Details for Thomas Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5471008475
Data
| Marker Number | 8475 |
| Atlas Number | 5471008475 |
| Marker Title | Thomas Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Thomas Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | |
| County | Walker |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 275387 |
| UTM Northing | 3416661 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From the intersection of FM 980 and FM 3454 take FM 3454 N approx. 3 miles to Walker Ln., take Walker up the hill approx. .5 miles (cemetery is located between homes at Box 396 and Box 390). |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | This cemetery marks the site of Thomas Plantation and Steamboat Landing. John R. Thomas, a native of Alabama, settled here in 1854. A Confederate soldier during the Civil War, he was captured at the Battle of Arkansas in 1863 and transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio. He died there one month later. Graves include those of his mother Lucy Day Thomas (1794-1869) and brothers Budd Fry Thomas (1838-1862), also a veteran of the Confederate army, and Leroy Thomas (d. 1871), who owned land across the river. A nephew, Jack Thomas, sold this property by 1883 and moved to Polk County. |