The EDGAR Family Cemetery is located near the community of Edgar, DeWitt County, TX,northeast of Cuero, between Cuero and Yoakum, off the Cuero highway. It is on private property very near the original EDGAR homestead built in 1853-4, by James EDGAR (1790-1869) and his wife, Selah WITHERINGTON EDGAR (1794-1873) and their family members, who emigrated from Maury County, TN in late 1853. They settled on the DeWitt County land that had been granted to their eldest son, Joseph Smith EDGAR, for his participation in the TEXAS War of Independence. The EDGAR Family cemetery is near the middle of the largest land grant, which is on Cuero Creek. The location now known as the EDGAR Family Cemetery is referred to in later pages of Joshua N. EDGAR's family Bible as the "Edgar Yard." The EDGAR Family Cemetery has been confused with several other cemeteries around Edgar, DeWitt Co, TEXAS especially the Evergreen Cemetery which was a predominantly African American cemetery also known as the Edgar cemetery because of its location in the Edgar, TX community. James' and Selah's grave sites are in the corner of the EDGAR Family cemetery nearest to where the family house was located.Today, the land on which the EDGAR Family Cemetery is located no longer belongs to a direct EDGAR descendant. However, it does belong to a MAHLER descendant who is a collateral in-law of the EDGAR branch of the family tree. Please note, the EDGAR Family Cemetery is on PRIVATE LAND; do not trespass. Please contact the EDGAR Family Cemetery Association if you are interested in visiting.
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