Parker Cemetery (1989)

Willis Parker arrived in this area from North Carolina in the 1850s. Many of his relatives later joined him in Texas. Upon Willis Parker's death about 1857, his parents Ralph R. and Sarah C. Hodge Parker set aside land on their farm for a cemetery. Although Willis Parker's grave is believed to be the oldest here, his father's grave bears the earliest tombstone (1861). Of the more than four hundred marked and unmarked graves, most are interments of the Parker and related families, including Civil War, World War I and World War II veterans.

Parker Cemetery is a historical marker in Grapeland, Houston County, dedicated in 1989. It is one of 183 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 349 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5212, -95.5196 near Grapeland. The nearest cataloged historic site is Parker (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Chaffin Cemetery, Chaffin Cemetery, and Herod Family.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225007047. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.