Spanish Camp/County Pauper Cemetery
According to
Lois Kennedy
, this cemetery is
located near Spanish Camp community some 4 miles east of Egypt off
FM 1161 to the south, accessed by a dirt road and next to Peach
Creek. This cemetery was created by Wharton County Commissioners
Court for county paid burials aka indigent or "pauper". This .5-acre
tract has only one (Martinez) burial, and because of the lack of
maintenance and the remote location, it has not been utilized.
Commissioners Court later deemed that, due to rising funeral
expenses, that all county paid "burials" were to be cremated only
costs paid. The county has put up this tract for sale and if the
sale is complete, the burial may be moved to accommodate the new
owner's request.
Note: According to
other death records and Find-A-Grave, other burials are in this
cemetery
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