Details for Tehuacana Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5163005217
Data
| Marker Number | 5217 |
| Atlas Number | 5163005217 |
| Marker Title | Tehuacana Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Tehuacana Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Pearsall |
| County | Frio |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 488361 |
| UTM Northing | 3217786 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; churches |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Moore, take Hwy. 462 North 5-6 miles. Cross the Tehuacana Creek Bridge and make an immediate left (going southwest) onto dirt road. Follow dirt road 2-3 miles southwest to cemetery. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Original 1.86 acre site given by James E. and Amanda R. Bandy. First burial was in 1875. Community acquired adjoining 3.6 acres in 1880 for a log church and a day, writing, and music school; added 6.2 acres in 1881 for a frame parsonage and church called Wilson Chapel and Salem Sunday School. Tehuacana Church moved to Medina County in 1900. Buried here are early pioneers: victims of 1882-1884 smallpox epidemics; twelve Confederate veterans; Levi Wilson, one of three original church trustees. 1967 |