Marker Inscription
One of earliest cemeteries in Texas. Founded soon after town was settled, about 1829, as part of Stephen F. Austin's colony. Marked graves numbered 650 in 1969, but interments exceed 1,000. Inscriptions on stones chronicle frontier hardships. Those buried include victims of 1862 yellow fever epidemic; soldiers of Texas Revolution War of 1812, and the Civil War; also Karankawa Indian victims. Several patriots of early Texas are buried here as well. Among them is Samuel Rhoads Fisher, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. (1970)
About this site
Matagorda Cemetery is a historical marker in Matagorda, Matagorda County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Matagorda County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 114 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.7011, -95.9557 near Matagorda. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1862 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Burials in Matagorda Cemetery, Benjamin Wightman, Esther Randall Wightman, The Matagorda Incident, and Matagorda Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5321003250. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
