Brazos Bend Oaks near Needville in Fort Bend County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Brown-Beard Cemetery

Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023

1. Brown-Beard Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Begun in the Big Creek Settlement area as the Pentecost Graveyard, this cemetery dates to at least 1841 with the burial of George S. Pentecost, an "Old 300" colonist. Also buried here are six of his children and their spouses, including son-in-law Samuel Pharr, an "Old 300" colonist on whose 1831 land grant the cemetery is located. Texas Revolution veterans George W. Pentecost and Andrew J. Beard, another son-in-law, and several Confederate veterans are buried here. Descendants of Beard married into the A.J. Brown family, thus giving the cemetery its present name.

Erected 1985 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 8980.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence. A significant historical year for this entry is 1841.

Location. 29° 24.214′ N, 95° 38.4′ W. Marker is near Needville, Texas, in Fort Bend County. It is in Brazos Bend Oaks. It can be reached from C.W. Cummings Road 0.8 miles east of Farm to Market Road 762. The cemetery and marker are on private property along a private dirt road in a cow pasture.

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Owner permission and assistance is required to access this cemetery as it is at least a quarter mile deep into private pastures. There are a series of locked cattle gates that require codes to get through. The fencing and gates keep livestock from escaping and roaming. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5931 C.W Cumings Road, Needville TX 77461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area.

It is also on the American Gulf Coast.

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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Andrew Jackson Beard (within shouting distance of this marker); Mamie and A.P. George (approx. 6.7 miles away); The John H. Pickens Davis House (approx. 7 miles away); Concord Cemetery (approx. 7.9 miles away); Cesinger Cemetery (approx.

Brown-Beard Cemetery has moss covered oak trees that frame the cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023

2. Brown-Beard Cemetery has moss covered oak trees that frame the cemetery.

8.4 miles away); Booth (approx. 8.8 miles away); Samuel Damon (approx. 10.3 miles away); Edmund Calloway Darst (approx. 10.3 miles away).

Dirt road leading to the Brown-Beard Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023

3. Dirt road leading to the Brown-Beard Cemetery.

Must get property owner permission and assistance to pass through gates to get to this location. The gates require codes. Fencing and gates keep livestock from escaping and roaming. A fence surrounds the cemetery as well.

Brown-Beard Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Madeleine Schimmer, June 9, 2023

4. Brown-Beard Cemetery

Giant oaks in the cemetery shade the gravestones. The property owners mow and maintain the cemetery. Access to the cemetery requires property owner permission and assistance to travel through a series of locked cattle gates.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2023, by Madeleine Schimmer of Richmond, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,682 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 13, 2023, by Madeleine Schimmer of Richmond, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.