History

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 The area around the cemetery was known as Fitzhugh Mills as the Fitzhugh family had a saw mill and grist mill east of the cemetery.  

Both were highly valued in the developing county. Fitzhugh Mills 

was a very early Collin County community. It was started when the Fitzhugh family settled in the area east of present-day Lucas in the 1850s. It was the site of an Indian village prior to that. The cemetery

 is called the Fitzhugh Cemetery and was donated by the Fitzhugh family, through their lawyer, after the death of Gabriel Fitzhugh. The deed was recorded on September 6, 1873, and is listed in Vol. 108, 

p 503. The deed makes it sound as if Gabriel Fitzhugh was the first burial, dated 1855.  The church in front of the cemetery is the Forest Grove Christian Church and some people call this the Forest Grove Cemetery. The congregation recently got a historical marker, and 

the cemetery is working towards this also.  This is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. Fitzhugh Cemetery is very large, covering 

at least 10 acres, and is active and well maintained.    

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