Brown-Beard Cemetery

Begun in the Big Creek settlement area as the Pentecost Graveyard. This cemetery dates to at least 1841 with the burial of George s. Pentecost, an "Old 300" colonist. Also buried here are six of his children and their spouses, including son-in-law Samuel Pharr, an "Old 300" colonist on whose 1831 land grant the cemetery is located. Texas Revolution veterans George W. Pentecost and Andrew J. Beard, another son-in-law, and several Confederate veterans are buried here. Descendants of Beard married into the A. J. Brown family, thus giving the cemetery its present name.

Brown-Beard Cemetery is a historical marker in Richmond, Fort Bend County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Fort Bend County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 237 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.4033, -95.6399 near Richmond. The nearest cataloged historic site is Beard, Andrew Jackson (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Stage Line, Duty Grave, and Wheat Family.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5157008980. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.