Ellis County Farm Cemetery
Ellis County Farm Cemetery This fenced area marks the boundaries of what has sometimes been called the Pauper Cemetery, one of possibly three burial grounds on old county farm land that served as the final resting place for some of Ellis County's poor farm residents. County officials purchased 450 acres between 1893 and 1895 to create the farm for the support and employment of the needy. The earliest death recorded at the facility was that of Albert Estes in 1890, the last was Dave Madison in 1946. Iron pipes driven into the ground once identified the graves of some of the other 73 individuals whose names are recorded in county records. Historic Texas Cemetery-2002
32.3889° N, 96.7925° W
Where to Find It
Ellis Co. Farm is at the SE corner of the T-intersection of FM 878 and a NW to SE gravel road connecting FM878 and FM 879. Cemetery is in the SE corner of the farm bordered by a white iron pipe fence. It is on FM 879, 1.2 miles N of the intersection with FM 878.
Nearby Markers
- 2.1 mi NW First Baptist Church of Waxahachie Waxahachie
- 2.1 mi NW First United Baptist Church of Waxahachie Waxahachie
- 2.6 mi W Oak Lawn School Waxahachie
- 2.7 mi W St. Joseph Catholic Church Waxahachie
- 2.8 mi W Joshua Chapel A.M.E. Church Waxahachie
- 2.9 mi W Strickland-Sawyer House Waxahachie