Details for Old Independence Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5477008358

Data

Marker Number 8358
Atlas Number 5477008358
Marker Title Old Independence Cemetery
Index Entry Independence Cemetery
Address
City Independence
County Washington
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 753737
UTM Northing 3358190
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1970
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Old Baylor Park (3 blocks W of FM 50/FM 390), take CR 60 1.2 mi. NW to cemetery, Independence.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Other - explain
Marker Text A very old graveyard of Anglo-Texas. Started about 1823 on league of Judge J. P. Cole, one of the "Old 300" in the Austin Colony. A daughter, Madora Cole McCrocklin, gave the site. Many statesmen, educators, physicians, lawyers, war veterans and other "Old Texians" are buried here.

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