owner’s property in order to clean up the cemetery. It took ten men ten days to cut away overgrowth, trees, etc. The cemetery is in good condition. It is, however, infested with poison oak, copper head snakes, and coyotes. Extra caution should be taken when visiting the cemetery.

· The cemetery has two names – Mt. Carmel and Hampton. However, there are only two Hampton buried in the cemetery per marker inscriptions.

· The county Sheriff used dowsing rods and there is evidence that there are burials as far out as the property owner’s driveway.

· Most headstones are in very good condition considering their age. The property owner put a barbed wire fence around the cemetery to keep goats out. A few headstones have been slightly damaged by the goats.

· Trees have grown quit large over time. Some headstones have been dislodged from their original placement because of the tree’s roots and expanding size.

· Trees have grown in the location of burials as evidenced by a tree being between a headstone and footstone.

Desert got its name (according to the property owner): There were many deserters during the Civil War that settled in the current area. The community became known as Desert (pronounced with a short E instead of a long E vowel). Entire families are buried in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Many of the men buried here were the deserters for which the town was named for.

NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	COMMENTS
B. B.			footstone
W.H.B.	---	---	Footstone
Unknown	---	---	Close-up photo
Headstone Base	---	---	Against Tree
partial headstone	---	---
Austin, Hester E.	Jan 29 1871	Oct 5 1890	w/o W.F. Austin Footstone
Blackwell, ---	May 21, 1868	Feb 28 1889	d/o J.M. & L.J. Blackwell
Blackwell, Infant	-----	Sept 7 1887	s/o J.M. & L.J. Blackwell
Blevins, George M.	Dec 30 1879	Oct 18 1882	s/o H.F. & S.J. Blevins
Blevins, Martha M.	Jan 7 1853	Apr 9 1882	w/o Wm. J. Blevins
Blevins, Stewart L.	Nov 23 1885	Mar 22 1886	s/o H.F. & S.J. Blevins Footstone
Blevins, Vona A	Oct 21 1888	Sept 9 1889	d/o H.F. & S.J. Blevins Footstone
Blevins, Wm. J.	Sept 27 1845	Jan 26 1897
Buchanan, Lexington H.	Oct 17 1879	Sept 31 1880	s/o J.L. & J.H. Buchanan
Buchanan, Maggie A.	Apr 1 1862	Oct 3 1903	w/o W.D. Buchanan Footstone
Buchanan, Norah M.	June 10 1883	Aug 2 1883	d/o W.D. & M.A. Buchanan
Buchanan, William	May 30 1907	Feb 19 1908	s/o W.D. & F.B. Buchanan
Buttler, Idah L.	May 13 1877	Oct 3 1878
Buttler, James	Jan 5 1836	Feb 28 188-
Clark, Susan	June 30 1818	May 23 1890	w/o Wm. Clark
Clark, Wm.	Feb 4 1815	June 17 1903
Crouch, infant	May 2 1892	May 7 1892	sons of R.S. & C.M. Crouch
Crouch, Walter	Apr 28 1890	Jan 27 1891	sons of R.S. & C.M. Crouch
Damron, Maggie A.	Jan 22 1883	Feb 6 1884	Children of J.W. & M.J. Damron
Damron, Wm. E.	Feb 10 1887	Sept 22 1887	Children of J.W. & M.J. Damron Footstone
Dillard, Jesse	Feb 1 1882	Oct 2 1882	s/o M.L. & E.R. Dillard
Frogge, Ellen J.	Aug 4 1861	-----	d/o F.M. & R.G. Frogge
Frooge, Francis M.	Mar 22 1830	Apr 25 1866	h/o R.C. Frooge
Gardner, Cordela	Aug 29 1884	July 29 1885	d/o B.A. & M.E. Gardner
Gardner, John J.	Jan 23 1882	Mar 5 1883	s/o B.A. & M.E. Gardner
Gentry, Elizabeth	Aug 12 1840	May 15 1911	Married 1870
Gentry, M.	June 28 1823	May 4 1890
Gentry, Martha J.	June 27 1858	Mar 16 1878	w/o S.V. Gentry
