Old Zephyr Cemetery

Brown County, Texas

Partial Inscriptions by Gerry Rollins (Jul. 14, 2001)

Location: On the original site of Zephyr, Texas. It is about 1.5 miles East of present Zephyr and on what was the Smith Ranch in 1974.

About the cemetery: A Tornado wiped out the town of Zephyr in 1909. There are supposed to be 3 or 4 other people buried but the only stone, which is lying flat and set in concrete is for the father of William Jordan Vann.

 

Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments
Vann, Lazarus, 1784, Dec. 15, 1863, (Born in NC, the inscription reads "Tho his heart is stilled his memory is not forgotton" and there is a picture of clasped hands beneath.)