From the historical plaque at the cemetery.
In 1835, 500 acres were donated for the town of Houston, later known as Fort Houston. Part of this also included a public burying ground.
The first reported burial was an infant child. The oldest marked grave is that of Dr. James Hunter dated 1840.
This cemetery is the only remaining physical evidence of the town which was abandoned after Palestine became county seat of Anderson County in 1846.
Burials in the cemetery often included victims of disease, Indian massacres and hardships that went along with life on the frontier. A special soldiers' plot, marked by a large boulder, contains soldiers of the Texas Republic.
Two of them fought at the Battle of San Jacinto: John W. Carpenter and James Wilson, are buried in unmarked graves..
The final resting spot of General Nathaniel Smith, a veteran of the War of 1812, also is in the soldiers' plot.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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