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Cemeteries & Burial Sites Topic
By Brian Anderson, January 19, 2019
Swanson Cemetery Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Park Road 70, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Micam Main of Illinois was granted a league of land by the Mexican government in 1835. One of the area's first brickmakers, Samuel M. Warden, died while working on Main's estate on Christmas Eve in 1847. He was interred on this site. According to . . . — — Map (db m128982) HM |
| Near State Highway 176 at SW 13th Street. |
| | Descendant of a Virginian who fought in the American Revolution. Came to Texas at 17 for health. Served (1898-1899) in Spanish-American War, Co. K, 1st Texas Inf. Vol. Regt. Later took up ranching in Andrews County. Married Jessie Whitten; had 4 . . . — — Map (db m61373) HM |
| On County Road 843 south of U.S. 69, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This burial ground, which contains over 3,000 graves, has served area residents since the mid-1800s. In 1860, Nathan W. Gann, who came to Texas with his family in 1836, donated this property and a church building he constructed to Williams Chapel . . . — — Map (db m28290) HM |
| On Prairie Grove Road (County Road 263) near Farm to Market Road 1818, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The community of Prairie Grove began in 1845 and became a place for early settlers to gather. A cemetery began in 1849 when the young daughter of John M. and Caroline Stovall died. In the 1880s a school/church building was erected near the cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m79123) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2109 near Farm to Market Road 2801, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When Angelina County was organized in 1845, Alabama native Joseph Herrington (1823-89) was one of six men appointed by the legislature who set boundary lines and selected Marion as the first seat of government. That same year, at the age of 22, he . . . — — Map (db m32054) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 842, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1850, Samuel and Elizabeth Berry brought their family and slaves here from Limestone Co., Alabama. Samuel's plantation covered hundreds of acres and included a cotton gin and gristmill. Berry Cemetery began in 1863 when Samuel's grandson and . . . — — Map (db m36110) HM |
| On Homer Cemetery Road at Jim Fenley Loop, on the left when traveling south on Homer Cemetery Road. |
| | In 1854 W.W. Manning established a drugstore and sawmill in this area, and named the community after his former home in Homer, Louisiana. In 1856 Homer was chosen as Angelina County seat, following a mandate from the Texas Legislature to locate a . . . — — Map (db m31713) HM |
| On Whitehouse Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what was once a . . . — — Map (db m29713) HM |
| On State Highway 7 0.4 miles south of U.S. 69, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Since the late 1800s, this cemetery has served the residents of the town of Pollok. Before the end of the 19th century, the Pollok community was established near a railroad. Here, Richard Blair built the settlement's first sawmill, setting Pollok's . . . — — Map (db m29229) HM |
| On U.S. 59 at Old Highway 59 (County Road 107), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 59. |
| | This part of Angelina County has long been called Red Land, or Redland, for the red soil ridge that forms the center of the community. In 1846, Thomas R. Walker moved into the area from North Carolina. In 1851, he wed Emily Z. Briscoe, and the . . . — — Map (db m26869) HM |
| Near Cemetery Road 0.1 miles west of Business State Highway 35. |
| | According to local lore, George Lewis (1859–1895) donated one-half acre of land at this site to the Hispanic citizens of the area for use as a cemetery, provided that he be buried in the center of the land. Handmade stones indicate burials . . . — — Map (db m53744) HM |
| On West Myrtle Street east of North 5th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Land for this community graveyard was set aside when the town of Fulton was platted by George Ware Fulton in 1868. The earliest documented burial is that of a child, Louis L. I. Greenough (1868-1869). The large number of childrens’ graves attests to . . . — — Map (db m53697) HM |
