Ebenezer Cemetery
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
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Found in the 1850s during Texas' early statehood, this burial ground served the Ebenezer community and southern Gonzales County. Ebenezer Church, built by Baptists and later serving a Methodist congregation, was located near the cemetery entrance and probably housed a school. The church closed in the early 1900s, but the cemetery remains as an important reminder of Ebenezer settlement. Maintained by descendants of pioneer families, the cemetery contains graves of government officials, military veterans, and pioneer settlers.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Established in the 1850s during Texas' early statehood, this cemetery served the Ebenezer community of southern Gonzales County. Near its entrance stood Ebenezer Church—built by Baptists, later home to Methodists, and probably doubling as a school—until it closed in the early 1900s. Descendants of the pioneer families still tend the grounds, where government officials, veterans, and early settlers lie buried.
Why it matters
The cemetery is the enduring memory of a frontier settlement, preserving the names of the pioneers who built rural Texas in its first decades of statehood.
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