Patroon Cemetery

Settlers began moving to the Patroon area by the 1830s. Tennessee natives William and Elviry Nethery brought their family to this area from Alabama in the early 1840s. Their son A.M. established this cemetery on his own property when he and his wife, M.H. "Leany," buried their first son, John (1858-1861). While A.M. was serving in the Civil War, Leany and baby daughter Rachel died from fever and were buried here in 1862. A nanny cared for their son Charley until his father's return. A.M., his second wife, and other Nethery children are also interred in the cemetery, which became a community burial ground. The Patroon post office was established in 1868. The community also supported businesses, as well as Methodist and Baptist congregations. Among the generations of area residents buried here are community and church leaders, postmasters, school trustees, artists, farmers and veterans of American conflicts beginning with the Civil War. The cemetery features east-facing graves, including some marked by vertical stones. Today, a cemetery association maintains the burial ground as a perpetual care cemetery. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003