​Carlisle Cemetery

Marker Text: Carlisle Cemetery This cemetery originally served residents of the Vaughn’s Mill community (later Bold Springs and then Carlisle). The settlement was named for Moses Bond, donated property for this burial ground after coming here with family in the 1870s. The oldest marked grave here is of Civil War veteran William Cooper (d. 1867). Others interred here include area pioneers, community leaders, and two original cemetery trustees, W.E. Clark and Charity Hall. The cemetery features grave slabs, vertical stones, A false crypt and curbing. John and Alice Chesser deeded an additional land in 1941 an Acreage was again added in 1990. Today, the Carlisle Cemetery Association, organized in 1980, cares for this historic burial ground. (2008) 

Marker No: 15889

Historical Texas Cemetery Marker

Geographic: 30.871872, -95.202805

Location: ​From Onalaska, Texas, 8 miles northwest on FM 356, then right on Carlisle Cemetery Road