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Pioneer cemetery. Originally part of Peach Point Plantation. Used by descendants of James Franklin Perry and wife, Emily Austin Bryan Perry, Stephen F. Austin's sister, and by the community since 1829. In 1836, Austin, the "Father of Texas," was buried here. His remains were reinterred in the state cemetery in the city of Austin in 1910. (1967)
Gulf Prairie Cemetery is a historical marker in Jones Creek, Brazoria County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Brazoria County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 223 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.9762, -95.4729 near Jones Creek. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gulf Prairie Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gulf Prairie Cemetery, William Joel Bryan, and Major James Peckham Caldwell.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5039009565. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Gulf Prairie Cemetery” names 3 distinct records in Brazoria County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1967 in Jones Creek. The others:
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