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JENKINS SPRINGS CEMETERY RICHARDSON JENKINS, ONE OF THE FIRST PIONEERS TO SETTLE IN BROWN COUNTY, PURCHASED A FARM JUST SEVEN MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD. THE LOCAL SPRING WAS SOON NAMED AFTER HIM AND PROVIDED WATER FOR HIS FAMILY AND, LATER, FOR THE SCHOOL AND CHURCH. THE EARLIEST KNOWN GRAVES IN BROWN COUNTY ARE FOUND ON THE JENKINS FARM BELONGING TO FOUR ARMY SURVEYORS WHO WERE AMBUSHED NEAR THE FARM, KILLED, AND BURIED ON JENKINS’ PROPERTY. THE FIRST MARKED GRAVE IS THAT OF RICHARDSON JENKINS HIMSELF WHO PASSED IN 1867. AMONG THOSE BURIED HERE ARE VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, WWI, WWII, KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR. THE JENKINS SPRINGS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, FORMED IN 1964, MAINTAINS THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011 |
