About Morgan Cemetery

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  The information below has been gathered from old records, what we have learned from our parents and the older generation in the community. It also came from Mrs. Bertha Gilmore, a long-time school teacher in this area whom Mrs. Eudora Ward told. Jack and Eudora Ward moved here in the fall of 1886. The Collins Family came in the spring of 1887. The two families had been neighbors near McCray Creek, this side of Conroe. We also got information from the records that George Carter had left with his daughter. If anyone or any information has been left out, we regret that it was not brought to our attention. It was not our intention to leave anything or anyone out of these bits and pieces of our history. - Alba Coleman. 

  The first grave was a small child that died in this community in 1887. The family were migrant workers and were traveling through this way in a wagon when the baby took sick and died. The creeks were out of their banks and they couldn't get across to a cemetery to bury their child. They came and asked for help. This spot was selected by John Louis Collins, Jack Ward, and Mr. McShan because it was a high sandy place and they helped to bury the child. The mother was worried about cows crossing the graves so they enclosed it with pine poles. The child's name was Baby Page. We do not know if this was a last name or first as no one knows what became of the parents. Several years later an unknown person was buried close by. 

  In 1902 the courts awarded 40 acres to H.H. Morgan and Mary L. Morgan. Out of that 40 acres, they donated 1-1/2 acres for the cemetery. In 1952 Mary L. Morgan Davis sold 1/2 an acre to enlarge the cemetery. Different Morgan heirs have donated land which has brought the cemetery to its current size. Across the street (Morgan Cemetery Rd.) is 2 acres donated by Charles Joekel, in memory of A.V. (Bud) Faulkner, his grandfather. The cemetery was originally known as White Oak Cemetery. We do not know exactly when it became known as Morgan Cemetery. 

 This originated as a Family and Community Cemetery and at this time is still the same. There are no plots sold or formal charges. Donations help keep the cemetery maintained. Originally members came and cleaned the cemetery themselves. The work days were scheduled in the spring and summer months, March, May, July, and September. There were no lawn mowers at the time so the people used hoes and rakes to clean the cemetery. You took everything off the grave, mounded it up, and replaced whatever was on it. (like a million shells on that one grave). They decided to get together once a year on the first Saturday in March. Due to inclement weather the work day was changed to The First Saturday in May, and still is to this day. Everyone brings flowers to decorate the graves, and after it is all cleaned looks just beautiful. We don't know when it was started but we have Bar-B-Que, and everyone brings a covered dish and we have dinner and fellowship. This is also the time for the annual board meeting with members and family present to perform elections, vote on any changes, and review the financials. Also during this time if anyone wishes to donate money or has any questions regarding their plots you can do so.