NOBLE CEMETERY - WESTON
CR168
CR168
The treeline is full of briars. The thick growth lasts for about 10 feet. After that the underbrush is relatively thin. The graves for the Noble family are covered with iris. Parts of the cemetery are covered with periwinkle vine.
Parson Noble was a Methodist circuit rider. He preached at the Cottage Hill Methodist Church, which is about 1 ½ miles north, and the Honey Creek Campgrounds, which were a few miles northeast along Honey Creek at Pafford's Bridge. He started the Methodist Church of Celina and was a missionary to the Indians in Oklahoma. The stones for Parson Noble and his family are here, although the census shows them living in Denton County. The deed for the cemetery is listed in Vol 17, p 640. It is deeded to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
This cemetery is one of the hardest in the county to find. You can be standing in it and not see the stones because of fallen trees and underbrush. There is no evidence that the cemetery has ever been fenced. This cemetery has a long history of neglect. You may be able to drive close to the cemetery. There is a very neglected road from the farm on the northeast on CR 125. The road is not in general use and is hard to find.
There have been many reports about this cemetery being bulldozed and the stones dumped in the creek. There is no creek and a bulldozer could not get in among the trees in order to bulldoze it. Several people know the approximate location of this cemetery. The land at present belongs to the family of Kent Horn of the Horn Monument Company in McKinney.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough
Parson Noble was a Methodist circuit rider. He preached at the Cottage Hill Methodist Church, which is about 1 ½ miles north, and the Honey Creek Campgrounds, which were a few miles northeast along Honey Creek at Pafford's Bridge. He started the Methodist Church of Celina and was a missionary to the Indians in Oklahoma. The stones for Parson Noble and his family are here, although the census shows them living in Denton County. The deed for the cemetery is listed in Vol 17, p 640. It is deeded to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
This cemetery is one of the hardest in the county to find. You can be standing in it and not see the stones because of fallen trees and underbrush. There is no evidence that the cemetery has ever been fenced. This cemetery has a long history of neglect. You may be able to drive close to the cemetery. There is a very neglected road from the farm on the northeast on CR 125. The road is not in general use and is hard to find.
There have been many reports about this cemetery being bulldozed and the stones dumped in the creek. There is no creek and a bulldozer could not get in among the trees in order to bulldoze it. Several people know the approximate location of this cemetery. The land at present belongs to the family of Kent Horn of the Horn Monument Company in McKinney.
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy Gough
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