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Can I ask a favor from one of y'all? Since there are several posters on this thread that know how to track down the history of a cemetery, could you check on the one at 161 Wellborn Rd, College Station, TX 77840? Thanks.

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dammit son...

tu ag said:

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Can I ask a favor from one of y'all? Since there are several posters on this thread that know how to track down the history of a cemetery, could you check on the one at 161 Wellborn Rd, College Station, TX 77840? Thanks.

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Sadly you won't get a boost in your star count. This is is the OB. You basically have to catch a great white off the jetty in Galveston to get over 100.

Which cemetery did the sip coach go to make his deal with the devil?

tu ag said:

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Can I ask a favor from one of y'all? Since there are several posters on this thread that know how to track down the history of a cemetery, could you check on the one at 161 Wellborn Rd, College Station, TX 77840? Thanks.

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It's an old Indian graveyard. Any team that calls it home is cursed with bad luck forever

Champion of Fireball said:

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Sadly you won't get a boost in your star count. This is is the OB. You basically have to catch a great white off the jetty in Galveston to get over 100.

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Could also nail a white whale in Galveston and follow rule 1....

I don't hunt stars. But, that doesn't mean I wasn't a bit proud of that one.

In Wilson County at the intersection of FM 537 and FM 427 there appears to be a grave in the ROW. I always wondered about that.

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Which cemetery did the sip coach go to make his deal with the devil?

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That was the Snook Cemetery

You know, a place that errbody goes to just have a conversation with an old friend. That's normal, right?

Resurrecting An old thread. Did some clearing on it this morning.

A few of them were a punch in the gut like "INFANT" and another grave with two toddlers.

Double post

That's not all correct. If the cemetery was a private cemetery and not registered with the county, only people who have direct family ties have the right to ask permission to access it. The landowner has the right to have them make a request, then he can set up a time and the landowner can accompany them to the cemetery. He has to let them access it, but he can set the time and date as to when.
The issue that has arose is in regards to liability if someone gets hurt in the cemetery. …so a lot of liability exposure by the landowners.
If folks trespass to get to the cemetery without asking permission they can have trespass charges brought.
There is great deal of theft of people sneaking into cemeteries to steal old headstones and even dig up bodies for artifacts, jewelry, gold teeth etc.
So as said above, if the landowner paid for the land when he bought the surrounding land and the cemetery is part of the deed, and it's never been officially registered with the county,…the landowner does have to let immediate family access the graves…..However, the proof of being related is the burden of the person wanting to go into the cemetery and the landowner has the right to set the time/date and accompany them to the cemetery.
At least that's the law where we live.

Cool thread

thank you so much for this thread.

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Not saying I'll do it, but I could just let nature take its course. It's not as if I'm legally required to upkeep it? Eventually it would just become a thick grove of trees and bushes, it's already got trees about 10" in diameter among the headstones.

The property is already 90% wooded, it would eventually just kind of blend in.

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Yes, you are required by law not to allow it to enter a state of neglect. If you do, you can be subject to legal action and the State or County could hold you responsible for any costs if they have to step in to clean it up.

If you wanted to, you could establish a 501(c)3 non-profit cemetery organization and take any funds you spend maintaining it as a tax deduction. The cemetery is also exempt from property taxes in Texas.

I have been involved in the restoration of abandoned cemeteries before and honestly, if you put in the work on the front end to clean it up, the regular maintenance is pretty easy. You could even hire someone to come out once a month to mow it and write that off as a donation to your newly-established non-profit cemetery organization.

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You have authority for that statement?

Anyone know a Boy Scout troop in the Brazos Valley needing a day project in exchange for place to camp over the weekend?

I spent about 4 hours out there and only got through the easiest 25% of the area. Unfortunately I'm not 100% sure all the graves have been located, so I don't think there is any good option except hand clearing.

I still say hit it with some sort of kill everything herbicide

There was an old stage stop between Gillett and Stockdale on private property off of 119. On said property there was a small double headstone with a ball engraved on one end and a doll on the other. Legend was that 2 youngsters, a brother and sister, were buried there. As a side note we found an 1858 half dollar on the site using a metal detector. This was back in the late 60's.

I'd like to look around the property with a metal detector. I wouldn't feel right about using it in the fenced in portion of the cemetery though.

