Morgan's Point Cemetery

One of the oldest cemeteries in continuous use in Harris County, this cemetery was founded by Colonel James Morgan, a Texas revolutionary soldier, on land he bought in 1834 as part of a family estate called "The Orange Grove." The earliest marked grave is that of his niece, Sarah P. Morgan Patrick, who died of smallpox on July 13, 1838. His wife, Celia Gordon Morgan, was buried there in October 1840 after dying of tuberculosis, and Colonel Morgan was buried there in March 1866. The Morgan family plot was once lined with handmade bricks and marked by a large tombstone bearing family members' names, but the stone disappeared, was later found by fishermen submerged in the bay, and after being replaced was stolen again and never recovered. Although the cemetery originally covered a much larger area and is now surrounded by an industrial complex, care for it was provided by the Morgan's Point Cemetery Association, formed in 1922, until the city of Morgan's Point assumed maintenance in 1965; a fence was built in 1968, and ordinances concerning its care were passed in recent years.

Morgan's Point, Texas · United States