| Near Hagy Drive 0.1 miles east of Charlotte Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This burial ground originally served pioneer settlers of the Lamar community. Founded by James W. Byrne (d. 1865), a native of Ireland and a veteran of the Texas Revolution, it was named for his friend Mirabeau B. Lamar, former President of the . . . — — Map (db m53713) HM |
| On Picton Lane at Tule Park Drive, on the left when traveling east on Picton Lane. |
| | This cemetery has served the citizens of Rockport and Fulton for over a century. The oldest marked grave is that of Emma Fulton (d. 1876), granddaughter of George Ware Fulton, who was instrumental in the development of the area and was interred in . . . — — Map (db m53596) HM |
| Near County Route 14 0.8 miles north of U.S. 287, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Dan Cavanagh settled here in 1885 and bought this land in 1888. In 1890 he gave a grave site for railroad worker Neal DeBerry. Settler C.C. Bates was buried in 1890, and early burials from the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad right-of-way were later . . . — — Map (db m100495) HM |
| On County Road 315W 0.2 miles east of Farm to Market Road 140, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Early settlers Dario and Manuelita Douglas Tober acquired land here in 1877 and later set aside this site for a family cemetery. The oldest marked grave, that of teenager Nieves Douglas Tober, dates to 1903. The Tober family deeded the original . . . — — Map (db m56664) HM |
| Near Walton Avenue at Fig Street. |
| | T.H. Zanderson and city namesake Jourdan Campbell bought the 40,000-acre Toby Ranch in 1907 and laid out the town of Jourdanton. The original plat included two blocks designated for use as a cemetery. The Artesian Belt Railroad built through the . . . — — Map (db m56665) HM |
| On Verdi Road 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 3006, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Brite Cemetery has served citizens of Atascosa County since the 1850s. It was formally set aside when Thomas Ransdele Brite passed away in 1859, though the earliest marked burial is that of his infant son, Dan (d. 1854). Thomas Brite was born in . . . — — Map (db m56588) HM |
| On Shilo Road 0.5 miles south of Farm to Market Road 1470, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first burial in this graveyard, that of fourteen-year-old John Uzell, took place in 1857. The land at that time belonged to Isaac H. Cavender, Sr., who was related to Uzell. Cavender allowed other burials on his property and soon the graveyard . . . — — Map (db m56610) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 3175, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First public cemetery in this community, which was famous in early days for its outstanding school, aggressive businesses, and newspaper, the Benton City "Era." Site was given by James M. Jones, farmer-livestock raiser and leading citizen, whose . . . — — Map (db m56587) HM |
| On West Adams Street at North Bryant Street, on the right when traveling west on West Adams Street. |
| | Begun in 1865 as a family burial ground, the Pleasanton City Cemetery is a reflection of the history of the community from its earliest days. The first burial was that of three-year-old Gustave B. Doak, whose parents, Jonathan and Mary Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m56600) HM |
| On County Road 304 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 2146. |
| | Amphion traces its beginning to the establishment of Atascosa County's first courthouse which is believed to have been constructed near this site at the county seat of Navatasco in 1857. Amphion, thought to have been named after a figure in Greek . . . — — Map (db m56582) HM |
| On Route 2504 at Brooks Lane, on the left when traveling north on Route 2504. |
| | The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fiancé Thomas Whittet (1838-1913), a former . . . — — Map (db m56633) HM |
| Near Jenschke Lane 0.9 miles west of Farm to Market Road 476, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Texas statesman Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) transferred land here along the Atascosa River to his eldest son Jose Antonio George Navarro. J.A.G. Navarro (b.1819) then gave 160 acres here to his daughter Maria Antonia Navarro (1845-1922) in . . . — — Map (db m63703) HM |
| On Old Rock Road 0.3 miles south of Roseville Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Organized as Medina Baptist Church in April 1857 at Mann's Crossing, near Macdona. Until 1866, when members built an arbor here near Old Somerset, the services were held in homes or in a schoolhouse.
