Details for Whitehead Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225010967
Data
| Marker Number | 10967 |
| Atlas Number | 5225010967 |
| Marker Title | Whitehead Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Whitehead, Henry |
| Address | |
| City | |
| County | Houston |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 275451 |
| UTM Northing | 3482194 |
| Subject Codes | |
| Marker Year | 1985 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Crockett take FM 2022 north 10 miles to CR 1650, then east on CR 1650 1 mile to Whitehead Cemetery Road, then north about .2 mile on Cemetery Road |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | The Henry Whitehead family came to Texas from Mississippi during the 1850s and settled in Houston County about 1862. A confederate veteran, Henry Whitehead (1821-1877) established this family cemetery on his land with the burial of first wife, Mary Ann "Polly" (Priest), in 1870. Only one of their seven children, Aaron, is buried here. The descendants of Aaron (1854-1927) and Elizabeth (1859-1928) Whitehead have continued to use and maintain the family burial ground. The site covers more than two acres and contains over sixty graves. |