Friends Church Cemetery

In 1895, six families left the disbanded Quaker settlement of Estacado in the Lubbock area and moved to Galveston County. Here, they established the community of Friendswood, named in honor of their faith and association with the Society of Friends, more commonly known as the Quakers. By November 1895, the settlers needed a burial ground when a falling tree killed young Newton Knode while he cut firewood with his father-in-law. His grave is the earliest marked burial at what became Friends Church Cemetery, adjacent to the Friends church and school building on property owned by community founders T.H. Lewis and F.J. Brown. A church appointed committee has cared for the cemetery throughout its history, arranging for maintenance and establishing criteria for burial. The cemetery was open to all community residents for several decades, but when the town's population boomed in the late 20th century, new restrictions then required church membership or early town residency to qualify for burial. The cemetery today is a link to the early community and its religious founding. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006

Friends Church Cemetery is a historical marker in Friendswood, Galveston County, dedicated in 2006. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.5269, -95.1992 near Friendswood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Friendswood (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brown, Cecil and Frances, Fig Industry in Friendswood, and Magnolia Creek Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013583. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.