Sterling Cemetery
2 mi. west of Calvert via FM 979 to CR 116, Calvert, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1850
EST. 1850
1835
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Sterling 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 Sterling Cemetery
Sterling Cemetery holds the graves of about 400 Texas pioneers on land Judge Robert Calvert bought in 1850, when he dedicated the burial ground and built an adjacent Cumberland Presbyterian Church from his own plantation timber. Calvert died in 1867 and was buried near the cemetery gate. In 1868 his widow and daughters deeded the cemetery to the church.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Sterling Cemetery
Burial place of some 400 Texas pioneers and descendants. On land granted (1835) to A. J. Webb; bought in 1850 by Judge Robert Calvert, a civic leader in Sterling, a town named for Empresario Sterling C. Robertson. Calvert dedicated 11.1-acre cemetery and built adjacent Cumberland Presbyterian Church of his own plantation timber. In 1867, Judge Calvert died and was buried near cemetery gate. The church building was moved by oxen to new town of Calvert (2 mi. E). In 1868, his wife, Mary Keesee Calvert, and their three daughters deeded cemetery site to the Cumberland Presbyterians. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5395010950
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