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Marker Text: Pioneer cemetery. Originally part of Peach Point Plantation.
      Used by descendants of James Franklin Perry and wife, Emily Austin Bryan Perry, Stephen F. Austin's sister, and by the community since 1829.
     In 1836, Austin, the "Father of Texas," was buried here.
     His remains were reinterred in the state cemetery in the city of Austin in 1910. (1967)

Marker No: 9565

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: 28.976168, -95.472534

Location: SH 36 on Gulf Prairie Rd., Jones Creek