Cemetery

Williams

Matagorda County · THC Atlas #7321000905

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About this site

Williams is a cemetery in Matagorda County, Texas. It is one of 17 cemeteries documented in Matagorda County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 114 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.9432, -95.7979. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Pleasant Green, King Van Estate Cemetery, and First Berean Missionary Baptist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7321000905. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Williams Cemetery is a historically African American family burial ground near Van Vleck in Matagorda County, one of several Black cemeteries clustered in the Caney Creek area east of Bay City. It is recorded in Matagorda County cemetery surveys as the Williams family cemetery.

Sources: cemeteries-of-tx.com americancemeteries.org

📍 28.9432, -95.7979 · Matagorda County

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