Site for meetinghouse and cemetery (2.5 . . . — — Map (db m56604) HM |
| On East Hacienda Street at South Tesch Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hacienda Street. |
| | Rebecca Cumings and her three brothers, James, John, and William, migrated to Texas from Virginia in 1821. As members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony, they were given 20,000 acres here in return for the construction and operation of a mill . . . — — Map (db m157520) HM |
| Near Amthor Street 0.1 miles south of East Main Street (Farm to Market Road 529). |
| | A member of the Mier Expedition, 1842
Born in Grantham, England March 30, 1820
Died January 4, 1865
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m157516) HM |
| On East Main Street (Farm to Market Road 529) at Amthor Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Frederick William (1800-1854) and Marie Louise Starke (1827-1894) Luhn purchased 697 acres here in 1848. When Frederick died in 1854, he was buried on this homestead just east of their log home. A year later, Marie married John Siegfried . . . — — Map (db m157513) HM |
| On Pilgrims Rest Road 0.1 miles north of State Highway 529, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established 1861
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006
Marker is property of the State of Texas — — Map (db m157631) HM |
| On Pilgrims Rest Road 0.1 miles north of State Highway 529, on the right when traveling north. |
| | As Pilgers Ruh Friedhof Gemeinde First land purchased from Wm. Graf, 2 acres, 6-10-1881 by Trustees J. Harloff · O. Sander · F. Drop, 3-10-1881 Colbert and Anita Mewis donated 3.29 acres to the cemetery
Total acres 1990: 9.64
Oldest tomb . . . — — Map (db m157633) HM |
| On Kingfisher Road 0.2 miles south of FM Rd 109 (Farm to Market Road 109), on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1926, Jan Jindrich Frnka (d. 1935) and his wife, Cecilie (Kroulik) (d. 1933), conveyed property to three trustees for use as a family burial ground. J.J. and Cecilie Frnka were parents of thirteen children; all of the children, with the exception . . . — — Map (db m30737) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 109 0.2 miles south of Kingfisher Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The town of New Ulm was originally called Duff's Settlement at the time of its founding, and was named for James C. Duff, who in 1841 acquired title to the site upon which the settlement was founded. A post office began operation in 1853. At that . . . — — Map (db m30726) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.8 miles south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Czech immigrants began settling in this area in the 1850s. They named their new community Frydek after a town in their homeland. When two people died in 1885, they were buried here on land owned by Jan Pavlicek. By 1890, when Pavlicek officially . . . — — Map (db m145792) HM |
| On Campo Santo Street west of Farm to Market Road 1458, on the left when traveling west. |
| | San Felipe de Austin was established in 1824 as the community and administrative headquarters of Stephen F. Austin's original Anglo American colony in Texas. The site for the township was chosen by Austin and the Baron Felipe Enrique Neri de . . . — — Map (db m116994) HM |
| Near State Highway 214 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 54, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This burial ground has served the community of Enochs since the early 20th century. In 1924, Isaac C. Enochs, Jr. (d. 1958), a land speculator and sheep rancher, donated land for the settlement, including a site for a cemetery. The oldest interment . . . — — Map (db m73661) HM |
| Near CR 1316, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1934, in the midst of drought and the Great Depression, landowner Maple Wilson donated four acres for a cemetery for the small community that bore his name. It was used briefly up until World War II. Today, the identities of only three burials . . . — — Map (db m151349) HM |
| On County Route 1018 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 2079, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When Mariah “Aunt Rye” Long died in 1918, Emil and Anna Wellsandt offered a parcel of their land on this site for use as a public burial ground. Several others were buried in 1918, most of them victims of the influenza epidemic. The . . . — — Map (db m73698) HM |
| On Highway 173 0.5 miles north of Highway 16 when traveling north. |
| | The Bandera Cemetery has served the town of Bandera since the 1850s. The site's oldest burial dates to 1851, before the town's establishment several years later. Many former community leaders of the area are buried in the cemetery. In addition, . . . — — Map (db m155430) HM |
| On Highway 470 1.5 miles west of Highway 16, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Located on the original homestead of Bandera County pioneer Amasa Clark (1825-1927), this small cemetery contains the graves of several generations of the Clark family. The first recorded burial was that of Clark's first wife, Eliza Jane, . . . — — Map (db m155427) HM |
| Near Highway 16 0.1 miles north of Orchard Park Boulevard. |
| | Joe H. Newcomer (Jan. 19, 1910 - Dec. 23, 1967) Special Texas Ranger, Deputy Sheriff, Justice of Bandera County, World War II Shipboard Security Officer for Chemical Company, Also Uvalde Alderman, County Clerk, Chief of Police. Member . . . — — Map (db m155439) HM |
| Near State Highway 95 0.6 miles north of Chestnut Street (State Highway 21), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The City of Bastrop was first laid out between 1830 and 1832. Included in the initial community plat was a twelve-acre cemetery overlooking the colony. Tradition holds that the first known grave was that of Sarah Wells (d. 1831), a child of early . . . — — Map (db m117717) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 812 0.4 miles west of Farm to Market Road 20, on the right when traveling west. |
