AMONG 1850s SETTLERS HERE WERE JOHN W. POOL (1823-1901) AND HIS WIFE, JOANNAH (1825-1910). THEIR SON, WILLIAM J. POOL (1855-1936), DEEDED ABOUT TWO ACRES IN THE HEZEKIAH FARRIS SURVEY TO THE UNION GROVE BAPTIST AND METHODIST CHURCHES IN 1885. THE CHURCH ALSO HOUSED A SCHOOL, AND A CEMETERY BEGAN WITH THE BURIAL OF JOHN C. MONTGOMERY (1885-1888). IN THE 1950s, EUGENIA (POOL) AND FRANK GAZETTE CONVEYED ADDITIONAL LAND. MILITARY VETERANS INTERRED HERE INCLUDE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HENRY E. WILLIAMS (1825-1900) AND JOHN RANDOLPH STOVALL (1812-1903). UNION GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH NOW HAS A LARGER SANCTUARY NEARBY. THE POOL’S CEMETERY ASSOCIATION COORDINATES AN ANNUAL WORK DAY AND MAINTAINS THIS HISTORIC GRAVEYARD AND THE TRADITIONS OF PAST GENERATIONS.
Pool's Cemetery
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Pool's Cemetery is a historical marker in Montgomery, Montgomery County, dedicated in 2012. It is one of 67 historical markers documented in Montgomery County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 165 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.5320, -95.7373 near Montgomery. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Grove Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Longstreet, Bethel Cemetery, and Telegraph Road.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017209. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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