Gulf Prairie Cemetery
Jones Creek, Brazoria County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordiantor: Dolores I. Bishop

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

Location off SH 36 on Gulf Prairie Rd., Jones Creek

Marker:
Pioneer cemetery. Originally part of Peach Point Plantation. Used by descendants of James Franklin Perry and wife, Emily Austin Bryan Perry, Stephen F. Austin's sister, and by the community since 1829. In 1836, Austin, the "Father of Texas," was buried here. His remains were reinterred in the state cemetery in the city of Austin in 1910. (1967)