Sweeny Cemetery
Begun as family burial ground when John Sweeny, early landowner, member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, chose this site for burial of his young daughter, Freedonia, 1833. In use ever since by the neighborhood. Has graves of veterans of all wars since Texas Revolution. 1966
29.0479° N, 95.7139° W
Where to Find It
Sweeny Cemetery, close to entrance and flagpole facing Main St. (FM 524)
Nearby Markers
- 0.1 mi SE Thomas Jefferson Sweeny Sweeny
- 3.2 mi NW Sweeny Plantation Old Ocean
- 5.3 mi SE Levi Jordan Plantation Brazoria
- 6.5 mi N Phillips Family Cemetery West Columbia vicinity
- 7 mi NE Site of the Home of Josiah Hughes Bell West Columbia
- 7.4 mi NE St. John's Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M. West Columbia