Oakwood Cemetery 
Comanche, Comanche County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

Location: 
Corner of Bryan and Cedar Streets, Comanche. 

Marker : 
Reconfiguration of Comanche County by the state in 1858 
led to a relocation of its county seat. In 1859 local land developer 
Captain John Duncan donated 200 acres here for a townsite to served 
as Comanche County seat. Duncan's deed specified that sufficient 
portions of the donated acreage be set aside for a graveyard, churches, 
and schools. A cemetery consisting of about 5.5 acres was established 
and named Oakwood for the impressive oak trees which graced the site. 
The earliest marked grave is that of one-year-old John Neely, who died in 
January 1861. Since its establishment the cemetery has been the property 
of the City of Comanche and has served as a community graveyard. Parcels 
of land originally owned by John Duncan and conveyed to William and 
Sue (Shortridge) Martin in 1895 were added to the interments of numerous
 veterans of conflicts ranging from the Republic of Texas era to the present, 
including both Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War. Also buried
 here are pioneers of this area and their descendants, state and national 
politicians, local civic leaders, and members of various fraternal organizations. (1994)