Historical Marker

Teel Family Burying Ground

This family cemetery was established in 1856 when George W. Teel was interred beneath a pear tree planted near his home. He and his wife, Rebecca (Johnson), came from Arkansas to Texas in 1824 as colonists with Stephen F. Austin’s old three hundred. Two years later they relocated from Austin’s colony to this area, where the couple operated a farm and inn. George Teel was also a trustee of San Augustine University, and a participant in the battle of Nacogdoches and the Texas War for Independence. Others interred are related to George and Rebecca Teel, including a son, Wyatt, who served as a confederate soldier, sheriff and county commissioner.