Details for Counts Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5399001083

Data

Marker Number 1083
Atlas Number 5399001083
Marker Title Counts Cemetery
Index Entry Counts Cemetery
Address FM 382 via FM 1770 from Winters
City Winters
County Runnels
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 428858
UTM Northing 3543798
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1975
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location from Winters take FM 1770 east 12 miles then go north on FM 382 about 3 miles then go west .25 miles on county road
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Earliest known interment was that of a child, Mary Louisa Hale, on November 30, 1880. In January, 1884, Andy and Christian Fannin sold 4 acres to M. C. Bright, J. M. Carter, R. F. Counts, John A. Chambers, J. M. Givens, D. W. and William Hale, Alf A. Hanscomb, J. T. Hardegree, P. Hawkins, F. B. Massengale, Jesse Rogers, and C. C. Simmons as a public cemetery for the rural community of "Content". The plot was named for R. F. Counts, who bought the surrounding property in 1889. An additional 4 acres were donated by Sidney Bright in the 1930s. An unknown number of Confederate veterans of the Civil War are buried here.

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