MATAGORDA
COUNTY
CEMETERIES

 

Today we walked where others walked
On a lonely, windswept hill;
Today we talked where other cried
For Loved Ones whose lives are stilled.

Today our hearts were touched
By graves of tiny babies;
Snatched from the arms of loving kin,
In the heartbreak of the ages.

Today we saw where the grandparents lay
In the last sleep of their time;
Lying under the trees and clouds -
Their beds kissed by the sun and wind.

Today we wondered about an unmarked spot;
Who lies beneath this hollowed ground?
Was it a babe, child, young or old?
No indication could be found.

Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay.
We had been here once before
On a day we'd all like to forget,
But will remember forever more.

Today we recorded for kith and kin
The graves of ancestors past;
To be preserved for generations hence,
A record we hope will last.

Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend,
For stones sometimes crumble to dust
And generations of folks yet to come
Will be grateful for your trust.

AA - African-American Cemetery
NOTE: Matagorda & Palacios Cemeteries also have AA burials.

Allen, Basil Family Memorial Site, AA, Live Oak

Allenhurst Cemetery, AA, SE Van Vleck

Andrews Cemetery, SE Bay City

Ashby Cemetery, Ashby Community

Berean Cemetery, AA, SW Cedar Lane

Bethlehem Cemetery, AA, NE Sargent

Bowie Cemetery, Cedar Lane

Bundick Family Cemetery, SE Markham

Burial Association Cemetery, AA, NE Van Vleck

Caney - Matthews Cemetery, E Bay City

Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City

Chastun - Hanson Family Cemetery, Ashwood

Collegeport Cemetery, Collegeport - Historic Texas Cemetery

Cornelius Cemetery, W. Markham

Deadrick Cemetery, AA, Wilson Creek Community

Downer Grave, Tin Top Area

Duffy Cemetery, E Blessing

Duncan, John Cemetery - burials unknown

Eastview Cemetery, AA, Bay City 

Edison Cemetery, AA, Berean Community

Edison Cemetery #3, AA, Berean Community

Elliote, Thomas W. Grave, W Bay City

Freeman- Phillips Cemetery, Sargent

Gainesmore Cemetery, see Williams, Kit

Gatson Cemetery, AA, Berean Community

Green Family Cemetery, AA, Berean Community

Grimes-Poole Cemetery, Blessing Area

Grove Hill Cemetery, AA, Pledger

Hardeman Cemetery, NE Van Vleck

Hardeman Graves, NE Van Vleck

Harris Family Cemetery, N Bay City

Hawkins Cemetery, Near Wadsworth

Hawley Cemetery, Near Blessing

Hudson Family Cemetery, SW Bay City

Hudgins Cemetery, AA, E Bay City

Jefferson, Antwine Cemetery, AA, Wilson Creek Community

Johnson Cemetery, Bay City

Jones-Jackson Cemetery, AA, Pledger

Kehrer (Huebner) Cemetery, S Bay City

Kelley Cemetery - near Wadsworth

Kenner Cemetery, Sargent Area

King Vann Cemetery, AA, SW Cedar Lane

Kuykendall Cemetery, W Markham

Lacy (or Tres Palacios) Cemetery, E Blessing

Lee Family Cemetery, W Bay City

LeTulle Cemetery, NW Bay City

Live Oak Cemetery, AA, Live Oak

Markham Cemetery, AA, Markham

Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda - Historic Texas Cemetery

Mathews Cemetery, near Van Vleck

Matthews Cemetery, see Caney

Midfield Cemetery, Midfield  Historic Texas Cemetery

Morgan Graves

Mt. Olivet Cemetery, AA, Ashwood

Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery, AA, E Bay City

Myers Grave, Decrow's Point

Nolte, Frank Grave

Norman Family Cemetery, AA, Live Oak

Palacios Cemetery, Palacios

Partain Cemetery, NE Blessing

Phillips Graves, Matagorda Peninsula

Pleasant Green Cemetery, AA, E Bay City

Poole, see Grimes

Powell Cemetery, AA, Berean Community

Rainey Cemetery, Van Vleck

Red Bluff Cemetery, W Bay City

Reinke-Tobeck Cemetery, Bucks Bayou Community

Richardson Cemetery, AA, Berean Community

Robbins Family Cemetery

Roselawn Memorial Park, Van Vleck

Rugeley-Hawkins Cemetery, Van Vleck

Rugeley, John Cemetery, S Ashwood

Sargent Cemetery, Sargent

Savage Family Cemetery, S Bay City

Scholten Grave, Citrus Grove Community

Sexton Cemetery

Shamblee Grave, Palacios area

Shiloh Cemetery, AA, Cedar Lane - list of military burials only

St. Francis Cemetery, SW Wadsworth

St. John's Cemetery, AA, N Van Vleck

St. Mark's Cemetery, AA, E Cedar Lane

St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Blessing

Thompson Family Cemetery, Bay City

Tobeck Cemetery, see Reinke

Union Baptist Church Cemetery, AA, Ashwood

Union Baptist Church Cemetery, AA, Pledger

Vine Grove Church Cemetery, AA, Live Oak

Warren Cemetery, E Bay City

Wheeler, Daniel Cemetery, E Blessing

Williams Family Cemetery, AA, Live Oak

Williams Grave - Grisham Road

Williams, John Aaron Cemetery - Matagorda Peninsula

Williams, John Thomas Cemetery, Wilson Creek Community

Williams, Kit (Gainesmore) Cemetery, SE Cedar Lane

Williams, Thomas Jefferson Cemetery, Wilson Creek Community

Wilson Creek Cemetery, AA, Wilson Creek Community

Yeamans Cemetery, between Blessing & Palacios

Yeamans Grave, between Blessing & Palacios