Marker Inscription
In the 1840s, Jesse Walling, veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, set aside four acres for a church, school, Masonic lodge and cemetery for Liberty Hill community, later renamed Millville. Of nearly 400 graves, many unmarked, Ann Rushing's (d. 1851) is the earliest marked. Her grave and five others are denoted by carved fieldstone covers, which, along with other early stone features, give the burial ground a unique appearance. Descendants of those buried here formed an association, which holds the annual Millville picnic, a tradition dating to at least 1885. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004
About this site
Millville Cemetery is a historical marker in Henderson, Rusk County, dedicated in 2004. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Rusk County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.2580, -94.7274 near Henderson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Millville Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include unknown, surface features destroyed childrens' graves at Boggy Bottom, New Prospect Baptist Church and Cemetery, and New Prospect Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5401013267. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
