Old Oakland Cemetery
from the intersection of SH 90 and SH 30 in Roans Prairie take SH 30 E approx. .6 mile to FM 2562; take FM 2562 S approx. .2 mile to CR 219; then W on CR 219 approx. 1.2 mile to cemetery., Roans Prairie, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1867
EST. 1867
1838
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Old Oakland Cemetery.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Old Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery was founded in 1867 in connection with Oakland Baptist Church, which stood nearby until 1913, and it holds the graves of many early Grimes County pioneers. It lay along the Coushatta Trace, originally a Coushatta Indian trail, and served as a stop on the Bates and Black stagecoach line between Austin and Huntsville until 1880.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Old Oakland Cemetery
Founded in 1867 in connection with the Oakland Baptist Church, which stood here until moved to Roans Prairie in 1913. Graves of many pioneers are located here. Oakland was once a popular way-station for the Bates and Black Stagecoach Lines, which ran from Austin to Huntsville until 1880. This road, known as Coushatta Trace, was originally a trail of the Coushatta Indians, a friendly tribe that hunted in this territory. In 1838, a Mrs. Taylor, the last known person killed by Indians in Grimes County, was murdered not far from this site. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5185008607
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