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Main Name: DeWalt Family Cemetery | FB-C015

Alternate Names:

• DeWalt Cemetery 
• DeWalt Plantation Cemetery 
• T.W. DeWalt Cemetery 

Access: Cemetery access is via PRIVATE property. Permission from the land owner MUST be obtained prior to visiting the cemetery.

Location: Near Parkview, DeWalt

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 33.091 N, 95 31.722 W

Map Coordinates: 29.551514, -95.528704

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active and it has a Historical Marker. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and has no primary ethnicity. The size of the cemetery is 5.9 acres. The number of known burials is 5 and the date of the earliest burial is 08/13/1869.

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Photo Taken Date: unknown

Main Name: Deaf Smith Grave | FB-C152

Alternate Names:

• None

Access: There is public access to the cemetery..

Location: Houston Street, Richmond

NAD83 Coordinates: Latitude: 29 34.805 N, Longitude: 95 45.743 W

Map Coordinates: 29.5800,-95.76238

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive and it has a Historical Marker. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is unknown. The number of known burials is 1 and the date of the earliest burial is 11/30/1837.

Main Name: Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery | FB-C029

Alternate Names:

• Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery
• East Gethsemane Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: 3900 B.F. Terry Blvd, Rosenberg

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 32.177 N, 95 46.713 W

Map Coordinates: 29.536283, -95.778550

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active.  The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is mixed.  The size of the cemetery is unknown.  The number of known burials is 12030 and the date of the earliest burial is 03/11/1902.

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Photo Taken Date: 2009

Main Name: Pickens Cemetery | FB-C070

Alternate Names:

• Davis Memorial Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Sharpsburg Dr., Crabb

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 32.583 N, 95 41.040 W

Map Coordinates: 29.543050, -95.684000

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is 1.0 acre. The number of known burials is 21 and the date of the earliest burial is 1852.

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Main Name: Thomas Cemetery, Faithe | FB-C076

Alternate Names:

• Baptist Hill Cemetery
• Brown Cemetery
• Dave Fields Cemetery
• Fate Thomas Cemetery
• Fayette Thomas Cemetery
• Fields Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Collins Rd, Richmond

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 35.235 N, 95 46.325 W

Map Coordinates: 29.587250, -95.772083

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Photo Taken Date: 2009

Main Name: Brown - Beard Cemetery | FB-C068

Alternate Names:

• Big Creek Cemetery
• Cummings Road Cemetery
• Pentecost Graveyard

Access: Cemetery access is via PRIVATE property. Permission from the land owner MUST be obtained prior to visiting the cemetery.

Location: Cummings Road, Damon

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 24.204 N, 95 38.396 W

Map Coordinates: 29.403400, -95.639933

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active and it has a Historical Marker. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is 1.32 acres. The number of known burials is 62 and the date of the earliest burial is 09/17/1941.

History: Brown - Beard Cemetery | FB-C068 [PDF]

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Photo Taken Date: 1994

Main Name: Jones Cemetery, Willie | FB-C132

Alternate Names:

• Richmond-Foster Road Cemetery
• Croom Cemetery

Access: There is public access to the cemetery.

Location: Near Foolish Pleasure Court, Richmond

NAD83 Coordinates: Latitude: 29 36.716 N, Longitude: 95 46.150 W

Map Coordinates: 29.61193,-95.76917

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive. The cemetery is affiliated with a religious organization and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American. The size of the cemetery is 2.9 acres. The number of burials is 64 and the date of the earliest burial is 17 June, 1903.

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Main Name: Craven – Ellis Cemetery | FB-C058

Alternate Names:

• Stafford City Cemetery
• Stafford Colored Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Stafford Road, Stafford

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 37.493 N, 95 33.110 W

Map Coordinates: 29.624883, -95.551833

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active.  The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and has no primary ethnicity.  The size of the cemetery is 3.57 acres.  The number of known burials is 176 and the date of the earliest burial is 1901.

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Main Name: Dickson-Murfey Cemetery | FB-C069

Alternate Names:

• Crabb River Road Cemetery
• Dickson Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Crabb River Road, Crabb

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 33.470 N, 95 41.341 W

Map Coordinates: 29.557833, -95.689017

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American. The size of the cemetery is 1.0 acre. The number of known burials is 34 the date of the earliest burial is November 1914.

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Main Name: Cottonwood Church Cemetery | FB-C026

Alternate Names:

• Cottonwood Cemetery
• St. John’s United Church of Christ

Access: There is public access to the cemetery.

Location: Madden Road, Clodine

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 39.390 N, 95 42.409 W

Map Coordinates: 29.656500, -95.706817

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active.  The cemetery is affiliated with a religious organization and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American.  The size of the cemetery is 1.91 acres.  The number of known burials is 183 and the date of the earliest burial is 06/10/1914.

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