| | As early as the 1850s, settlers of the community of Red Rock had established homes in this area. In 1870, the Red Rock Post Office opened, and by the mid-1870s, the settlement supported the Red Rock Male and Female Academy. The town grew, with about . . . — — Map (db m149379) HM |
| On Wilson Road (County Road 229) 0.3 miles south of Farm to Market Road 812, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The town of Red Rock grew at the crossing of the Austin - Port Lavaca Stagecoach Road (now FM 812) and the Bastrop - Gonzales Trail (now CR 229). In 1892 the town moved one mile east to the newly-laid railroad. This site, with more than 370 graves, . . . — — Map (db m149376) HM |
| Near State Highway 95 0.5 miles north of Chestnut Street (State Highway 21), on the right when traveling north. |
| | During WWII, over 300,000 troops were trained seven miles north of Bastrop at Camp Swift. Many women moved to Bastrop for a few months to be near their soldier one last time before his deployment overseas. Some of these women, upon the death of a . . . — — Map (db m117781) HM |
| On Young School House Road (County Road 280) west of Easley Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1872, area pioneer John P. Young (1829-1906) donated two acres of his land for a community school and cemetery. The earliest marked grave, that of W. T. Sanders, is dated 1874. Since then, the cemetery has been used primarily by area settlers and . . . — — Map (db m160307) HM |
| On East Hefferman Street 0.2 miles west of Bypass U.S. 181, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This historic African American burial ground is associated with two congregations organized in the 1880s. Many buried here were members of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church or Jones Chapel United Methodist Church. Some burials took place prior to . . . — — Map (db m32235) HM |
| On Donahoe Road at Post Oak Road, on the right when traveling north on Donahoe Road. |
| | Colonists settled in the late 1840s along the fertile Donahoe Creek. Samuel Gibbs Leatherman (1799-1888) arrived in 1854 and opened the first mercantile store. He gave land for the cemetery and brought in the first doctor. In 1880 Leatherman donated . . . — — Map (db m29073) HM |
| On Stockton Rd, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Stockton Family Cemetery is located on land originally granted in 1859 by Texas governor Hardin R. Runnels to Moses Allen, a veteran of the Siege of Bexar. Douglas Hayden Stockton and his wife Mary Elizabeth (White) brought their family to Bell . . . — — Map (db m28455) HM |
| On South Penelope Street north of Avenue F, on the right when traveling north. |
| | South Belton cemetery is located on Kinney Hill on the south side of Nolan Creek. Bell County and Belton were formed in early 1850. The cemetery was established soon after. The oldest remaining marked death date is May 21, 1851, when Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m152297) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1123 0.2 miles west of Roberts Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The only physical remnant of the Post Oak community, this cemetery began as the burial ground for the family of Isham McMillin, who acquired land in this part of Bell County in 1855. The oldest marked grave, that of McMillin’s daughter Elizabeth, . . . — — Map (db m89692) HM |
| On Old FM 440 Road 0.1 miles south of Ronstan Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The first burial in this graveyard, that of Wilhelm Wolf, took place in 1891, two years after the German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation was formally organized. The Rev. H.F. Daude (1850-1924), who served as first pastor, deeded land here . . . — — Map (db m121279) HM |
| On Wolfridge Road 0.4 miles east of Maxdale Road (Farm to Market Road 2670), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established in the 1860s to serve the rural community of Pleasant Grove, this cemetery is one of the oldest in Bell County. Land for the graveyard was given by Frank N. McBryde, Sr., whose 1883 application for a post office for the community . . . — — Map (db m121241) HM |
| On State Highway 195 0.2 miles north of Sharp Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Mancel T. McBryde (1821-1896), who brought his family here from Georgia in the early 1860s, began this family cemetery in 1885 upon the death of his wife, Jane W. Goar McBryde (1826-1885). A farmer and rancher, McBryde selected a site south of his . . . — — Map (db m121235) HM |
| | This burial ground was likely in use about the time a U.S. Post Office was established in Salado Springs in 1852. In 1854 Col. Elijah Sterling C. Robertson purchased a large tract of land north and south of the springs that included the cemetery. . . . — — Map (db m29348) HM |
| On Baines St, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson.
Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of Governor James E. . . . — — Map (db m29376) HM |
| On West Village Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Located in an area populated by former slaves following the Civil War, this cemetery dates to the 1870s. The earliest documented grave is that of Jozie Fulbright, who died in 1877, although according to local oral tradition there may be earlier . . . — — Map (db m29308) HM |
| On State Highway 36 0.2 miles north of Burgandy Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This burial ground began as a family and Masonic cemetery. Although many, possibly older, graves exist, the oldest marked grave is that of Mary Marshall (d. 1861). In 1869, eight years after Marshall's death, J.A. Grimes sold his farm to Mary E. . . . — — Map (db m118964) HM |
| On East Commerce Street east of South Alamo Street. |
| | On this spot bodies of heroes slain at the Alamo were burned on a funeral pyre. Fragments of the bodies were afterward buried here. This tablet is the gift of relatives of Green B. Jemision and of other friends.
