Scott Cemetery

The legislator's own stone names his office. Joy Gough reports that James Preston Scott, elected to the Texas Legislature in 1857 and dead of pneumonia in March 1858, has a stone reading Member of the Legislature, and that five of his children are also buried here. James W. Scott and J. B. Wilmeth deeded the cemetery in 1877. Gough adds that Jake and Rhoda, the two Scott family slaves buried in the northwest corner, stayed with the family after they were freed. In April 1994 the cemetery dedicated crosses for the Confederate soldiers buried here.

What the plaque says

Scott Cemetery Established on the land of area pioneer James Preston Scott, this cemetery dates to the 1850s. The first person buried here was Scott's granddaughter, Mary C. Taylor (1852-1854), child of Scott's daughter Tabitha and her husband A.J. Taylor. Of the over 200 burials here, at least 30 are unmarked, including those of two family slaves, Jake and Rhoda, buried in the northwest corner of the graveyard. The cemetery serves the Bloomdale and surrounding rural communities. James Scott, who died while serving in the Texas Legislature, was buried here in 1858. (1988)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary — 7.1 mi
  A 289-acre sanctuary in McKinney that Bessie Heard founded at the age of 80, with five habitats, a 50-acre wetland and 6.5 miles of trails.
• Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square — 25 mi
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• Rockwall County Historical Foundation & Museum — 26 mi
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More markers nearby

• Site of Buckner — 2.1 mi
• Collin County Farm — 4.0 mi
• McLarry Cemetery — 4.0 mi
• First Presbyterian Church of McKinney — 4.1 mi