Details for Mount Capers Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5407007660
Data
| Marker Number | 7660 |
| Atlas Number | 5407007660 |
| Marker Title | Mount Capers Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Mount Capers Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Point Blank |
| County | San Jacinto |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 282756 |
| UTM Northing | 3411614 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | take US 190 E about 3 mi. to FM 980, go north on FM 980 2.5 mi. to Old Staley Rd., go west about 2 mi. to Mount Capers Cemetery Rd., go south to cemetery |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Sarah Washington Ricks Durdin Chrznowski (1819-94) donated land for this cemetery from estate of her late husband, James. T. Durdin (d. 1859), probably in 1860s, although no deed exists. Cemetery was named for adjacent Mount Capers Baptist Chapel, built by the Rev. L. R. Capers. According to tradition, first grave was for Elisha Williams; James Tarpley Knight, an infant grandson of land donor, was interred in Dec. 1871. Oldest legible headstone is dated 1873. The Mount Capers Cemetery Association received in Aug. 1971 a deed to four acres of land here. There are 100 or more graves. |