Details for Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5349007207
Data
| Marker Number | 7207 |
| Atlas Number | 5349007207 |
| Marker Title | Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Corsicana |
| County | Navarro |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 737865 |
| UTM Northing | 3548043 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1978 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from intersection of SH 31 and FM 2555, go south on FM 2555 (45th St.) 3 mi. to cemetery |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | William Harvey Beeman (1817-1860) received a Mercer colony grant of 640 acres in Navarro County and brought his family here in the 1840s. He and pioneer Samuel Hamilton (1820-1900), who owned adjacent property, each gave one acre to establish this cemetery in the 1850s. The first burial was that of Hamilton's infant son in 1859. Both Hamilton and Beeman, a freighter and local justice of the peace, are buried here. Gifts and purchases of additional land have enlarged the cemetery to over 47 acres. |