Ivie Cemetery
Houston County, Houston County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This cemetery began in 1861 with the interment of Henry G. Ivie (b. 1811), an early settler in southeastern Houston County. It is located on property that was part of his holdings in the Stephen English Survey. The site served as a burial ground for residents of a three-county area centered around the Ivie Community. Located adjacent to land once used for school and religious purposes, the cemetery was associated with the Ivie Baptist Church for many years. Today Ivie Cemetery serves as a reminder of early rural settlement and its pioneers.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground opened in 1861 with the grave of Henry G. Ivie, an early settler of southeastern Houston County, on land from his own holdings in the Stephen English Survey. It served families across a three-county area centered on the Ivie Community and was long tied to the neighboring Ivie Baptist Church, which shared the site with a school. Today the cemetery quietly records the pioneers who first worked this rural corner of East Texas.
Why it matters
Rural cemeteries like Ivie preserve the names and reach of frontier communities that left few other written traces of their settlement.
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