Elm Grove Cemetery

Members of the pioneer Roland family, natives of Alabama, settled here in the 1830s. Land at this site was part of a Republic of Texas land grant awarded to family members in recognition of the military service of John Roland, who was killed during the Texas Revolution. Receiving the property were his mother, Martha Roland Arrington, and two brothers Sherrod and Ezekial Roland. A veteran of the Texas Revolution, Ezekial (b. 1824) and his wife Mahala (Pace) set aside this part of the land grant for use as a public cemetery. The first burial here was that of the donor, Ezekial Roland, who died at the age of 35, in 1859. The pioneer Elm Grove Cemetery also served the earliest residents of the Seven Points community, later known as Westminster. Established in the 1860s, the town was the site of an early Methodist school, Westminster College, which operated here until the early 1900s, and a later Baptist academy. Still in use, Elm Grove Cemetery contains over 1500 known graves and 250 unidentified gravesites. For over 100 years it was served as the burial site of pioneers, community leaders, and residents of the surrounding rural area. ** (11981)***

Elm Grove Cemetery is a historical marker in Westminster, Collin County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 193 historical markers documented in Collin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 345 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.3721, -96.4824 near Westminster. The nearest cataloged historic site is Westminister Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Westminster College, Kelly Cemetery, and Browning Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5085001464. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.