Montgomery-Thatcher Cemetery 
Matthews, Colorado County, Texas 
Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

 Location: 
 FM 950 Row, 1/2 mile SW of Matthews, (marker is on south side of road) 

Marker: This burial ground served the relatives of pioneer settlers 
James S. Montgomery (1788-1864), a veteran of the War of 1812, and 
George W. Thatcher (1808-1867). Their families fled the area during the 
"Runaway Scrape," an evacuation caused by the advancing Mexican forces 
following the 1836 fall of the Alamo. Returning here after the Texas Revolution,
 both men became successful planters. Montgomery later represented the county 
in the Republic of Texas Congress, 1843-44. The first burial at this site was probably 
that of his son James (1834-36).