Walnut Creek Cemetery

The Walnut Creek community was established in the 1850s with the arrival of several farming families. J. Grant Taylor came as a child to this area with his parents. Tradition says the Walnut Creek Cemetery began before 1869 with the death of a two-year-old girl. She was the daughter of a horse trader who lived nearby. Taylor gave permission for the child's burial on his 30-acre tract of land. The unmarked grave is at this site under a cedar tree. The first marked grave is located under the same cedar tree and is that of Sarah Lane Johnson (1866-1869), daughter of P. and S. H. Johnson. About 1871 Taylor donated two acres for a burial ground, Union meetinghouse, and school building. Since area students attended Stump Toe School (3 mi. N), a structure was not built here until 1888. Baptist, Church of Christ, and Methodist congregations held services here, constructing brush arbors on the grounds in the summers. Classes were held in the school building until World War II when Walnut Creek consolidated with Bremond schools. Afterward, the schoolhouse was used for annual memorial services. This cemetery is all that remains to mark the Walnut Creek community.

Walnut Creek Cemetery is a historical marker in Bremond, Robertson County, dedicated in 1979. 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 31.1835, -96.6080 near Bremond. The nearest cataloged historic site is Heards Prairie Cemetery (historical marker), about 3.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Heards Prairie Cemetery, Cloverleaf Rest, and Harper.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5395010955. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.