Second Marker
The De . . . — — Map (db m30589) HM |
| | This cemetery is located within part of a 40-acre grant of land given to the city of San Antonio by the King of Spain. The property was later subdivided into twenty-nine separate cemeteries by city aldermen, and this area was designated as City . . . — — Map (db m30150) HM |
| On E. Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1899, John Lang Sinclair became a student at the University of Texas (UT) in Austin. The first UT band was formed in 1900 and Sinclair, possessing an aptitude for music, joined it as well as the Glee Club. The student head of the Glee Club, . . . — — Map (db m30131) HM |
| |
The remains of the Alamo Heroes
are entombed in the chapel at the
left-hand side of the entrance to
this cathedral
Visitors Welcome — — Map (db m30343) HM |
| On West Pecan Drive east of Avenue L, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Alabama on August 24, 1845, James Polk Johnson was still a child when his family moved to Texas in search of a better life. As a teenager he served in the Civil War and then joined his uncles Tom and Sam Ealy Johnson in their cattle droving . . . — — Map (db m127310) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2602 at County Route 3135, on the left when traveling south on Route 2602. |
| | Pioneer area settler Joshua McCuistion donated land at this site for a Methodist chapel to serve the community of Hollis Prairie. Completed about 1880 adjacent to a schoolhouse, it was built by John R. Lane and his sons, for whom the settlement was . . . — — Map (db m84910) HM |
| Near Phenie Avenue at Lelia Street. Reported missing. |
| | The great great grandson of Patrick Henry; served army of the Confederacy before buying tract in Texarkana about 1873. Captain Henry was elected to Texas Senate in 1876. Built first brick home in city; donated site for Methodist church. A leading . . . — — Map (db m160827) HM |
| Near Phenie Avenue at Lelia Street. |
| | A first lady of Texas. Wife of H.W. Runnels, member of Legislature 1857-59. During these years she and husband lived in Governor's Mansion, where she was the official hostess for her bachelor brother-in-law, Gov. Hardin Richard Runnels. . . . — — Map (db m160784) HM |
| Near Phenie Avenue at Lelia Street. |
| | One of the oldest cemeteries in Texarkana. Founded as "City Cemetery" in 1874, shortly after the town was established in December, 1873. Here lie the remains of some of the city's first citizens-plantation owners, the livery stable owner, country . . . — — Map (db m160780) HM |
| Near Dickinson Road near Dickinson Road and Highway 35 Bypass, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The John A. Wharton Camp of Confederate Veterans purchased cemetery land June 27, 1898 and more in 1903 and 1927. The total is about 15 acres. 37 Confederate veterans are buried here.
On Feb. 11, 1919 F. E. Acton, Y. M. Edwards, E. G. Ward, W. . . . — — Map (db m50164) HM |
| On Dickinson Road at Alvin Bypass (State Highway 35), on the left when traveling west on Dickinson Road. |
| | Established in the 1890's by John A. Wharton Camp, U. C. V.; burial ground for Confederate veterans and families. After increase of acreage, use of cemetery was extended to public. Veterans of 4 wars; 1900 hurricane victims as well as prominent . . . — — Map (db m110259) HM |
| On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Daniel Perry, an early area settler, was born in 1791 in Mississippi. He came to Texas in 1832 with his wife Eliza Whitehead and two sons. He was widowed and in 1833 married Louisa Ann Morton. They had four children and lived on her inherited land . . . — — Map (db m155640) HM |
| On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1824, Old Three-Hundred settlers David Fitzgerald, Thomas Barnett and Moses Shipman received land grants in this area. Fitzgerald fought at Anahuac in 1832; Barnett signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. This location on the northeastern . . . — — Map (db m155639) HM |
| On Jimmy Phillips Boulevard (State Highway 35) at Munson Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on Jimmy Phillips Boulevard. |
| | Established in 1818 as an individual claim by James Briton Bailey, a member later of Austin's colony. Born 1779, Bailey was tall, fearless, of Irish stock.
