Columbia Cemetery

Founded 1855

Prior to the mining in Columbia, the cemetery was located northwest of main street. In 1855 it was moved here, joining the existing Masonic and I.O.O.F. cemeteries. Ordinance #14, passed and approved on July 1, 1857, declared this ground ...

Cemetery

A wandering priest

made this hallowed ground

for all time.

Graves marked by

heavy pine slabs.

Only stone inscribed,

Charles Wills 1839.

Marker is on Speedwell Place Road 0.3 miles from Friendship-Speedwell Road, on the left when traveling north.

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Walker Cemetery

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 ...

Revolutionary War Soldiers in Mt. Hebron Cemetery

Lutheran Mt. Hebron German Reformed

Cemeteries

The following soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War are buried within this enclosure:

Major-General Daniel Morgan

Major-General John Smith

Brigadier-General James Singleton

Brigadier-General Daniel Roberdeau

Colonel Henry Beatty

Colonel Charles A. Magill

Major Peter Helphinstine

Major Josiah Massie

Captain William Ball

Captain Michael Coyle

Captain Basil ...

Fort Tyler Cemetery

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One hundred feet east in brick walled enclosure are buried 76 brave men, Confederate and Federal, Killed or died of wounds in the siege of Fort Tyler.

This engagement occurred April 16,1865, a whole week after the surrender of General ...

Roberts-Teague Cemetery

In the 1860s, the Roberts and Teague families came to the Bee Cave area where, for generations, their skills as farmers, ranchers, cedar choppers, coal kiln burners, and homemakers helped to shape its development and culture. It is said that ...

United States National Military Cemetery - Staunton

United States

National Military Cemetery

Staunton.

Established 1867.

Internments 753.

Known 232.

Unknown 521.

Marker can be reached from Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250).

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Laurel Grove South Cemetery

In 1853, the city reserved 4 acres in the new Laurel Grove Cemetery for Savannah’s African American community. This new burial ground replaced an older black cemetery located near Whitefield Square. Pastors Andrew Bryan (First Colored Baptist Church) and Henry ...

Brownlee Family Cemetery - 1825

Estab. in 1825 on the corner of a 1400 acre plantation owned by James Brownlee, Sr. & his wife Mary. Three brothers who lost their lives in the service of the Confederate States of America lie buried here.

Marker is at ...

Lockwood Cemetery

This cemetery was set aside out of land settled by Gordon C. Jennings (1782-1836), his wife, Catherine (1790-1867), and four children who came from Missouri in 1833 as part of Stephen F. Austin’s “Little Colony.” Gordon was the oldest defender ...