Stiff Chapel Cemetery (1984)

Jesse Stiff (1796-1871) came to Texas from Virginia in 1835 and settled on several thousand acres of land in this area. His brother, Louis, arrived in 1849, and a community known as Stiff Chapel developed around their homesteads. In 1847, Jesse's son, James, died while serving as a Texas Ranger. He was buried near his father's house on land that later was deeded as the Stiff Chapel Cemetery. Most of the graves in the two-acre family burial ground date from the 1800s. The last burial in the Stiff Chapel Cemetery, that of Minnie Swaim, took place in 1935. (1984)

Stiff Chapel Cemetery is a historical marker in McKinney, Collin County, dedicated in 1984. 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 33.2598, -96.5241 near McKinney. The nearest cataloged historic site is Stiff Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Altoga Cemetery, First Baptist Church of Melissa, and Stony Point Church and Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5085006206. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.