Ebenezer Hearne Cemetery
Hearne, Robertson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Located adjacent to the former mansion site of "Estate Place Plantation," owned by Ebenezer and Minerva Walker Hearne, this burial area contains graves of Ebenezer (1817-69) and Minerva (1815- ?) Hearne, their daughter Icephena Hearne Dunklin (1849-74) and several children, names not recorded; a landmark of pioneer days when the Hearne families (1850's settlers) opened cotton plantations that prospered the area. Home of Horatio Hearne, the brother of Ebenezer, stood three miles to the south. Memorial Plaque donated by descendants of Ebenezer Hearne.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground adjoined the "Estate Place Plantation" of Ebenezer and Minerva Walker Hearne, part of a family that settled Robertson County in the 1850s and opened the cotton plantations that drove the area's early economy. Ebenezer, who died in 1869, lies here with Minerva, their daughter Icephena, and several children whose names went unrecorded. His brother Horatio's home stood a few miles south.
Why it matters
The Hearne plantation cemetery preserves the memory of the cotton-planter families whose antebellum estates shaped the settlement — and the economy — of the Brazos Valley.
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Related people
- · Ebenezer Hearne
- · Minerva Walker Hearne
- · Icephena Hearne Dunklin
- · Horatio Hearne
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