​Tehuacana Cemetery

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Marker Text: ​Original 1.86 acre site given by James E. and Amanda R. Bandy. First burial was in 1875.
     Community acquired adjoining 3.6 acres in 1880 for a log church and a day, writing, and music school; added 6.2 acres in 1881 for a frame parsonage and church called Wilson Chapel and Salem Sunday School.
   Tehuacana Church moved to Medina County in 1900.
   Buried here are early pioneers: victims of 1882-1884 smallpox epidemics; twelve Confederate veterans; Levi Wilson, one of three original church trustees. (1967) 

Marker No: 5217

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.088404,-99,119598

Location: ​from Moore, take Hwy. 462 North 5-6 miles. Cross the Tehuacana Creek Bridge and make an immediate left (going southwest) onto dirt road. Follow dirt road 2-3 miles southwest to cemetery.