At his request, he was buried (1833) standing up, facing west, gun at side.
His . . . — — Map (db m92231) HM |
| On Jimmy Phillips Boulevard (State Highway 35) at Munson Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on Jimmy Phillips Boulevard. |
| | Pioneer Texan noted for his courage, integrity, and eccentric behavior. Came to Texas in 1818 with wife and six children.
He settled on what came to be "Bailey's Prairie". Joined Stephen F. Austin's colony, 1824.
Bailey became a captain in . . . — — Map (db m92233) HM |
| On Jimmy Phillips Boulevard (State Highway 35) at Munson Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on Jimmy Phillips Boulevard. |
| | In 1850, Mordello Stephen Munson (born in Liberty County in 1825)—son of Henry William Munson (born 1793), a member of Austin's colony—set aside this burial tract for his family and friends. It was at Ridgely Plantation, on Bailey's . . . — — Map (db m92234) HM |
| Near County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street. |
| | Emigrated to Texas from Missouri in 1827 as an Austin Colonist • Participated in the Battle of Velasco, 1832 • Five of his sons were in the Army of Texas in 1836 • Born May 14, 1786 • Died in December, 1833
Erected by the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m158869) HM |
| On County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of oldest cemeteries in Brazoria County. Started Dec.13, 1837, with burial of Sylvester Winn Damon, a relative, on the 1829 land grant of Abraham Darst, Austin Colony settler. Use of this burial ground was begun within a year of founding of . . . — — Map (db m158850) HM |
| Near County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street. |
| | A San Jacinto Veteran Born in Missouri 1815 Died in 1838
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158863) HM |
| Near County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street. |
| | Born in Massachusetts. Came to Texas in 1831. Served in Texas Revolution at Siege of Bexar as Wagonmaster for Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas". Stole the bells of Mission Concepcion (Property of Mexico, Texas' enemy) to melt into bullets. Also . . . — — Map (db m158873) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses Austin (1761-1821) and mother Maria Brown Austin (1768-1824) to Missouri in 1798. The family operated lead mines there and . . . — — Map (db m90628) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m90626) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
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Pioneer Cemetery. Originally part of Peach Point Plantation. Used by descendants of James Franklin Perry and wife, Emily Austin Bryan Perry, Stephen F. Austin’s sister, and by the community since 1829. In 1836, Austin, the “Father of . . . — — Map (db m90591) HM |
| On Halik, on the right when traveling west on Halik. |
| | Settlement of this area began as a result of railroad development through north Brazoria County in 1882. First known as Mark Belt, the townsite was platted in 1894 and named Pearland because of the abundance of pear orchards in the vicinity. An . . . — — Map (db m50134) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 524) 0.2 miles from Old Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Begun as family burial ground when John Sweeny, early landowner, member Stephen F. Austin's colony, chose this site for burial of his young daughter Freedonia, 1833. In use ever since by the neighborhood. Has graves of veterans of all wars since . . . — — Map (db m158809) HM |
| Near Main Street (Farm to Market Road 524) 0.2 miles east of Old Main Street. |
| | A San Jacinto Veteran Born in Tennessee 1812 Died in La Grange, Texas 1869
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158808) HM |
| On E. Jackson St. 0.8 miles east of S. 17th, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site given by Josiah H. Bell family out of their grant, the first deeded to one of "Old 300" in colony of Stephen F. Austin. Has graves of many heroes of Texas Revolution of 1836.
