In Richmond go north on 2nd Street, left on Clay Road, and immediately right. Continue on private diirt road past Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Cemetery NE of Mt. Carmel Cemetery and Fire Field .3 miles east of gravel road on Brazos River. Site is overgrown with yupons and brush. It is impossible to locate without a guide. Had to locate with GPS coordinates taken by Robert Crosser of FBCHS and still had difficulty locating because stone had fallen and was covered with dirt. Wild hogs have broken the stone but the inscriptions are still legible. This site was kept by the previous land owner until his death in the mid-1980s.This is the grave of William M. Jenkins, d. 1857. The marker was erected by F.N. Slack & J.W. Frost (land owner in 1800s). This is believed to be the grave of a man passing through the area who was buried where he died in 1857. No other information is known about this site.
William M. Jenkins grave
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William M. Jenkins grave is a cemetery in Richmond, Fort Bend County. It is one of 136 cemeteries documented in Fort Bend County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 237 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.5969, -95.7590 near Richmond. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bland (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mt Carmel Baptist Church, Morton-McCloy House, and Morton Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7157006603. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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