Old Independence Cemetery

Historical marker location:

Independence, Texas

( From Old Baylor Park (3 blocks W of FM 50/FM 390), take CR 60 1.2 mi. NW to cemetery, Independence.)

A very old graveyard of Anglo-Texas. Started about 1823 on league of Judge J. P. Cole, one of the "Old 300" in the Austin Colony.

A daughter, Madora Cole McCrocklin, gave the site.

Many statesmen, educators, physicians, lawyers, war veterans and other "Old Texians" are buried here.

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