Grayson County Farm Cemetery in Sherman, Texas

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Get directions Shady Oaks Circle
Sherman, Texas, USA

Coordinates: 33.66146, -96.64809
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The cemetery sits on about 4 acres of fenced in area at the end of Shady Oaks Circle. There are very few marked graves and the great majority are believe to be pauper graves. All that are visible have been photographed and added to this cemetery.

The Vaden family land came into the hands of Grayson County, Texas and the County Poor Farm was created. The original Vaden family cemetery was expanded greatly and changed to the County Poor Farm Cemetery. It is also referred to sometimes as the Pecan Grove Cemetery. Pecan Grove was the nearby community and school house. This cemetery is full of unmarked Pauper graves as well as the grave of George Hughes who was killed in the Sherman Riot of 1930. Some of the County Farm Superintendents were: James Weems, Joseph Dagby, Thomas Freeman, Adolphus R. Vaughn, Thomas Farr, George Hestand and William Herman Goldston. When the County Farm was closed in the 1960's it was converted to the "Shady Oaks Nursing Home." The building was later torn down and houses now sit where the building once stood. The only original building remaing is the Superintendent's House which sits across the street from the original County Farm Building.