Augusta Cemetery (1990)

The final resting place of many Houston County pioneers, this cemetery has been in continuous use since the 1850s. It is located on four acres of land donated by Lucinda C. Sheridan Murchison (1808-1862), widow of early property owner John Sheridan. The earliest documented grave dates to 1854. Among those interred here are a number of children, including one unidentified young girl who died while traveling through the area with a wagon train; victims of the 1918 influenza epidemic; and veterans of the Civil War, World War I and World War II. A cemetery association began in 1950. (1990)

Augusta Cemetery is a historical marker in Grapeland, Houston County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5349, -95.3333 near Grapeland. The nearest cataloged historic site is John and Lucinda Nugent Sheridan (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Darius H. Edens, Augusta Cemetery, and The Edens-Madden Massacre.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225009801. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.