Details for Tehuacana Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5163005217

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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

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