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Photo Taken Date: 2008

Main Name: Waters Plantation Cemetery | FB-C128

Alternate Names:

• Sienna Plantation Cemetery
• Waters Cemetery
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Access: Cemetery access is via PRIVATE property. Permission from the land owner MUST be obtained prior to visiting the cemetery.

Location: On Sienna Plantation, Sugar Land

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 29.888 N, 95 33.137 W

Map Coordinates: 29.49814, -95.55229

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is 0.04 acre. The number of known burials is 6 and the date of the earliest burial is 07/30/1844.

Main Name: Community Cemetery, Arcola | FB-C057

Alternate Names:

• Arcola Community Cemetery
• Sienna Plantation Cemetery

Access: Cemetery access is via PRIVATE property.  Permission from the land owner MUST be obtained prior to visiting the cemetery.

Location: Near Scanlan Rd, Arcola

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 28.687 N, 95 29.182 W

Map Coordinates: 29.478117, -95.486367

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive.  The cemetery is affiliated with a religious organization and has no primary ethnicity.  The size of the cemetery is 1.75 acres.  The number of known burials is 3 and the date of the earliest burial is 1921.

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Photo Taken Date: 2012

Main Name: Shipman, John M. Cemetery | FB-C131

Alternate Names:

• None

Access:There is public access to the cemetery.

Location: Thompson Ferry Rd, Missouri City

NAD83 Coordinates: Latitude: 29 31.633 N, Longitude: 95 33.750 W

Map Coordinates: 29.52722,-95.56250

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive. The cemetery is affiliated with a family organization and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is unknown. The number of burials is unknown and the date of the earliest burial is June 1860.

Photo Taken Date: 2011

Main Name:Shipman League Cemetery | FB-C147

Alternate Names:

• None

Access: Cemetery access is via PRIVATE property. Permission from the land owner MUST be obtained prior to visiting the cemetery.

Location: Near Knight Rd, Arcola

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 31.288 N, 95 30.396 W

Map Coordinates: 29.52147, -95.50660

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is inactive.

History: Work In Progress.

Main Name: Snake Creek Cemetery | FB-C014

Alternate Names:

• Boone Cemetery 
• Boone Family Cemetery
• Shiloh Cemetery

Access: Cemetery access is via PRIVATE property. Permission from the land owner MUST be obtained prior to visiting the cemetery.

Location: Dale Dodge Ln, Needville

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 21.622 N, 95 55.098 W

Map Coordinates: 29.360367, -95.918300

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active and it has a Historical Marker. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is unknown. The number of known burials is 91 and the date of the earliest burial is 1858.

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Main Name: Cesinger-Seiler Cemetery | FB-C011

Alternate Names:

• Cesinger Cemetery
• Emmanuel Cemetery
• German Evangelical Cemetery
• Prairie Mound Cemetery
• Seiler Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Roesler Road, Fairchilds

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 24.643 N, 95 46.795 W

Map Coordinates: 29.410717, -95.779917

History: Cesinger-Seiler Cemetery | FB-C011 [PDF]

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active and it has a Historical Marker. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Anglo. The size of the cemetery is 0.96 acres. The number of known burials is 65 and the date of the earliest burial is 10/16/1894.

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Photo Date: 2011

Main Name: Sansbury Cemetery | FB-C020

Alternate Names:

• Sandberry Cemetery
• Sansberry Cemetery
• Stansberry Cemetery
• Old Jones Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Crabb River Road, Crabb

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 32.807 N, 95 41.900 W

Map Coordinates: 29.546783, -95.698333

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American. The size of the cemetery is 2.31 acres. The number of known burials is 145 and the date of the earliest burial is 05/19/1896.

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Photo Date: 2011

Main Name: Sansbury Cemetery | FB-C020

Alternate Names:

• Sandberry Cemetery
• Sansberry Cemetery
• Stansberry Cemetery
• Old Jones Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Crabb River Road, Crabb

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 32.807 N, 95 41.900 W

Map Coordinates: 29.546783, -95.698333

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American. The size of the cemetery is 2.31 acres. The number of known burials is 145 and the date of the earliest burial is 05/19/1896.

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Photo Date: 2011

Main Name: Sansbury Cemetery | FB-C020

Alternate Names:

• Sandberry Cemetery
• Sansberry Cemetery
• Stansberry Cemetery
• Old Jones Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Crabb River Road, Crabb

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 32.807 N, 95 41.900 W

Map Coordinates: 29.546783, -95.698333

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active. The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American. The size of the cemetery is 2.31 acres. The number of known burials is 145 and the date of the earliest burial is 05/19/1896.

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Main Name: New Hope Cemetery | FB-C023

Alternate Names:

• Gibbs Cemetery
• F.I.S. Cemetery
• Farmers Improvement Society Cemetery
• Stafford Colored Cemetery
• Sand Field Cemetery

Access: Public

Location: Fifth Street, Stafford

NAD83 Coordinates: 29 36.012 N, 95 33.244 W

Map Coordinates: 29.600200, -95.554062

Status and Other Information: The cemetery status is active.  The cemetery is not affiliated with any organizations and the ethnicity is primarily Afro-American.  The size of the cemetery is unknown.  The number of known burials is 347 and the date of the earliest burial is 1910.

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