EARLIEST Marked Grave in Davis Cemetery - Henderson County, TX
N 32° 08.493 W 095° 46.369
15S E 238451 N 3559494
A 2006 Texas Historical Marker at Davis Cemetery, southeast of Athens in rural Henderson County, TX, notes that, while he wasn't the first burial in the cemetery per se, Samuel Tine Owen has the earliest marked grave here.
Waymark Code: WM107XB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2019
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There is no indication as to when Mr. Owen was moved here from his initial burial place, but he died over a decade before this cemetery became "official". His final resting place is marked by a modern, gray granite headstone that he shares with his wife, as well as a modern military headstone that serves as a footstone. They read:
Samuel Tine
1795-1856
County Judge
1852-1856
Sarah Knight
1800-1882
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Samuel Tine
Owens
Pvt
McDugald's Co
Denson's Inf
49 Ala Mil
Indian Wars
Aug 2 1795
Dec 26 1856
Creek War
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The historical marker provides some background:
This burial ground, named for the pioneering Davis family, has served this rural section of Henderson County since the mid-1800s. It was established in the early 1870s on property deeded by J.J. Deupree in 1883. The Baxter community, officially established by 1901, when it became a station for the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, is particularly represented here. Shortly after its founding, the community had a post office, stores, churches, cotton gins and a school.
John L. Davis (d. 1873) came to Texas with his wife, Dorcas (Holland) (d. 1874), and their family by 1850. They settled in Henderson County before the Civil War. One of their sons, Archibald Mallard Davis, served as Henderson County Sheriff. Others buried here include school trustee and community leader Willie E. Johnson (d. 1960); Constable Morton G. Jepson (d. 1941); and Henderson County Chief Justice Samuel Tyne Owen (d. 1856), who has the earliest marked grave in the cemetery. Owen was reinterred here from another graveyard. The earliest interment in Davis Cemetery is of an infant, Ezra Davis (d. 1872). Also buried here are community leaders and veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War.
Additional property was added to the burial ground in 1952, 1989 and 1994. Cemetery features include vertical stones, curbing, unmarked graves and Woodmen of the World markers. In 1991, the Davis Cemetery Association incorporated to care for the burial ground and establish a trust fund. Today, Davis Cemetery endures as a record of the pioneering families that settled and lived in this portion of Henderson County.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 07/05/1856
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