Myers Cemetery

Samuel Houston Myers (1810-1874) and his wife Martha "Patsy" Wallace Myers came to Texas with their six children in 1851. Patsy Myers died in 1853; Sam Houston married Cynthia Ann Bales in 1854; she bore 5 children and died in 1865. Sam married Mary Hunter in 1866. The first recorded burial in this cemetery on the family farm occurred in 1873 with the death of a granddaughter, Mary Myers. Other early graves include those of Sam Houston Myers, a traveler named John A. Mullen who drowned in Quil Miller Creek in 1875, and an ex-slave known as "Aunt Rachel," twenty-one-year-old Sam Houston Myers, Jr. was hanged in 1880 for the murder of his stepmother Mary. His brother-in-law, James Bowden, later confessed to the crime. (1999)

Myers Cemetery is a historical marker in Alvarado, Johnson County, dedicated in 1998. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Johnson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 139 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.4479, -97.2357 near Alvarado. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ezell-McLeroy Cotton Gin (historical marker), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cahill Methodist Church, Cahill Cemetery Church Cemetery, and Cahill Family Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5251011966. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.