Greenwood Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery served as a burial site for early settlers of Fannin and Grayson counties and was commonly called Jenkins Cemetery because access was through John J. Jenkins' farm. Its first use is unknown because weather erased the lettering on the oldest stones, and the earliest dated stone is for Jas. P. Montgomery, who died in 1869. On March 31, 1882, W. S. Roddy formally deeded the cemetery site in trust for local citizens. Wooden markers at many graves were destroyed by a grass fire in 1935, and the neglected cemetery was restored in 1972 through the efforts of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Wm. K. Langner, descendants of John J. Jenkins.

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