Historical Marker

Starr Cemetery

Historical marker location:
Elkhart, Texas
( off US 287/SH 19 about 3 mi. north of Elkhart on cemetery road)
Marker installed: 1969

Family graveyard of the descendants of John Starr (1797 - 1872), Texas pioneer. First person buried here, Starr lies beside wife Susannah. Interred nearby are 6 of their 8 children; 2 of the sons here served in the Confederate Army, Civil War. Ancestral home is on nearby Starr Hill. (1969).