Historical Marker
Lone Oak Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Kemp, Texas
( from Kemp take FM 1895 about 4 miles to CR 4030 in Becker, go E about 3/4 mile, go S about 3/4 mile to small road, go down road to cemetery)
Marker installed: 1973
In 1858 passing strangers lost a son by sudden death. Befriending them, Weaver A. Cotton (1822-96) provided gravesite at a tree near log school - church building. Later he gave community burial ground; deed was recorded 1883. Cotton and family and many other pioneers rest here.
Incise on back: Marker sponsor: Lone Oak Cemetery Association.