Brushy Cemetery
The family of George Washington and Elizabeth Yarborough, originally from South Carolina, came to Texas from Alabama in the 1850s and settled in eastern Leon County. Their five sons served the Confederate cause during the Civil War. Two of them, Wade Hamption (1834-1905) and William Burns (1840-1913) Yarborough, moved to the Brushy area and purchased 186 acres here in 1883. William worked the land to pay it off while Wade was forced to move away for a time due to illness. Wade did set aside three acres for a church and cemetery and returned to minister to the Primitive Baptist Congregation in a one-room sanctuary that also served as a school. The church building was lost to a fire in the 1920s.
31.3997° N, 95.9725° W
Where to Find It
Go south of Buffalo on Highway 75, approx. four miles to FM 831, go approx two miles to CR 2721 and turn left to cemetery which will be to your left.
Nearby Markers
- 3 mi E Parker Cemetery (HTC) Buffalo
- 4.1 mi NW Braniff International Flight 542 Buffalo
- 6.8 mi NW First Baptist Church of Buffalo Buffalo
- 7.2 mi NW Colonel Robert Simonton Gould Buffalo
- 9.8 mi S Leon County Courthouse Centerville
- 9.9 mi S First United Methodist Church of Centerville Centerville