Vittitoe Cemetery

Vittitoe Cemetery began as a family burial plot established by Samuel and Ellen Vittitoe, who settled on the surrounding land in 1852. Their son Frank was probably the first person buried there sometime before the outbreak of the Civil War, although his headstone is undated. The Vittitoes let residents of Kentucky Town, 1 mile north, know that the plot was open to burials outside the family, but it was not used as a public burial ground until it was legally established as one in 1885. More than 700 graves have been recorded there, most with legible tombstones and others marked only by stakes or pieces of stone or rock. Those buried there include early settlers such as Andrew Thomas, who brought his family to the area in 1837, numerous Civil War veterans, the Rev. Isaac Teague, pastor of the Kentucky Town Baptist Church during the early 1900s, and Benjamin Earnest, who helped establish a general store soon after settling in Kentucky Town in 1859. The cemetery remains an important reminder of the early history of this part of Grayson County.

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