Mount Zion Cemetery

In 1879 this land was owned by Ezekel J. and Louisa J. McCleskey. According to McCleskey Family tradition M.M. McCluskey, a relative of Ezekel and Louisa from Georgia, died while visiting in 1879 and was the first person buried here. Eventually her grave site, near a church/school building, became a community cemetery named Veale for a local pioneer family. It was legally set aside as the Mount Zion Cemetery by the McCleskeys in 1907. The cemetery, enlarged over the years and maintained by an association formed in 1979, continues to serve the Frankell and LaCasa communities.

Mount Zion Cemetery is a historical marker in Caddo, Stephens County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Stephens County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 67 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.5937, -98.7067 near Caddo. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mt. Zion Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include New Hope Baptist Church #3, Macedonia Cemetery, and Acker Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5429003502. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.