Porter Cemetery
Robert Scott Porter (1795-1877), first Parker County judge, dedicated this land near his cabin as a family cemetery in 1867 after the death of his 3-year-old granddaughter Syrene E. Newberry. Judge Porter's grandson Elbert T. Doss (1847-1869) and the judge's daughter Mary, her husband, W.G. Light, and child were killed by Indians and buried here. This site may contain about 50 burials, but only 28 are identified. The graves of Judge Porter and his wife Nancy Ann (Pearce) (1806-1901) are here. Their daughter Elizabeth Jane Doss Upton (1826-1908) was the last burial. Porter family descendants restored this cemetery in 1976. (1978)
32.7950° N, 97.9496° W
Where to Find It
From Weatherford, take US 180 about 10 miles west.
Nearby Markers
- 1.3 mi SW Newberry Commuinity Weatherford
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- 4.8 mi N Authon Cemetery Authon
- 4.9 mi SW Millsap United Methodist Church Millsap
- 5 mi W Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Cool