It was founded by charles walker smith and tom willingham when they built a store, cotton gin, and mill beside the brazos river. Bethel cemetery cultural feature cemetery in brazos county. Resource organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the natural cemetery history of the great state of texas. In 1987, the bosque county historical commission published two volumes entitled bosque county cemetery records.
Plot cemetery using map plot memorial using map plot location using map. Bryan city cemetery, brazos county texas mary colliecooper on. Head is listed as judge in ericsons book, judges of the republic of texas. Jane maria goen was born september 20, 1828, probably in alabama. We will return to our regular hours on wednesday, december 18, 2019. Here you will find actual transcribed records, links to transcribed records, and references to where you can find the.
Many african american settlers in rural nw louisiana traveled west for economic and employment gains. Historical festivals, preservation, research and hidden history tours. I have tried to include in the notes column which book the cemetery is located. Smiths oldest son, burton was sent ahead to texas but died before the rest of the family arrived. Cemeteries of brazos county, texas genealogy trails. The county clerks office has been in existence in texas since 1836 as set out in section 20, article 5 of the texas constitution. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. June 2, 1885 in bosque county, buried in lebonan cemetery in hill county just across the brazos river from bosque county. Bethel cemetery is a cultural feature cemetery in brazos county. List of cemeteries includes some links to transcriptions and lookup volunteers all four volumes of the parker county cemetery books are now available from parker county genealogy society.
Notice the brazos county clerks office will be closing at 4. Burial locations are often listed in death records and obituaries. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. The following cemetery transcriptions and photos can be found at brazos county texas usgenweb archives. Brazos county texas genealogy and history presented by. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Cemetery records published here were acquired from brazos county, tx cemeteries, churches, municipalities, associations and genealogists specifically for family history and local history research. Boonville, was the first county seat of brazos county. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. No claim is made to the s of individual submitters. Our goal is to provide free access to genealogical resources which will aid you in your family research. Anglotexas began in brazoria county when the first of stephen f. In keeping pace with the growth of bryan, additional acreage has been purchased from time to time.
Head was the representative to the texas congress who presented the petition to change the name of the county from navasota to brazos in 1841. Hubert, in what was then the northern outskirts of the city of bryan. The 40,000acre brazos reserve, just below presentday graham, was home to. Texas center for regional studies texas center for. If the cemetery has been enumerated in the twovolume bosque county cemetery records, the volume and page number is provided.
The county seat for brazos county is located in bryan. Below you will find a collection of offline providers for texas state county of brazos death records, these are both governmental agencies and privately run organizations. Statewide collections are found on the texas cemetery records page. He came to texas in 1852, first to wolf city, hunt county with three brothers. If you would like to transcribe data for this project, or you have already done cemetery surveys and would like to share that work with the world, please let us hear from you. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Welcome to an engaged community theres a better way to personalize your website experience. Index of survey record book texas land grant data base newspaper extractions. Welcome to an engaged community brazos county, texas. Jane maria goen died december 12, 1876, and was buried in old bethel cemetery, brazos county, according to brazos county, texas cemetery inscriptions. Find a grave brazos county cemetery registration source.
Many of the events leading to the texas revolution developed in brazoria county. Sam houston signed this and the county became brazos, after a year as navasota county. Nestled among oak trees, brazos bottom baptist church cemetery known as old tunis cemetery and white cemetery is situated in the tunis community 1 off of county road no. Brazos countys first case of covid19 was reported march 17. Brazos county commissioners minutes book a, page 163. Several cemeteries were relocated when the brazos river was dammed up to form lake whitney. Below are the communities that are within 50 miles 80. Texas center for regional studies celebrating local and regional heritage tourism. Smith bend, tx the handbook of texas online texas state. All cemetery surveys, gravestone inscriptions, tombstone photos and other files. Bryan city cemetery, brazos county texas book, 1987. Brazos point, tx the handbook of texas online texas.
A listing of all the cemeteries in brazos county, tx with maps, driving directions, and a local area search function. Brazos point is on farm road 56 eleven miles northeast of walnut springs and fifty miles northwest of waco in northeastern bosque county. Cemetery records of persons buried in college station cemetery, college station, texas, compiled by brazos county genealogical volunteers, surnames ae. With myconnection, the profile you create allows you to set up a unique starting point for the tasks and transactions that you want to complete in your time on this website. Vila formosa cemetery, the largest in latin america, has had. Settlements of the area of texas around the gulf coast and on the brazos and colorado rivers began when moses austin, a native of connecticut who had lived much of his life in missouri, had the idea of colonizing texas. Were compiling cemetery listings, inventories, transcriptions, headstone photos, grave readings, maps, location and other information for each of the cemeteries in brazos county and were looking for more information to add to these pages. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in brazos county.
The earliest marked grave in the cemetery is that of sixteenyearold r. The brazos genealogical association supports genealogical research in the brazos county texas area. The primary coordinates for bethel cemetery places it within the tx 77845 zip code delivery area in the maps and aerial photos section below, youll find links to. Austins authorized 300 american settlers arrived at the mouth of the brazos river in 1821. Research has not revealed when the yellow fever cemetery was founded. Brazos county residents voted 190 to 42 to move the county seat from boonville to bryan. Account of the removal of the remains of stephen f. Abbotts state orders, which include minimizing inperson contact with people not in your household, except when participating in essential services, and following cdc guidelines for handwashing, wearing masks in public and social distancing.
Brazos county, texas txgenweb brazos county texas genealogy. Brazos county, texas, cemetery inscriptions smith, w. Texas newspapers, full search 181993, 408 titles texas obituary search 1984current texas funeral notices. We are using the following gps coordinates latitude and longitude for the henry cemetery. Brazos county sees spike in covid19 cases over the. District court record book, 18531867 viewing restrictions apply source. Smith bend, inside a bend of the brazos river a few miles below lake whitney in southeastern bosque county, was settled in 1856 by john jackson smith, a wealthy landowner from scott county, mississippi. Vital records births death certificates death notices.
Cemeteries in brazos county, texas, a find a grave. Many of these individuals made this area their final resting spot so we identified a few cemeteries. Brazos county texas genealogy, free genealogy, ancestry. Brazos county history, genealogy, chtxb639 bibliography of brazos county. Austin from peach point cemetery in brazoria county, texas to state cemetery, austin, texas, october 18 to 20, 1910, book, 1911. The american history and genealogy project brazos county cemetery list source. Brazos county cemeteries texas cemetery lists, maps, and. It is believed that he was married about 1847, wifes name jane maria. Brazoria county, like brazos county, takes its name from the brazos river, which flows through it.
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