Old Settler's Cemetery

(0.2 miles west)

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 ...

Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church and Vaughn’s Cemetery

Established in 1833 when James and Susannah Vaughn donated 5.7 acres of land to the Mt. Pleasant congregation. After Judge John Perkins donated an adjacent 5-acre plot to the congregation in 1851, the church was moved and the original site ...

Evergreen Cemetery

In 1891, Evergreen Cemetery was established as a preeminent resting place for many of Virginia's most influential African-American residents. These include Maggie L. Walker, president and founder of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, and John Mitchell, Jr., champion of ...

Orr Mill Cemetery

Preserving Our Cemeteries

Deeded to the City in 1992, these humble grounds are the final resting place for some Orr Mill employees and family members dating to the 1800s. Numerous graves are here, marked and unmarked, including infants.

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Calvert Family Cemetery

Burial place of George & Rosalie Calvert, four infant children and Charles Benedict Calvert and his infant son. The Calvert family, descendants of the Lords Baltimore, lived at "Riversdale" from 1803 to 1887. Charles Benedict Calvert was a major figure ...

Gravesend Cemetery

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

On the morning of August 22, 1776, the British invasion force, approximately 20,000 troops, began landing on the shores of Gravesend Bay, supported by naval forces under the command of Admiral Lord Richard Howe. The invaders ...

New Utrecht Cemetery

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

This is the site of the original New Utrecht Reformed Church, built in 1700 on the main street of New Utrecht village.

On August 22, 1776, General Howe’s troops occupied the old Church before moving to ...

Howard’s Inn – Evergreen Cemetery

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

The Cemetery of the Evergreens is situated at a site critical to the Battle of Brooklyn. Near the Cemetery, by the intersection of today’s Broadway and Jamaica Avenue, stood Howard’s Tavern, the most easterly pass of ...

Confederate Cemetery / Memorial

South face

By the united efforts

and enduring sacrifices

of the

Noble woman of Mount Pleasant

and Charleston.

The zealous and tender

custodians of the slumbering

Heroes of a lost cause.

This Monument

has been erected as a tribute

of ...

Thomas Taylor / Taylor Cemetery

(Front text)

Thomas Taylor

1743 - 1833

Member of Provincial Congresses 1775

and 1776; Colonel of Militia under General

Thomas Sumter in the American Revolution;

Senator in the Jacksonborough Assembly;

member of S.C. Convention which ratified

the United States Constitution; ...