FIRST Recorded Burial in Cow Creek Cemetery - Erath County, TX
N 32° 07.021 W 098° 23.860
14S E 556822 N 3553565
A 2011 Texas Historical Marker at Cow Creek Cemetery, off of Erath County Rd 528, northwest of Dublin, TX, notes that the first recorded burial here was that of an infant girl back in 1874.
Waymark Code: WM11ZWX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2020
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This infant is buried with her family near the back of the cemetery. Her headstone is understandably weathered, with a mourning dove at the top, but the inscription is still legible:
Infant Dau. of
J.P. & I. Martin
Born & Died
Mar. 15, 1874
Budded on earth to
bloom in Heaven
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The historical marker provides some background:
In 1871, Jesse Van donated land for a community cemetery for Cow Creek residents. The community included a school and the Cow Creek Methodist and Live Oak Baptist Churches. The first recorded burial was on March 15, 1874 for the infant daughter of J.P. and Indiane Martin. Earlier burials are possible, especially among 65 unidentified graves. The most historically significant burial was in 1895 for William Carroll Crawford, last surviving signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. In 1936, the state of Texas reinterred his remains in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. The Cow Creek Cemetery Association formed in 1971 to preserve this reminder of a rural settlement and its stories of the past.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 03/15/1874
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