I do wonder if there would have been a homestead nearby. Did people place cemeteries near there homes?

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I'd like to look around the property with a metal detector. I wouldn't feel right about using it in the fenced in portion of the cemetery though.

I do wonder if there would have been a homestead nearby. Did people place cemeteries near there homes?

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There are several family cemeteries on old family land around us here. The Gass family, the Rust family, the Kuebel family. I would imagine Gunny knows of many more since he grew up here. We were also looking around where an old house used to be down around Tulsita and found a pair of old cavalry spurs buried by the old rock chimney which was all that was left of the house. There were the remains of an old house on land next to our place in Karnes CO and I found a handfull of old 30 caliber rimfire shell casings near it with the metal detector.

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Did people place cemeteries near there homes?

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Currently in SC and noticed lots of cemeteries next to churches. It got me considering how we don't have any cemeteries next to churches in the Texas Panhandle. Google tells me that there was a movement in about the 1850s to move cemeteries away from churches and towns. And, of course, no European settlement occurred in my area until at least the 1870s

I know a group of guys that clears old cemeteries. Are there any known veterans in this cemetery?

Maybe civil war. The newest grave is from the 1890s

Approximately how large is the cemetery?

Also, if you have some Remedy and/or diesel, put a bit on the stumps when you cut the yaupon else it will just grow back with a vengeance.

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Anyone remember the small old cemetery in college station, I think it was just west of Wellborn Rd off of Holleman I think? With all the development around there, I wonder if it is even still there?

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There was one down off of Marion Pugh across the street from Olsen. Former President of A&M Marion Pugh was buried there. Think they were moved few years ago unfortunately.

Pugh is at the City of CS cemetery on Texas Ave. Rudder is there, too.

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TXAG 05 said:

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Anyone remember the small old cemetery in college station, I think it was just west of Wellborn Rd off of Holleman I think? With all the development around there, I wonder if it is even still there?

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There was one down off of Marion Pugh across the street from Olsen. Former President of A&M Marion Pugh was buried there. Think they were moved few years ago unfortunately.

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The bodies in that cemetery started out where Dorm 9 is located on the Quad.

It's maybe 50' square, if like to get it to a point where I can just run a push mower over it every month or so. Until recently it's been too grown up to see headstones.

I do like that idea. I see many stumps from years past where it's just growing out of the same plant that was chopped off

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tmaggies said:

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TXAG 05 said:

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Anyone remember the small old cemetery in college station, I think it was just west of Wellborn Rd off of Holleman I think? With all the development around there, I wonder if it is even still there?

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There was one down off of Marion Pugh across the street from Olsen. Former President of A&M Marion Pugh was buried there. Think they were moved few years ago unfortunately.

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The bodies in that cemetery started out where Dorm 9 is located on the Quad.

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That explains a lot.

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Also, if you have some Remedy and/or diesel, put a bit on the stumps when you cut the yaupon else it will just grow back with a vengeance.

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Works like a charm, and the dead stumps decompose reasonably fast, or at least enough to remove by hand after they've been dead for a few months.

Yaupon is awful. The only way to eradicate is mow/trim constantly or nuke the stumps with remedy/diesel. the stumps will eventually rot. If you have a place to stack or burn the stuff you cut, that's a bonus.

The Reliance Cemetery northeast of B/CS off 1179 has about 550 folks buried there and about a hundred are kinfolk. Reliance use to be called Little Georgia because that's where most of the inhabitants came from back in the 1850's, Also have ancestors buried in the Tyron Cemetery, the Bryan Cemetery and the Wickson Valley Cemetery. The Edge community north of Bryan was founded by kinfolk back in the 1870's. Long history of us honyocks in Brazos county

Feel exactly the same way. Talking with the parish secretary a while back, she wanted to know if I had plots picked out. I dig the graves in this cemetery. Dad dug the graves in this cemetery. Told her that the wife and I would be cremated, and wouldn't need any plots. Oh yes, you need to be interred in a catholic cemetery! Told her that I spent enough time there digging holes, and I'd be d****ed if I planned on spending eternity there. She wasn't sure what to say after that. Wife wants our ashes put in a Best Maid pickle jar, together. Said she told me I never get away from her, and she meant it.