Dickson Cemetery in Sugar Land, Texas

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Coordinates: 29.55740, -95.68910
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Also known as Dickson-Murphy Cemetery. From Richmond, south on Hwy 762, turn left on Crabb River Road. Cemetery is on the right as the road curves across from Mount Mariah Missionary Church on Crabb River Road. Cemetery is behind the drainage ditch in a clump of trees (Near relay station tower). Driveway to the cemetery is the dirt road to the left of the storage facility. The cemetery is situated between the Burger King and a storage facility. There used to be a large wooden cross visible from the road, but it was taken down in 2011. It is not affiliated with Mount Mariah Missionary Church. It is an Afro-American cemetery. According to Fort Bend County cemetery records, there are 34 people that are buried here. Most graves are unmarked. There are several with white wooden crosses but no names.

Earliest known burial: 1914
Latest Burial: June, 1978

Information concerning unmarked graves provided by: Elexzenie Dickson Sanford in 1983. (She died in Fort Bend County January 17, 1994)

Manager Thelma Heard 281-342-5825 or Suzanne Werner, 3731 Harper, Houston, TX 77065.

All information on this cemetery was taken from the Registry of Cemeteries of Fort Bend County, Texas (5 volumes), Fort Bend County Genealogical Society, Richmond, TX, 1997, Private printing; Registry of Cemeteries of Fort Bend County, Texas, Supplement.