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Black plaque № 27384

Manor, TX, United States

Manor Cemetery. Tennessee native James Manor, who came to Texas in the early 1830s, helped settle this area. A town named for him developled here during the 1840s. A Methodist congregation was organized in 1854 and in 1861 a Union church building was erected at this site. According to local traditio

n E.D. Townes, father of noted university of Texas Law School Dean and Judge John C. Townes, was among several people buried here in the 1860s. James Manor deeded the land to the community of Manor fo

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