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Grounds Family Cemetery (THC) 10.2 miles E from Crockett on SH 21, then .8 miles N on dirt road, then .2 miles E to cemetery(1977) about 12 miles E of Crockett on Hwy 21, then left on a dirt road, aoubt .5 mile turn right and graveyard in on the right side of the road.(1987) Go about 12 mi E of Crockett on Hwy 21 and turn L on a dirt road. Go about 1-2 mi and make a R turn. Cemetery is on the R side of the road.(1998) located 10.2 mi E of Crockett on SH 21, then .8 mi N on dirt road, then .2 mi E to cemetery(USGenWeb) NW of Crockett up Hwy 21, L on CR 1545 and R on CR 1655.(cemeteries-of-tx.com) photos. THC marker; A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Kim Parsons, 1988; Houston County Cemeteries, Houston county Historical Commission, 1977; USGS; Houston County Cemeteries, Third Edition, Houston County Historical Commission, 1987; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; USGenWeb Archives; cemeteries-of-tx.com; Topo mapTSHA Handbook of Texas Online: context of Grounds Cem: GERMANY, TEXAS. The community name of Germany apparently originated from freedmen's references to a German family named Grounds (also spelled Grunt, Gront, Grount, Grundt, or Groundt), who had settled in the area between 1829 and 1833. Germany is a farming community off State Highway 21, which runs along the route of the Old San Antonio Road,qv ten miles northeast of Crockett in east central Houston County. Around 1828 Jacob Masters, Sr., one of the earliest settlers in the vicinity, brought his family and slaves to this area by way of North Carolina, Kentucky, and Alabama. On October 30, 1834, Masters and his son, Jacob, Jr., petitioned for land under the Mexican colonization laws through empresario qv David G. Burnet,qv and on February 14, 1835, each received a league of land from the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas.qv On December 30, 1841, Masters's son-in-law, Joseph Rice, obtained land in the county and built his home near the Old San Antonio Road. Joseph and Willie (Masters) Rice's home became known as the Rice Stagecoach Inn. … BIBLIOGRAPHY: Houston County Cemeteries (Crockett, Texas: Houston County Historical Commission, 1977; 3d ed. 1987). Houston County Historical Commission, History of Houston County, Texas, 1687-1979 (Tulsa, Oklahoma: Heritage, 1979). Thomas Clarence Richardson, East Texas: Its History and Its Makers (4 vols., New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1940). Willie Lee Gay”THC site visit MB 12-08-04: Germany, Tx and Crockett, Tx area. THC marker. Off SH 21, N from intersection with FM 3187 about 6.4 miles, to CR 1545, NW 0.7 miles to CR 1655, then 0.2 miles to sharp curve in road. Adjacent to woodlands, pastures, road, rural residences. Fenced formal site with diversity of formal markers over time, including obelisks, slabs, curbing, also fieldstones. Marker shrubs and trees, Cedar, Gardenia. San Augustine grass. Abundant floral grave materials. US veterans. Approx 0.80 acre. GPS 31.25.49.50746N –95.20.55.10283W USGS 3195-134 Low risk, fenced, maintained, still in use, on map, on raod. |
