| Marker Number |
16742 |
| Atlas Number |
5507016742 |
| Marker Title |
K.M. Jones Family Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Jones, K.M., Family Cemetery |
| Address |
5686 Pepper Creek Road |
| City |
Temple |
| County |
Bell |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
652901 |
| UTM Northing |
3447053 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
2010 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From intersection of Hwy 36 & Loop 363 from Temple, continue on Hwy 36 for 1.1 miles and turn right onto Old Howard Road. Travel 1.4 miles and turn left onto Pepper Creek Road. The K. M. Jones Cemetery is in afield 1/10 mile on the right in a clump of trees. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
K.M. JONES FAMILY CEMETERY THIS FAMILY BURIAL GROUND WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN KEETON McLEMORE JONES WAS BURIED HERE IN 1890. JONES WAS A FARMER, STAGE STOP OPERATOR, AND VETERAN OF THE TEXAS WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, GUARDING BAGGAGE AT THE CAMP OPPOSITE HARRISBURG. JONES AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO BELL COUNTY FROM GRIMES COUNTY IN 1865, SETTLING NEAR THE OLD HOWARD COMMUNITY; HE AND HIS WIFE, LAURA ANN (CARTER), HAD 12 CHILDREN. LAURA CARTER IS INTERRED HERE WITH HER HUSBAND, ALONG WITH E.L. SEGUR, ONE OF THEIR GRANDDAUGHTERS. TODAY, THE K.M. JONES FAMILY CEMETERY IS A TESTIMONY TO A PIONEERING TEXAS FAMILY AND PROVIDES A REMINDER OF THOSE WHO SERVED DURING THE TEXAS WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2010 |