Glass, John M.	---	---	Footstone
Golden, Bossie	Nov 16 1880	Aug 5 1883
Golden, Rev. John	June 20 1806	Apr 10 1880
Golden, Thomas W.	July 14 1848	May 4 1888	h/o Cora Golden Footstone
Grounds, Flora A.	July 22 1865	July 21 1889	w/o T.J. Grounds
Hampton, Mary J.	---	---	Aged 5yr 6mo 10dys
Hampton, William M.	July 10 1852	July 14 1861	Age 10yrs, 4dys
Harrison, Bettie	June 3 1893	May 6 1894	Footstone
Harrison, Ethel	Dec 7 1890	June 23 1896	Footstone
Harrison, Ida B.	Aug 20 1866	Dec 2 1893	Footstone
Ingram, Darcas	1824	1883
Jordan, John H.	Feb 11 1843	July 25 1879
Jordan, John H.	Jan 5 1880	Jan 5 1880
Keller, Beulah P.	--- 1 1886	June 13 1887
Lefever, Robert	Mar 1 1818	June 6 1883	h/o Elizabeth Ann Walker, d/o Molly Polly McAlister & Wm. G. Walker; granddaughter of Molly Savility Nall McAlistersis/o Asa Walker buried at Cross Roads Cem
Land, Rufus	Aug 22 1878	Apr 29 1887
Lewis, Sarah Ann	1813	1895	w/o Rev. John Golden
Lorance, John L.	Jan 15 1828	Apr 25 1883	h/o Sarah O. Lorance
Mangrum, R.I.	Jan 11 1841	June 30 1882	h/o M.A. Mangrum Footstone
Marchman, H.A.	Jan 29 1867	Aug 24 1888
McCollom, E.D.	Jan 13 1894	Jan 17 1896	d/o J.S. & V.R. McCollom
McCollom, Grover S	May 29 1885	Jan 1 1886	s/o J.S. & V.R. McCollom Footstone
McCollom, Hurshal K.	Feb 15 1892	Oct 16 1892	s/o J.S. & V.R. McCollom
McCollom, infant	May 4 1884	May 4 1884	d/o J.S. & V.R. McCollom
McCollom, J.S.	Mar 18 1808	Mar 1 1887	footstone
McCollom, Johnathan S.	Mar 23 1859	Apr 5 1859	s/o J.S. & M.A. McCollom
McCollom, Missouri	Mar 22 1879	May 13 1887	d/o J.S. & M.A. McCollom age 8 yrs, 1 mo, 21 days
McCollom, Nancy J.	May 5 1850	Sept 21 1869
McCollom, Url	June 6 1867	Sept 24 1876	s/o James S. & M.A. McCollom
McCollom, William A.	Apr 2 1858	Jan 5 1870	s/o James S. & M.A. McCollom
Morrison, Harvey	Jan 31 1829	July 23 1881	h/o R.G. Morrison Footstone
Morrison, Jonathan	Jan 8 1872	Feb 16 1892	s/o Harvey & R.G. Morrison
Morrisson, Elizabeth	Apr 17 1815	Aug 26 1859	Footstone
Morrisson, J.	Oct 27 1811	May 12 1859	Aged 41yr 5mo 15dys Footstone
Norwood, George A.	Nov 22 1877	Aug 18 1879	s/o W.J. & M.R. Norwood
Norwood, Maggie E.	Aug 9 1857	Oct 21 1878	d/o J.S. & M.E. Norwood
Scott, Malindie C.	---	Mar 12 1883	w/o N.J. Scott Aged 52 years
Smith, James O.	Mar 4 1881	Mar 2 1889	s/o G.A. & J.A. Smith
Smith, Victory	Oct 20 1858	Oct 23 1881	d/o J.R. & P.M. Smith
Thacker, Beatrice	Jan 17 1887	Feb 14 1887	d/o B.F. & C.E. Thacker
Thacker, James M.	Oct 27 1859	Dec 24 1889
Tidwell, ----	---	---	Headstone base
Tidwell, Henry E.	Nov 19 1889	Dec 12 1890	s/o H.F. & J.E. Tidwell
Tidwell, Julia	Feb 4 1848	Sept 21 1913	w/o Henry F. Tidwell, m 11 Sept 1869 sister of Asa Walker buried at Cross Roads Cem d/o Mary Polly McAlister & Wm. G. Walker granddaughter of Molly Savility Nall & David McAlister
Tidwell, Willie F.	July 12 1871	Nov 18 1872	s/o H.F. & J.E. Tidwell Footstone
Tomlinson, Mary E.	Apr 22 1877	Sept 14 1882	d/o W.A. & B.J. Tomlinson
Tomlinson, Ruby L.	---	---	Footstone
Walker, Mary	1816	Feb 8 1882	w/o Wm. G. Walker d/o Molly Savility Nall & David McAlister
Walker, W.G.	1813	Oct 20 1873	husband of Molly Polly McAlister, m 1835
Wallace, Bulah	Jan 30 1885	June 2 1888	d/o J.E. & N.J. Wallace aged 3yrs 4mos 3ds
Webster, M.C.	Jan 25 1863	Nov 7 1885	w/o W.A. Webster
Withrow, Alonzo	Jan 9 1818	Apr 25 1887	2^nd headstone