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 Hall Cemetery Posted by:  techiegrl64
N 33° 29.700 W 096° 39.265
14S E 717906 N 3708627
Hall Cemetery, established on land patented by Anderson White in 1850.
Waymark Code: WM55E7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2008
Views: 18
The cemetery had its first burial in 1857 upon the death of Anderson White's daughter. White sold the land shortly after but deeded 2 acres around the existing graves to be used as a public cemetery.
Hall Cemetery is located on Hall Cemetery Rd., approximately 3 miles west of Howe, Texas.
Marker Number: 7381
Marker Text:
Located on land patented by Anderson White (1801-85), on certificate issued April 23, 1850, by Peters colony, an immigration project which had received a large land grant in this region from the Republic of Texas. Burial plot was begun Jan. 6, 1857, upon the death of White's daughter, Sarah White Haning, wife of Aaron Haning. One week later, on Jan. 13, a second grave was added, that of Haning's mother, Rachel Pierce Haning. In June 1857, White sold his land in the area, but reserved 2 acres surrounding the burial site, deeded April 1859 to trustees for a public cemetery. Named for Benjamin F. Hall (1803-73), pioneer minister of the Disciples of Christ, doctor, dentist, and lawyer, who owned the White property from 1857 to 1872, and founded several churches in the region. Among those buried here are the first settlers of this part of Grayson County, who migrated to Texas from the eastern United States; a number of veterans of the army of the Confederate States of America; and several rural victims of the great Sherman tornado of May 15, 1896. Subsequent donations of land by J. D. Barnett and Lee Bivins increased the cemetery to present size by 1918.
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