Near Groesbeck in Limestone County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Plummer Cemetery

Photographed by James Hulse, February 13, 2026

1. Plummer Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Luther Thomas Martin Plummer and his wife Rachel (Parker) arrived in what is now Limestone County in 1834. They received a Mexican land grant for 3,321 acres in this area the next year. In 1836, Rachel, her son James, and her cousin Cynthia Ann Parker were kidnapped by Comanches. After Rachel was returned in 1838, she and L.T.M. had another son, Wilson, in January 1839, but Rachel died in February and the infant in March. Upon Wilson's death, L.T.M. set aside one acre of land for a family cemetery. Since then, over 100 Plummer descendants have been buried here.

Erected 1991 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4058.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian • Women. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1839.

Location. 31° 34.343′ N, 96° 28.325′ W. Marker is near Groesbeck, Texas, in Limestone County. It is on County Road 454 half a mile north of County Road 453, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2162 Lcr 454, Groesbeck TX

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76642, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

It is also in the American South.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shiloh Baptist Church (approx. 3 miles away); Old Springfield (approx. 3.3 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Parker State Park (approx. 3½ miles away); Joseph Penn Lynch (approx. 3.7 miles away); Sanders Walker (approx. 3.7 miles away); Old Springfield Cemetery (approx. 3.8 miles away); Groesbeck Independent School District (approx. 3.9 miles away); Old Fort Parker (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Groesbeck.

Also see . . . The Life of Cynthia Ann Parker: Captive and Comanche Pioneer. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

Cynthia Ann Parker,
Photographed by James Hulse, February 13, 2026

2. Plummer Cemetery Marker
The view of the marker at the front gate to the cemetery.
a captive of the Comanches, was born to Lucy (Duty) and Silas M. Parker in Crawford County, Illinois. According to the 1870 census of Anderson County she would have been born between June 2, 1824, and May 31, 1825. When she was nine or ten her family moved to Central Texas and built Fort Parker on the headwaters of the Navasota River in what is now Limestone County. On May 19, 1836, a large force of Comanche warriors accompanied by Kiowa and Kichai allies attacked the fort and killed several of its inhabitants. During the raid the Comanches seized five captives, including Cynthia Ann. The other four were eventually released, but Cynthia remained with the Native Americans for almost twenty-five years, forgot Anglo ways, and became thoroughly Comanche. It is said that in the mid-1840s her brother, John Parker, who had been captured with her, asked her to return to their Anglo family, but she refused, explaining that she loved her husband and children too much to leave them. She is also said to have rejected Native American trader Victor Rose's invitation to accompany him back to Anglo settlements a few years later, though the story of
Photographed by James Hulse, February 13, 2026

3. Plummer Cemetery Marker
The view of the marker and cemetery along the cemetery road.
the invitation may be apocryphal.

(Submitted on February 14, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 14, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 58 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 14, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.