Elkhart Myrtle Springs Cemetery

ESTABLISHED WITH A CHURCH AND SCHOOL NEARBY, THIS CEMETERY IS THE PRIMARY REMAINING VESTIGE OF THE EARLY FARMING COMMUNITY KNOWN AS MYRTLE SPRINGS. JOHN A. BOX OF THE DAVID G. BURNET COLONY AND ORIGINAL SETTLER OF THE PROPERTY RECEIVED THE LAND FROM THE MEXICAN STATE OF COAHUILA Y TEXAS IN 1835. NAMED FOR NEARBY FLOWING SPRINGS AMID DENSE MYRTLE BUSHES, IT WAS DEEDED TO THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION BY E.E. AND ETHEL BUIE IN NOV. 1927 WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACRE LATER DONATED BY EMMETT COLEMAN. THE CEMETERY IS A CHRONICLE OF COMMUNITY HISTORY, WITH MANY EARLY ANDERSON COUNTY SETTLERS, VETERANS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS BURIED HERE. THE OLDEST DATED MARKER FOUND IS THAT OF HENRY DAVIS (d. 1903).

HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011.