Mount Capers Cemetery
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Marker Text: Sarah Washington Ricks Durdin Chrznowski (1819-94) donated land for this cemetery from estate of her late husband, James. T. Durdin (d. 1859), probably in 1860s, although no deed exists. Cemetery was named for adjacent Mount Capers Baptist Chapel, built by the Rev. L. R. Capers. According to tradition, first grave was for Elisha Williams; James Tarpley Knight, an infant grandson of land donor, was interred in Dec. 1871. Oldest legible headstone is dated 1873. The Mount Capers Cemetery Association received in Aug. 1971 a deed to four acres of land here. There are 100 or more graves. (1974)
Marker No: 7660
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.825354, -95.258438
Location: take US 190 east about 3 miles to FM 980, go north on FM 980 2.5 miles to Old Staley Road., go west about 2 miles to Mount Capers Cemetery Road., go south to cemetery
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