Marker Inscription
This small family cemetery was begun in 1853 upon the death of Missouri V. Cobbs, infant daughter of county judge John Allen Cobbs and his wife Eleanor. The graveyard contains one section with twenty-one graves of the Cobbs and related families, and another section with several unmarked graves of former slaves. Also interred here are two veterans of the Texas War for Independence, William Collett Walker (1818-1896), husband of the Cobbs' daughter, Rebecca; and his father, James F. Walker, Jr. (1793-1873), who served at the Battle of San Jacinto. (1988)
About this site
Cobbs-Walker Cemetery is a historical marker in Waco, McLennan County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 198 historical markers documented in McLennan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 224 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.5541, -97.1833 near Waco. The nearest cataloged historic site is Waco Lodge No. 92, A.F.& A.M. (historical marker), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium, Congregation Rodef Sholom, and Walker Homestead, Old.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5309000926. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
