Tyer

Driving Directions:From SH 19/US 287 in Grapeland, go 3.0 miles east on FM 227. Turn right at Tyer cemetery sign and go approx. 405 ft. south on private driveway to gate. The cemetery is approx. 280 ft. southwest of gate on hilltop. There is a cemetery sign posted on FM 227. The cemetery is a map feature (Note: on USGS topographic maps the cemetery is called Owens). It is fully fenced and maintained, and a cemetery sign is posted on FM 227. Cemetery features include homemade concrete markers and formal marble markers. The cemetery also has a very large cedar tree. Note: the Tyer Cemetery access road also leads to the John Denson Cemetery, which is approx. 0.9 mile south of FM 227, on the south bank of Bennett Creek.

Tyer is a cemetery in Grapeland, Houston County. It is one of 174 cemeteries documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.3209, -95.4600 near Grapeland. The nearest cataloged historic site is Judge Elijah Gossett (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Colonel David Alexander Nunn, Armisted Thompson Mason Monroe, and Major Isaac Watts Burton.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7225003003. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.