Deeded in 1852 to Bethel Presbyterian Church. Since 1933 managed . . . — — Map (db m46452) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1301 at County Route 376, on the right when traveling south on Road 1301. |
| | Zeno Phillips, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, acquired land here in 1829. Zeno and his brothers John Clark, Sidney, and James Ray (J.R.) Phillips, served in the Republic of Texas Army. The cemetery began with the burial of Zeno and . . . — — Map (db m96305) HM |
| Near South Texas Avenue (State Highway 68) at Krenek Tap Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Settled in the 1860s by Czech, German, and Polish immigrants, the Shiloh community was an area of large family farms. In addition to homes and farms, the settlement at one time boasted a community center, a two-room school, a vineyard, a mill, and a . . . — — Map (db m102000) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 599 0.4 miles south of Texas Highway 86, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This burial ground has served Quitaque since the 1920s. Quitaque’s name may have come from Quitica Indians who came through this area on a 1683-84 expedition with Juan Mendoza and Juan Sabeata; it may mean “the land at the end of the . . . — — Map (db m100016) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 3300 1 mile west of Texas Highway 207, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Milo Community began in the late 19th century on the prairie between Palo Duro and Tule Canyons. Named for the favored area crop, the settlement had a store, post office, school, and scattered family dugouts and homes in the 1890s. When John . . . — — Map (db m99859) HM |
| Near 13th Street 0.5 miles east of Parks Street. |
| | Born in Missouri. Served in Texas Rangers, 1860-61, and in Civil War, 1862-65. He was a Corporal in last Confederate Army surrendered east of the Mississippi. After the war, he lived in McLennan, Coryell, and Briscoe Counties. Married twice, he had . . . — — Map (db m100014) HM |
| Near County Road 525 0.6 miles south of Farm to Market Road 1647. |
| | William W. and Pency (Williams) Heflin settled here in 1875. According to local tradition the first burial was that of a child who died in 1876 from eating wild berries as his family camped on the Heflins’ property. The earliest marked grave is that . . . — — Map (db m89618) HM |
| Near Unnamed Road 0.3 miles west of U.S. 183. |
| | This cemetery originally served pioneer settlers of the Wolf Valley community, which began about 1875. The earliest grave is that of S.T. Tollette, who was buried here May 11, 1882. Also buried that same month were James Lyon and R.P. Ramsey. The . . . — — Map (db m89616) HM |
| Near County Road 259 at U.S. 183. |
| | The unincorporated town of Zephyr, located on land granted to early settlers Benjamin Head and Felix Wardziski, was established in the 1860s. As the settlement grew, a school was opened in the 1870s, and churches and businesses were established. . . . — — Map (db m89654) HM |
| On West Buffalo Street at South Thomas Street, on the left when traveling west on West Buffalo Street. |
| | Created in 1840 (same year Caldwell was laid out) when lots 3 and 12 were made a "Grave Yard and Church lot" forever.
Town founder Lewis L. Chiles (d.1864) is buried here. Oldest legible stone is for Margarette A. King and infant daughter . . . — — Map (db m74389) HM |
| Near FM-243 0.1 miles west of CR-284. |
| | This cemetery, with interments dating back to the 1850s, became a community graveyard for the Sycamore Springs and Mahomet rural communities. In 1909 J. W. Williams and J. W. and Nellie Greer deeded the cemetery property to the community of . . . — — Map (db m27596) HM |
| Near CR-330A 0.2 miles west of FM-243, on the right. |
| | John Jennings (1802-1867), his wife Sarah C. (Sally) (1806-1879), and their family came to this area in 1851. The settlement which grew up around their farm became known as Jennings Creek community. After Burnet County was created in 1852, John . . . — — Map (db m27638) HM |
| Near County Highway 218A. |
| | This cemetery is the oldest of three graveyards associated with the Briggs community. The site was originally called Briggs Cemetery, but came to be known by the name of DeWolf when in 1900 Homer and Martha Hill DeWolf deeded the land to three . . . — — Map (db m150418) HM |
| On US-183 near CR-211, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Pioneer settlers in this vicinity met together for worship services in the Gum Springs Schoolhouse until 1892, when Stephen Taylor deeded land at this site for church and cemetery purposes. This historic cemetery began in the churchyard of the . . . — — Map (db m27695) HM |
| | The Rev. Richard Howard (1817-1882) moved to this area of Burnet County in 1855. The frontier settlement he joined would later be known as the Bethel community. In 1874 he deeded two acres at this site for community use. The first recorded burial . . . — — Map (db m27428) HM |
| Near CR-103 0.1 miles from U.S. 281. |
| | The Dobyville Cemetery is the last visible remnant of the community of Dobyville. Settled in the 1850s, and named for the town’s location on a white adobe rock hill. The cemetery contains more than 230 marked graves, between 60 and 70 graves are . . . — — Map (db m27485) HM |
| On CR-119 at FM 2342, on the right when traveling north on CR-119. |
| | Established in 1850 by the Rev. Isaac Hoover, of local Methodist Protestant church. He came from Tennessee; soon initiated services in nearby oak grove. Oldest stone dates from about 1850. Another grave is of Whitlock family, killed by Indians. . . . — — Map (db m27534) HM |
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