Hitch Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This cemetery was once part of a large farm owned by Kentucky native William Henry Hitch (1818-1893), who brought his family here from Tennessee in 1855. The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of Haden T. Hitch (1846-1858), son of William H. and Esther Hitch. Besides the graves of Hitch family members, the graveyard also contains the burials of relatives in the Trigg, Liggett, and Martin families, all of whom had moved to Texas at the urging of William H. Hitch. The Hitch Cemetery stands as a visible reminder of those early pioneers. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
When Kentucky-born William Henry Hitch brought his family from Tennessee to Texas in 1855, he became the anchor of a small pioneer migration, drawing the Trigg, Liggett, and Martin families to follow. The graveyard on his former farm holds the oldest burial from 1858 and stands today amid a growing Fort Worth as a quiet trace of those first settlers.
Why it matters
Family cemeteries like this one preserve the human footprint of antebellum westward migration, marking where ordinary pioneers put down roots that outlasted the farms themselves.
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