Historical Marker
Port Lavaca Cemetery
Port Lavaca, Calhoun County · Texas
Erected 1986
The town that began burying here was an American one, unlike its neighbor down the bay. In 1850 only 28 of Lavaca's 231 free residents had been born abroad, while at Indianola, the Adelsverein's port of entry, 237 of 378 were foreign born. Commission men from the East are said to have done much to found Lavaca as a shipping point, and most of Calhoun County's settlers came from Southern states, among them Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.
What the plaque says
Port Lavaca Cemetery Burial in this historic cemetery began in the 1840s, with several mass graves dating from an 1849 cholera epidemic. Pioneer families and their descendants, as well as prominent state, county, and city officials, are also interred in the community graveyard. At least one participant in the Battle of San Jacinto is buried here. Graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers may be found in the Port Lavaca Cemetery, which has been enlarged through various land transactions over the years to cover eight city blocks. (1986)
Where it stands
28.60798, -96.62482 · Directions
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