Sweeny Cemetery

Sweeny

Year Marker Erected: 1966
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Size: 14" x 24"
Repairs: Poor - local effort
Location: north side of Sweeny, next to flag pole, FM 524

Marker Text:
Begun as family burial ground when John Sweeny, early landowner, member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, chose this site for burial of his young daughter, Freedonia, 1833. In use ever since by the neighborhood. Has graves of veterans of all wars since Texas Revolution. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966