Details for Sandy Point Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5039009592

Data

Marker Number 9592
Atlas Number 5039009592
Marker Title Sandy Point Cemetery
Index Entry Sandy Point Cemetery
Address
City Rosharon
County Brazoria
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 259266
UTM Northing 3252983
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 2003
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 521 about 3 mi. north of Rosharon
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 14" x 24"
Marker Text Early county cemetery. Started before 1845. Land once part of great sugar and cotton plantations. Buried in this tract are veterans of 1836 Texas Revolution and Civil War (1861-65); also members of ill-fated Mier Expedition. Col. B. F. Terry, organizer of Terry's Texas Rangers, was formerly buried here. (1970)

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