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David Smith Kornegay, Alexander McKinza, Bosqueville Cemetery, Bosqueville, TX, and Bridget Lamb McGary black plaque

Bosqueville, TX, United States

Bosqueville Cemetery. Burials began here as early as 1850 on 10 acres given by Little Berry White for a school and cemetery. A log schoolhouse at this site in 1853-54 served the Methodist and Baptist Churches as a meeting place. Some of the unmarked graves were those of slaves. The first marked grav

es dated 1856, were those of David Smith Kornegay, a veteran of San Jacinto, and his mother-in-law, Bridget Lamb McGary. Another San Jacinto soldier, Alexander McKinza, and thirty-one veterans of the

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