Clarendon Cemetery
N 34° 55.081 W 100° 52.954
14S E 328031 N 3865568
A 1936 gray granite Texas Centennial Marker at the front of Citizens Cemetery notes this as the final resting place of eleven early Donley County settlers.
Waymark Code: WMWTB8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2017
Views: 7
The eleven headstones here bear simple inscriptions of "Saints Roost Colonist 1878", indicating "Infant" where applicable. All graves are located in an enclosure at the front of Citizens Cemetery, on TX 70 south of Clarendon. "Saints Roost" was a nickname for Clarendon due to its lack of saloons and reputation as a "sobriety settlement."
Marker Number: 903
Marker Text:
1878-1886
In this first cemetery of Donley County, sixteen rods west lie the first dead of Old Clarendon. Here white civilization sank its roots in sadness and from the graves in this sacred acre strong pioneer spirits turned to face the future with greater love for the land and a firmer determination to build for a tomorrow which we know today. To those of the Old Clarendon Colony who first found rest on this bold promontory and to their survivors, this stone of imperishable Texas granite is loyally and lovingly dedicated
July 4, 1938
Erected by the State of Texas
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