San Augustine City Cemetery

San Augustine City Cemetery began as the private burial ground of the J. C. Anderson family, whose home stood on a nearby lot. The oldest of its 500 to 700 graves date from the 1830s. Among the prominent citizens buried there are Col. Stephen William Blount (1808-1890), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence; Dr. George L. Crocket (1861-1936), an Episcopal clergyman and historian; and B. F. Benton (1827-1862), a Confederate captain killed in the Civil War. The city bought the cemetery in 1911, and it has been maintained by an association formed in 1921.

San Augustine, Texas · United States