Near Saratoga in Hardin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Teel Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

1. Teel Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Alabama native Richard Teel (1833-1918) came to East Texas in the 1850s. He married Nancy A. Hart (1842-1900) in 1858 and they settled here. When the Teels' son, D. J., died in 1893, he was buried here beside the family home. In 1908, after other burials had taken place, Teel legally designated the site a cemetery. The more than sixty graves in the historic cemetery include those of Richard and Nancy Teel, as well as other relatives, friends, and neighbors. Now located in the Big Thicket National Preserve, the cemetery is a tangible reminder of the area's early permanent settlers.

Erected 1992 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11168.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 30° 15.499′ N, 94° 30.727′ W. Marker is near Saratoga, Texas, in Hardin County. It is on Teel Cemetery Road 2½ miles south of Farm to Market Road 770. 2.5 mi South of FM 770 Saratoga on Regal Rd. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Saratoga TX 77585, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Texas’ Golden Triangle.

It is also in the American South

and in the Piney Woods.

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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oilfield Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Lance Rosier (approx. 2 miles away); General Braxton Bragg, C.S.A.

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

(approx. 3.3 miles away); Batson Prairie School & Church and Guedry Cemetery (approx. 6.2 miles away); "Old" Hardin (approx. 11.6 miles away); Hardin County (approx. 13.9 miles away); Courthouses of Hardin County (approx. 13.9 miles away); Hooks Abstract Company (approx. 13.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saratoga.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

2. Teel Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 281 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 27, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.