Lincecum Cemetery
Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Garland R. Lincecum, cousin of Alamo hero James Bowie, and his wife Emmaline left Mississippi and settled on land ha had purchased here in 1847. Lincecum, who signed a petition with others to create Caldwell County in 1847, died in 1853 and was the first person buried here. Three of his daughters were married to the sons of fellow Mississippian Alexander Roberts, who settled in this area in 1843. The last person buried here was Jacob G. Roberts, Lincecum's grandson, in 1938. Members of the pioneer Roberts and Lincecum families and their descendants are interred here.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Garland R. Lincecum—a cousin of Alamo hero James Bowie—left Mississippi with his wife Emmaline to settle land he bought here in 1847, the same year he joined a petition to create Caldwell County. His 1853 death made him the first burial in this family plot, which knit together the pioneer Lincecum and Roberts families through marriage and shared frontier life. The last interment came in 1938, closing nearly a century of one settler kinship network's story.
Why it matters
Small family cemeteries like this one map the kinship ties that quietly built frontier Texas, one intermarried pioneer household at a time.
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Related people
- · Garland R. Lincecum
- · Emmaline Lincecum
- · Alexander Roberts
- · Jacob G. Roberts
Related events
- · Creation of Caldwell County (1847)
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