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Marker No: 10967

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.452698,-95.363068

Location: ​From Crockett take FM 2022 north 10 miles to CR 1650, then east on CR 1650 1 mile to Whitehead Cemetery Road, then north about .2 mile on Cemetery Road

Marker Text: ​The Henry Whitehead family came to Texas from Mississippi during the 1850s and settled in Houston County about 1862. A confederate veteran, Henry Whitehead (1821-1877) established this family cemetery on his land with the burial of first wife, Mary Ann "Polly" (Priest), in 1870. Only one of their seven children, Aaron, is buried here. The descendants of Aaron (1854-1927) and Elizabeth (1859-1928) Whitehead have continued to use and maintain the family burial ground. The site covers more than two acres and contains over sixty graves. (1985)