Oak Hill Cemetery
Goliad, Goliad County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The earliest headstone in this community burial ground marks the grave of Ann Elizabeth Hunter, who died in 1843. A city ordinance designated the site as Oak Hill Cemetery on January 10, 1854. Located in the part of Goliad called "College Hill", the cemetery contains almost 1,000 known graves. The city maintained the site until 1882, when the Oak Hill Cemetery Association was formed. No new lots have been available for sale since the early 1900s. Many prominent citizens of early Texas are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The oldest headstone in this Goliad burial ground marks a grave from 1843, and a city ordinance formally named the site Oak Hill Cemetery in 1854. Set on the rise once known as College Hill, it holds nearly a thousand known graves, including many prominent figures of early Texas. The city tended the grounds until 1882, when a cemetery association took over, and no new lots have been sold since the early 1900s.
Why it matters
As the resting place of early Goliad's leading citizens, Oak Hill is a memory-book of one of Texas's oldest towns, mapping its founding families onto the land.
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