Matagorda Cemetery - Matagorda, TX
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N 28° 42.052 W 095° 57.367
15R E 211179 N 3178424
First Burials in Matagorda Cemetery were Benjamin Wightman and Esther Randall Wightman. Natives of Connecticut they joined Austin's colony and were on "Little Zoe", the first sailing vessel ever to enter port of Matagorda.
Waymark Code: WMVQ1W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2017
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Historical Marker Text:
One of earliest cemeteries in Texas. Founded soon after town was settled, about 1829, as part of Stephen F. Austin's colony. Marked graves numbered 650 in 1969, but interments exceed 1,000. Inscriptions on stones chronicle frontier hardships. Those buried include victims of 1862 yellow fever epidemic; soldiers of Texas Revolution War of 1812, and the Civil War; also Karankawa Indian victims. Several patriots of early Texas are buried here as well. Among them is Samuel Rhoads Fisher, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Street address:
Jct. of TX 60 at Matagorda Cty Rds 259 and 260
Matagorda, TX USA
77457
County / Borough / Parish: Matagorda County
Year listed: 2006
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event
Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Historic function: Funerary
Current function: Funerary
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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