Brazos county texas cemetery book

Brazos county, texas, cemetery inscriptions smith, w. The american history and genealogy project brazos county cemetery list source. Cemeteries of brazos county, texas genealogy trails. 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. Austins authorized 300 american settlers arrived at the mouth of the brazos river in 1821. Anglotexas began in brazoria county when the first of stephen f. It is believed that he was married about 1847, wifes name jane maria. Historical festivals, preservation, research and hidden history tours.

District court record book, 18531867 viewing restrictions apply source. The former town site is now inside a wellmaintained cemetery next to a subdivison called austins colony just east of bryan on highway 6. 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. Account of the removal of the remains of stephen f. Cemetery records of persons buried in college station cemetery, college station, texas, compiled by brazos county genealogical volunteers, surnames ae. June 2, 1885 in bosque county, buried in lebonan cemetery in hill county just across the brazos river from bosque county. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Bryan city cemetery, brazos county texas mary colliecooper on. Texas center for regional studies celebrating local and regional heritage tourism.

Research has not revealed when the yellow fever cemetery was founded. Bryan city cemetery, brazos county texas book, 1987. It was founded by charles walker smith and tom willingham when they built a store, cotton gin, and mill beside the brazos river. 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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in brazos county. 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. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Bethel cemetery cultural feature cemetery in brazos county. Brazos point, tx the handbook of texas online texas.

Vila formosa cemetery, the largest in latin america, has had. Brazos county commissioners minutes book a, page 163. Many african american settlers in rural nw louisiana traveled west for economic and employment gains. Brazos county cemeteries texas cemetery lists, maps, and. 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. He came to texas in 1852, first to wolf city, hunt county with three brothers. Below are the communities that are within 50 miles 80. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. 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. Cemeteries in brazos county, texas, a find a grave. Resource organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the natural cemetery history of the great state of texas. The 40,000acre brazos reserve, just below presentday graham, was home to. Many of the events leading to the texas revolution developed in brazoria county. Many of these individuals made this area their final resting spot so we identified a few cemeteries.

Jane maria goen died december 12, 1876, and was buried in old bethel cemetery, brazos county, according to brazos county, texas cemetery inscriptions. A listing of all the cemeteries in brazos county, tx with maps, driving directions, and a local area search function. No claim is made to the s of individual submitters. The county remains under a shelterinplace order through april 30. Texas newspapers, full search 181993, 408 titles texas obituary search 1984current texas funeral notices. I have tried to include in the notes column which book the cemetery is located. On february 6, 1854, the state of texas allocated two parcels of land for two indian reservations in young and throckmorton counties. The county clerks office has been in existence in texas since 1836 as set out in section 20, article 5 of the texas constitution. Find a grave brazos county cemetery registration source. Brazos county, texas txgenweb brazos county texas genealogy. The following cemetery transcriptions and photos can be found at brazos county texas usgenweb archives.

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. Our goal is to provide free access to genealogical resources which will aid you in your family research. The county seat for brazos county is located in bryan. Brazos point is on farm road 56 eleven miles northeast of walnut springs and fifty miles northwest of waco in northeastern bosque county. 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. Boonville, was the first county seat of brazos county. Brazos county, texas, cemetery inscriptions book, 1967.

If the cemetery has been enumerated in the twovolume bosque county cemetery records, the volume and page number is provided. Brazos county texas genealogy and history presented by. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. 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. We are using the following gps coordinates latitude and longitude for the henry cemetery. Head is listed as judge in ericsons book, judges of the republic of texas. The brazos genealogical association supports genealogical research in the brazos county texas area.

Order the eagles latest book on the history of brazos county. We will return to our regular hours on wednesday, december 18, 2019. Welcome to an engaged community brazos county, texas. In keeping pace with the growth of bryan, additional acreage has been purchased from time to time. Welcome to an engaged community theres a better way to personalize your website experience. Texas center for regional studies texas center for. Sam houston signed this and the county became brazos, after a year as navasota county.

Notice the brazos county clerks office will be closing at 4. Plot cemetery using map plot memorial using map plot location using map. Index of survey record book texas land grant data base newspaper extractions. Cemetery records published here were acquired from brazos county, tx cemeteries, churches, municipalities, associations and genealogists specifically for family history and local history research. 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. Smiths oldest son, burton was sent ahead to texas but died before the rest of the family arrived. Several cemeteries were relocated when the brazos river was dammed up to form lake whitney. Here you will find actual transcribed records, links to transcribed records, and references to where you can find the. Vital records births death certificates death notices.

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. Bethel cemetery is a cultural feature cemetery in brazos county. The earliest marked grave in the cemetery is that of sixteenyearold r. 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. Jane maria goen was born september 20, 1828, probably in alabama. Hubert, in what was then the northern outskirts of the city of bryan. 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.

All cemetery surveys, gravestone inscriptions, tombstone photos and other files. Smith bend, tx the handbook of texas online texas state. Austin from peach point cemetery in brazoria county, texas to state cemetery, austin, texas, october 18 to 20, 1910, book, 1911. Brazos county history, genealogy, chtxb639 bibliography of brazos county. Brazos countys first case of covid19 was reported march 17. In 1987, the bosque county historical commission published two volumes entitled bosque county cemetery records. Burial locations are often listed in death records and obituaries. Brazos county sees spike in covid19 cases over the.