Historical Marker
Greenwood Cemetery
Marker installed: 1967
(Dedicated 1881) Originated 1840 as private burial ground, Van Zandt family. Resting place, many early Texas leaders and patriots:
Isaac Van Zandt (1813-47), came to Marshall in 1839. County named in his honor.
James Harper Starr (1809-90), land commissioner, banker, land agent, county named for him.
Matthew Duncan Ector (1822-79), brigadier general CSA, lawyer, county named for him.
Alexander Travis Hawthorne (1825-99), brigadier general CSA, lawyer, businessman, minister.
Charles Raguet Bringhurst (1880-82), grandson of Sam Houston.
1967.