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The Garvin Memorial Cemetery located on Northwest Highway between Midway and Lemmon, in Dallas, Texas is the burial ground of several prominent Dallas pioneer residents. The original benefactor, James G. Garvin, donated the land to the public in April, 1897 for a "respectful burying ground". In 1868, when the cemetery was founded by a Methodist
minister, the Rev. W.H. Hughes. Swor ancestors' buried here are: Colonel Pleasant G. Swor and his wife, Martha E. (Winn) Swor and their daughter, Jessie Swor and William Robert Swor and his grandson, John Wesley Swor.
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