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)

Porter Cemetery is a historical marker in Weatherford, Parker County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 74 historical markers documented in Parker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 205 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7950, -97.9496 near Weatherford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Newberry Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cole Family Cemetery, Holders Chapel Cemetery, and Memory Gardens of the Valley Memorial Park.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5367004083. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.