Briar Creek Cemetery
Historical Marker Text
Settlers began arriving in this area in
increased numbers after the Civil War with the opening of rail lines and
the cessation of Indian conflicts. Many of the pioneers are interred
here. The first burials, in the late 1870s, were for Kentucky native G.W.
Simmons and for an infant of W.B. and Sarah Jane (Herndon) Dooley. Land
for the cemetery was later deeded by Simmons' sister Margaret and her
husband, G.W. Burnett. The early Briar Creek School was located on
adjacent land by the 1880s, but only the cemetery remains as a reminder
of the area's earliest settlers.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
location: From Bowie take SH 59 southwest to
FM 2583. Head south on FM 2583 about .6 mile to cemetery.
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