Thompson Cemetery

A native of North Carolina, Benjamin Rush Thompson (1811-1880) migrated to Milam County in the Republic of Texas in 1841. Thompson was a Mason and according to the census of 1850, a Methodist clergyman. He moved his family to Robertson County after 1855. Thompson set aside this portion of his land as a family burial ground in 1873, after the death of his son William M. (b. 1852). Only five of the thirteen graves are marked with inscribed stones. Thompson and his wife Margaret (1819-1880) are both buried here.

Thompson Cemetery is a historical marker in Bald Prairie, Robertson County, dedicated in 1985. 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 31.2525, -96.3977 near Bald Prairie. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bald Prairie Cemetery (historical marker), about 2.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bald Prairie Church of Christ, Bald Prairie, and Bumpurs.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5395010953. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.