Historical Marker
Vinson Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Of FM 1246 & FM 2749, SE of Thornton, Thornton, Texas
( 4 mile SE of Thornton Via FM 1246 to FM 2749 and King-Vinson Cemetery)
Marker installed: 1974
Wiley and Phebe Vinson and their children came to Texas from Alabama in 1851. Settling in Limestone County in 1859, the family farmed and operate a gristmill and tanning yard. When Vinson bought additional land in 1870, he set aside one-half acre for this cemetery. He died in 1871, and was the first to be buried here. Other graves include those of his wife, Phebe, who died in 1873, and relatives who lived nearby. Vinson Cemetery was restored in 1962 by members of the Fox Family Association, descendants of Wiley Vinson, who maintain it today.
1974.