Site of Ray-Manship Cemetery
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Razed in 1984, the cemetery that once was located at this site contained twelve known burials and numerous unmarked graves of early Tarrant County settlers. The graveyard was located on the William Ray survey. Ray, a Peters colonist, and his wife, Lucinda, were buried here in the mid-1880s. The earliest known burial, that of Sarah Clark (b. 1880), took place in 1883. Three members of the Manship family, early area farmers, were known to have been buried here. Several graves were reinterred in Rose Hill Cemetery as area land development began. Texas Sesquicentennial - 1836-1986
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This spot once held a small graveyard on the William Ray survey, where a dozen known burials and many unmarked graves held some of Tarrant County's earliest settlers. Ray, a colonist of the Peters colony that drew families to North Texas in the 1840s, was buried here with his wife Lucinda in the mid-1880s, and members of the pioneer Manship farming family lay nearby. As development pressed in, several graves were moved to Rose Hill Cemetery, and in 1984 the old burial ground was razed.
Why it matters
The vanished cemetery marks the Peters colonists who first settled North Texas and the way urban growth has erased many of the resting places of its founding families.
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Related people
- · William Ray
- · Lucinda Ray
- · Sarah Clark
Related events
- · Peters Colony
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