Marker Details

White Cemetery

11011 Crosby-Lynchburg Road

Highlands , 77562

Notes:

now White Cemetery, Inc. & Memorial Gardens

Directions: 4 1/2 miles north of I-10 on Crosby-Lynchburg/FM2100; cemetery on west side of road; marker is on esplanade at entrance to cemetery; two miles south of Hwy 90 East, exit FM2100/Crosby

Key Time Period: To 1835 Indian/Mexican Territory

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text:

Reuben White (1795-1848), one of Stephen F. Austin's original "Old 300" colonists, acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1824. White was part of a large extended family which settled this area, later known as White Settlement. Although White's is the earliest recorded burial here, older grave sites are believed to exist. Formally set aside as the White Family Cemetery in 1850, this eventually became a community graveyard. Interred here are many area pioneers and their descendants, and veterans of conflicts from the Texas Revolution to the Vietnam War. (1994)

Marker Type: Marker with Post

Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 459 D

GPS Coordinates: 29 51.321, 95 03.544

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 10804