Buried under St. Clair Pioneer Grave Site and not Cottonwood Cemetery.
My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery?
∼My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery? I put Cottonwood down for the cemetery since it is the closest.
My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery?
∼My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery? I put Cottonwood down for the cemetery since it is the closest.
Buried under St. Clair Pioneer Grave Site and not Cottonwood Cemetery.
My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery?
∼My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery? I put Cottonwood down for the cemetery since it is the closest.
My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery?
∼My son and I were hunting in the LBJ National Grasslands located just north of Decatur Texas this weekend. We noticed that on the map of the area we obtained from the Forest Service a grave was indicated to be located just off of county road CR2560. We located it and took a couple of pics. Later I did a quick Google search on the name and got a few hits that indicate that during the Civil War a R. R. St. Clair was a member of Capt. Thomas H. Bowen's Mounted Volunteers. Which were mustered from the now ghost town of Mantua Texas, which was located just north of McKinney Texas. I also found a reference to a R. R. St. Clair in the June 19, 1869, Vol. 14, No. 10 of the McKinney Messenger as follows:
COLLIN COUNTY ESTRAYS.-Taken up by R. R. ST.CLAIR and estrayed before Esq. HINTON, one dark iron gray horse.
I also found a marriage record that I will add later.
I wonder how he came to be buried completely by himself 3 miles from the nearst cemetery? I put Cottonwood down for the cemetery since it is the closest.
Inscription
Fold him our Father in thine arms and let him henceforth be a messenger of love between our human hearts and thee
Gravesite Details
Recently cleared, probably by the Forest Service. Visable from road.
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