Truitt Cemetery

James Truitt was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on October 23, 1795, and married Sarah Hall in 1814. The Handbook of Texas says he arrived in Texas on April 9, 1839. Shelby County elected him justice of the peace in February 1843. In the Mexican War he commanded a Moderator company that fought at Monterrey beside a Regulator company. After Sarah's death he married Mary (Hopgood) Wilson in 1849, and they had no children. Truitt died in Shelby County on June 11, 1870.

What the plaque says

Truitt Cemetery James Truitt (Oct. 23, 1795 - June 11, 1870) and his wife Sarah Hall Truitt (July 29, 1796 - July 3, 1848) left North Carolina for Texas in 1838, settling near this site in 1840. Truitt was a congressman in the Republic of Texas, 1843-45; a representative, 1846-48, and four terms a senator in Texas State Legislature. The Truitts had five sons and five daughters. Two sons fought in Regulator-Moderator War, three in Mexican War, five in Civil War. Descendants continue to be prominent in texas history. Several generations rest in this cemetery which was founded at the death of Sarah Hall Truitt. (1974)

Where it stands

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• Tex Ritter Museum and Texas Country Music Hall of Fame — 23 mi
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