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Matagorda County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Matagorda County

Index to Locations Unknown location Private or family graveyards Matagorda Matagorda Cemetery Unknown Location Matagorda County, Texas Politicians formerly buried here:   Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) — of Texas. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., February 26, 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Matagorda, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836. Died in Caney Creek, Matagorda County, Tex., October 12, 1836 (age 41 years, 229 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother of Thomas Jones Hardeman; fourth cousin of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and John Randolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., John Robertson, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Francis Wayles Eppes, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   Hardeman County, Tex. is named partly for him. Private or family graveyard Matagorda County, Texas Politicians buried here:   John Rugeley (1792-1878) — of Alabama; Texas. Born in South Carolina, January 12, 1792. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1830; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Matagorda, Jackson and Victoria, 1843-44; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861. Died in Bay Prairie, Matagorda County, Tex., 1878 (age about 86 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard. Matagorda Cemetery Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839) — also known as S. Rhoads Fisher — of Texas. Born in Pennsylvania, December 31, 1794. Delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Matagorda, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836-37. Died March 14, 1839 (age 44 years, 73 days). Interment at Matagorda Cemetery.   Fisher County, Tex. is named for him.   Albert Clinton Horton (1798-1865) — Born in Hancock County, Ga., September 4, 1798. Democrat. Member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1833-34; colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Matagorda, Jackson and Victoria, 1836-38; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1846-47; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died in Matagorda, Matagorda County, Tex., September 1, 1865 (age 66 years, 362 days). Interment at Matagorda Cemetery.

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