Details for Old Oakland Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008607
Data
| Marker Number | 8607 |
| Atlas Number | 5185008607 |
| Marker Title | Old Oakland Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Oakland Cemetery, Old |
| Address | |
| City | Roans Prairie |
| County | Grimes |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 217731 |
| UTM Northing | 3385294 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from the intersection of SH 90 and SH 30 in Roans Prairie take SH 30 E approx. .6 mile to FM 2562; take FM 2562 S approx. .2 mile to CR 219; then W on CR 219 approx. 1.2 mile to cemetery. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Founded in 1867 in connection with the Oakland Baptist Church, which stood here until moved to Roans Prairie in 1913. Graves of many pioneers are located here. Oakland was once a popular way-station for the Bates and Black Stagecoach Lines, which ran from Austin to Huntsville until 1880. This road, known as Coushatta Trace, was originally a trail of the Coushatta Indians, a friendly tribe that hunted in this territory. In 1838, a Mrs. Taylor, the last known person killed by Indians in Grimes County, was murdered not far from this site. |