Locklin Cemetery

Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. His burial in 1844 is the first recorded in this cemetery. Fokes later set aside this site for cemetery purposes. The cemetery is believed to be named for the extended family of early area settler William Lawson Locklin. It presently contains about 400 burials including many of this area's frontier settlers and their descendants and veterans of the Texas revolution and Republic of Texas Army. It continues to serve the area. (1994)

Locklin Cemetery is a historical marker in San Gabriel, Milam County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Milam County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 151 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.6791, -97.1923 near San Gabriel. The nearest cataloged historic site is San Gabriel Christian Church (historical marker), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include San Gabriel Mexcian, St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery, and Detmold.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5331007982. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.