Milam County Historical Commission
Milam County, Texas
Milam County, Texas
Locklin Cemetery
San Gabriel, TX
San Gabriel, TX
FM 486 - 5 miles north of Thorndale and 1.2 miles south of San Gabriel
Located between FM908 and FM 1331
Located between FM908 and FM 1331
Locklin Cemetery
Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. His burial in 1844 is the first recorded in this cemetery. Fokes later set aside this site for cemetery purposes. The cemetery is believed to be named for the extended family of early area settler William Lawson Locklin. It presently contains about 400 burials including many of this area's frontier settlers and their descendants and veterans of the Texas revolution and Republic of Texas army. It continues to serve the area.
Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. His burial in 1844 is the first recorded in this cemetery. Fokes later set aside this site for cemetery purposes. The cemetery is believed to be named for the extended family of early area settler William Lawson Locklin. It presently contains about 400 burials including many of this area's frontier settlers and their descendants and veterans of the Texas revolution and Republic of Texas army. It continues to serve the area.
Marker erected 1994
Views of Locklin Cemetery from FM 486
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Locklin Cemetery Assn. meeting set March 20
THORNDALE—The Locklin Cemetery Association annual meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 20 in the Thorndale Senior Citizens Center.
Rockdale Reporter, March 11, 2010
THORNDALE—The Locklin Cemetery Association annual meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 20 in the Thorndale Senior Citizens Center.
Rockdale Reporter, March 11, 2010