Dunn Cemetery

Started in pioneer era on land of James and Isabella Caufield Dunn, who with 8 other families came from Ireland to America in 1821, living first in Charleston, S. C., then in Boligee, Ala. In Dec. 1833 they began trek to colony of Sterling C. Robertson by ox-wagons and carryalls. With the Dunns were families of Henry Caufield, Letitia Ellis and her daughter Elizabeth Watson, Henry and William Fullerton, Hugh and William Henry, the widow McMillan, and the Youngs. Burial of infant of James and Isabella Dunn (1836) opened this cemetery, used ever since by heirs of the pioneers.

Dunn Cemetery is a historical marker in Wheelock vicinity, Robertson County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Robertson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 103 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.8663, -96.4279 near Wheelock vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (historical marker), about 1.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Old Cavitt House, Wheelock, and Arnett.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5395010916. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.