Walker County History

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Walker County Historical
Commission
1301 Sam Houston Ave.
Rm. 218
Huntsville, TX 77340
(Courthouse Annex)

Telephone

(936) 435-2497

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Meetings

3rd Monday of each month
5:30 P.M.
(except June & August)
Walker County Museum

Museum

Gibbs-Powell Home
1228 11 St. at Avenue M
Huntsville, TX

Hours

Tues-Fri 12-5 PM
Sat 12-4 PM
Commission meetings,
and by appointment

Telephone

‭(936) 435-2497‬
(936) 291-9726

Tours

(936) 291-5931
(Statue Visitors Center)

Historical Markers in Walker County

Ebenezer Cemetery Historical Marker

Ebenezer Cemetery

Along with Ebenezer Baptist Church, this cemetery organized in 1854 on land donated by Jonathan A. and Sarah McGary. The earliest marked grave is that of Annie Bussey Pace, who migrated here from Alabama with family, including her husband, the Rev. Richard pace (d. 1858), who was the first pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Although the congregation disbanded and the church reorganized in the West Sandy community, the cemetery continued to be used. Among those buried here are citizens of the Republic of Texas and veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War. Today, the Ebenezer Memorial Association, incorporated in 1986, continues to care for this burial ground.


Location: 8 miles west of Huntsville on SH 30
GPS Coordinates: 30.69085, -095.67175
Access: Public

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