Bohemian National Cemetery

This cemetery with original records written in Czech dated October 22, 1905, nestles in the heart of the Bohemian farm settlement ¼ mile north of their Fraternal Hall on Highway 27.

The 33 families who cleared the land and plotted it ...

Parsons Cemetery

The land for the original portion of the cemetery was bequeathed by Benjamin Parsons to Saint Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. The first plat was recorded in 1873 showing the location of the burial plot of the Parsons Family. Additional lands ...

Dumfries Cemetery

At this location stood the Quantico Chapel, a log church, serving the first settlers of Overwharton Parish ca. 1667

Marker is on Mine Road near Cameron Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Type Cemetery

The earliest anglo settlers of this area came to the vicinity in the 1840s. They called their community Post Oak Island for an isolated oak grove between Bastrop and Circleville. Many of these pioneers had moved on by the time ...

Saul Cemetery

The Saul family settled along Brushy Creek in Williamson County about 1850. One brother, Charles Saul (b. 1818), bought this 640-acre tract in 1862. This part of the ranch was first used as a family burial ground upon Charles’ death ...

Jolly Cemetery

This pioneer burial ground is a reminder of the area's earliest settlers. It was formally set aside by John Grey Jolly (1825–99) and his wife, Nancy Isabel (Eskew) (1825–1921)—both buried here—for whom Jollyville community was named. The earliest marked grave ...

Lemon Bay Cemetery

Since the late 1800's the deceased loved ones of Englewood's pioneer settlers have been laid to rest on this high sandy ridge. The land for the cemetery was deeded to the citizens of the Lemon Bay area, by means of ...

Weir Community Cemetery

John Breneke (1847-1927) came from Fayette County to purchase 365 acres of farmland here in 1875. Deed records show he set aside two acres for a graveyard, perhaps upon the death of his sister-in-law, Susie B. Kemper (1868-1889), who died ...

Dobyville Cemetery

The Dobyville Cemetery is the last visible remnant of the Community of Dobyville, Settled in the 1850's and named for the towns location on a white adobe rock hill. The Cemetery contains more than 230 marked graves, between 60 and ...

Site of New Bern Church, School, and Cemetery

Swiss and German immigrants who settled here in the early 1890s named their settlement for Bern, Switzerland. In 1892 the newly organized St. John Lutheran Church built a sanctuary which also housed the New Bern school here on 2.5 acres ...