Black plaque № 25135

Plantersville, TX, United States

Plantersville Cemetery. Settlers from the southern United States began arriving in this area as early as the 1830s. A post office opened in 1856 as Plantersville, a name suggested by Sarah Greene to honor local planters. Members of her family are buried here. This site was used as early as 1864 as a

burial ground when young H.G. Jameson was interred here; his is the oldest marked grave. At least three other gravesites date to that same year, and there may be earlier ones unmarked. In 1866, lando

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