Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas S.P. Emerson and The Confederate Monument at Greenwood Cemetery Dallas Texas S.P. Emerson, was a famous Confederate who fought with Morgan’s Men. Following the war, he made his home in Dallas Texas. When he died October 16, 1900, his estimated worth was valued at approximately $90,000. Among his holdings were considerable amounts of real estate in Richardson, Texas along Preston Road. S.P. Emerson left no living immediate family. His will granted one third of his estate go to the First Christian Church of Dallas, one forth to The First Baptist Church of Dallas and one forth to build a Confederate Home in Dallas. Emerson’s will was contested by an aunt in Tennessee named Mrs. E.K. Jernigan and an armload of other relatives on the grounds that he was feeble minded when he will was written. No fewer than 21 family members and others contested the will in two lawsuits against more than 15 individuals and the organizations named above. On Oct. of 1901 the courts specified the beneficiaries of the estate. The defendants prevailed. The churches settled with the contestants of the will aside from the court action. None of the proceeds were given to build the Confederate Home of Dallas since there was no such establishment in place at that time at the time of the court settlement. in the decree, an amount of $5,000 was given to Mrs. Kate Cabell Currie for the purpose of erecting a monument over the last resting place of S.P. Emerson. His burial and the monument provided by his estate are in the Confederate section of the Greenwood Cemetery in Dallas Texas. The sculpture of the Confederate soldier is looking towards to the southeast which would be the heart of Dixie. There is an inscription on the monument which reads: HERE LIES ONE THAT WAS TRUE TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE OLD SOUTH Deborah Massie Lacy Dallas, Texas 2009
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