Cemetery

Ashby

Matagorda County · THC Atlas #7321002405

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About this site

Ashby 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 28.8345, -96.1340. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ashby-Wilson Creek Community (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Grimes Cemetery, Lacy, and Hawley Cemetery, Old.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7321002405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Ashby Cemetery originated with a two-acre tract donated by Civil War veteran W. W. Moore for a Methodist church and burial ground in the Ashby community of Matagorda County, which Moore named for his commanding officer in the Eighth Texas Cavalry. The Ashby Methodist church once counted as many as 100 members before it was destroyed by fire in 1902, and the cemetery remains from the early community.

Sources: tshaonline.org usgenwebsites.org

📍 28.8345, -96.1340 · Matagorda County

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