Green Dewitt Cemetery

Historical marker location:

Gonzales, Texas

( gravel road to the cemetery that runs north off of CR #197; Located about 500 yards north of State Highway #97 where it cuts off from U.S. Highway #183, 2 miles south of Gonzales (#183 continues to Cuero & #97 goes to Cost and Nixon). There is a gravel road to the cemetery that runs north off of CR #197.)

Marker installed: 2002

Green (1787-1835) and Sarah (Seely) (1789-1854) Dewitt moved their family from Missouri to Texas in 1826 after he successfully petitioned the Mexican government for an Empresario Grant to settle 400 Anglo-Americans on lands southwest of Stephen F. Austin's colony. In 1831, Sarah received a separate grant, the Sarah Seely League, from which this acre was set aside for a family cemetery. The grave of Sarah, known for her "come and take it" flag as the fight for Texas Independence began, stands near a memorial for her husband, who is laid to rest in Mexico. The first known burial here is their grandson, Jonas Dewitt (1850-1851).

Historic Texas Cemetery-2002.

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