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Begun as family burial ground when John Sweeny, early landowner, member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, chose this site for burial of his young daughter, Freedonia, 1833. In use ever since by the neighborhood. Has graves of veterans of all wars since Texas Revolution. 1966
Sweeny Cemetery is a historical marker in Sweeny, Brazoria County, dedicated in 1966. 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 29.0479, -95.7139 near Sweeny. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thomas Jefferson Sweeny (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sweeny, McGrew Cemetery, and Black Family.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5039009598. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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