{{Short description|Cemetery in Jones Creek}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox cemetery | name = Gulf Prairie Cemetery | established = 1829 | findagraveid = 2151129 | type = Private | coordinates = {{coord|28.9768|-95.4736|type:landmark_region:US-TX|display=title, inline}} }} '''Gulf Prairie Cemetery''' (also known as '''Gulph Prairie Cemetery''', '''Gulf Prairie Presbyterian Cemetery''', and '''Peach Point Cemetery''')<ref name="auto" /> is located in Jones Creek, Texas, United States, off State Highway 36 and County Road 304<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gulf Prairie Cemetery|url=https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Gulf-Prairie-Cemetery/281801|access-date=|website=BillionGraves|language=en}}</ref> and was the original resting place of Stephen F. Austin.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last=Kleiner|first=Diana J.|date=15 June 2010|title=Gulf Prairie, TX|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvgnj|website=tshaonline.org|publisher=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>
== History == The cemetery was established as part of the Peach Point Plantation and accordingly, some refer to the cemetery as "Peach Point Cemetery."<ref name="auto" /> According to the historical marker placed at the Cemetery, the Cemetery was established in 1829.<ref name="bchm.org" />
One example is the account of Austin's removal.<ref name="unt.edu" /> Stephen F. Austin's remains were originally located in this cemetery and were later moved to Austin, Texas in October 1910; the ceremonies and details related to this transfer, are recorded in a book by Guy Morrisoncomp Bryan.<ref name="unt.edu">{{cite web|title=Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38129/|website=Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> The Tomb of Stephen F. Austin is located in Gulf Prairie Cemetery.<ref name="bchm.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.bchm.org/Photos/p374.html |title=Tomb of Stephen F Austin at Gulf Prairie Cemetery, Jones Creek, Texas |accessdate=2010-02-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607234118/http://www.bchm.org/Photos/p374.html |archivedate=2011-06-07 }}</ref>
Other notable figures in Texas history who are buried there include Emily Austin Perry,<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas State Historical Marker for Emily Margaret Brown Austin Bryan Perry, Gulf Prairie cemetery, Jones Creek; December 1988|url=http://www.bchm.org/Photos/p2327.html|url-status=dead|website=Brazoria County Historical Museum|accessdate=2010-02-28|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607234044/http://www.bchm.org/Photos/p2327.html|archivedate=2011-06-07}}</ref> William Joel Bryan,<ref name="why">{{Cite book|last=Dooley-Awbrey|first=Betty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-uzaEJsBN7AC&pg=PA187|title=Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers|publisher=Taylor Trade Publications|year=2005|isbn=9781589792432|series=G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series|pages=187}}</ref> Henry William Munson,<ref name=why/> Eliza M. Perry, descendants of James Franklin Perry and Emily Austin Perry, as well as people from the local area since 1829.
While the cemetery has many historical sites within its grounds, in June 2010, Gulf Prairie Cemetery was, itself, awarded an historical marker by the Texas Historical Society. The commemorative ceremony included a keynote speech by Marie Beth Jones, author of the book, "Peach Point Plantation: the First 150 Years" (1982).
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==Further reading== *{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Marie Beth|title=Peach Point Plantation: The First 150 Years|publisher=Texian Press|others=Kathy Jones (illustrator)|year=1982|location=Waco, Texas|oclc=10275759}} {{ISBN|0-9630042-0-4}}.
==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
Category:Cemeteries in Texas Presbyterian Category:Protected areas of Brazoria County, Texas Category:1829 establishments in Texas