Anchorage Cemetery

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 sea ...

Pleasanton City Cemetery

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 ...

Brite Cemetery

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 ...

Benton City Cemetery

(Established 1870)

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 rock house ...

Amphion and Amphion Cemetery

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 ...

Black Pioneers Cemetery

Circa 1830 – 1900

333 marked graves in 2001

Jim Scott 1871

Hett Powell 1890

Marker is on Covered Bridge Road SW ¼ mile south of Euharlee Road SW, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery

Church Organized 1818:

Church organized in 1819; First Cemetery Burial in 1819. One of the earliest Methodist Congregations in the area, this church was organized by local preacher, Rev. Alexander Faires, in a log school built in 1816. Land donated in ...

America's Oldest Maintained Cemetery

Myles Standish Burying ground is the oldest maintained cemetery in the United States. This sacred ground has been cared for by the town of Duxbury Massachusetts, and takes its name from Myles Standish, military leader of the Plymouth colony who ...

Lewiston Pioneer Cemetery

This cemetery was established in the 1850’s and many prominent early day Lewiston settlers are buried here.

This plaque is dedicated to the miners, farmers and cattlemen who made history in this area.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Goose ...

Stewartsville Cemetery

Begun 1785. Congressman James Stewart gave land. J. C. McLaurin, who founded Laurinburg, and many Scots buried here. Two miles southwest.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 74 and Rocky Ford Roud, on the right when traveling east on U.S. ...