Gatesville in Coryell County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Jesse Graham
(1804-1887)
Photographed by James Hulse, March 2, 2023
1. Jesse Graham Marker
Inscription.
Jesse Graham. Noted Coryell County pioneer and pastor Jesse Graham was born in North Carolina. He moved with family to Tennessee and then to Alabama where he married Martha Jane Fanning and became a primitive Baptist minister. By 1850, the Grahams, who would have twelve children, were in Texas. In 1855, they moved to Coryell County, settling along Brown's Creek. The next year, Graham organized Sugarloaf Baptist Church, which he pastored. He also helped establish Rainey's Creek Baptist Church. Elder Jesse Graham served as a circuit riding preacher to a large portion of central Texas. After his death, he was buried in Graham Cemetery before being reinterred in Restland Cemetery.
Noted Coryell County pioneer and pastor Jesse Graham was born in North Carolina. He moved with family to Tennessee and then to Alabama where he married Martha Jane Fanning and became a primitive Baptist minister. By 1850, the Grahams, who would have twelve children, were in Texas. In 1855, they moved to Coryell County, settling along Brown's Creek. The next year, Graham organized Sugarloaf Baptist Church, which he pastored. He also helped establish Rainey's Creek Baptist Church. Elder Jesse Graham served as a circuit riding preacher to a large portion of central Texas. After his death, he was buried in Graham Cemetery before being reinterred in Restland Cemetery.
Erected 2008 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15240.)
Location. 31° 26.245′ N, 97° 43.954′ W. Marker is in Gatesville, Texas, in Coryell County. It can be reached from the intersection of Waco Street and North 22nd Street. The marker is located in the southeast section of the Restland Cemetery by the fence. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2201 Waco Street, Gatesville TX 76528, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
4. The view of the Jesse Graham Marker from the cemetery
The marker is located at the back side of the cemetery by the fence.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 489 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 4, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
