Historical Commission searching for lost Chambers cemetery

Chambers County Historical Commission Chairman Bobby Wheat and Cemetery Committee Chairman Kenneth Standley recently visited the area on Turtle Bayou where the lost Cemetery of the William Chambers Family members is thought to be located.

Old maps and interviews of elderly citizens of the area place the cemetery on the bank of Turtle Bayou, near the old home site.

The Cemetery is to have contained 5 graves. One Infant grave, which originally was outlined with a small picket fence, and four adult graves. The grave of William Chambers, had a Headstone reportedly five feet tall.

The headstones have disappeared, either fallen or thrown into the bayou, or removed for some unknown reasons. The Historical Commission is determined to eventually re-locate the cemetery and move for a Historical Cemetery Marker to

William Chambers, nephew of Thomas Jefferson Chambers, was quite a political figure himself in the late 1800’s.

The State of Texas protects Cemeteries under penalty of law prohibiting disturbing, desecrating or destroying any cemetery. State law also states that a dedicated cemetery does not belong to any landowner, rather the landowner is charged to be a “caretaker “of the cemetery, and cannot keep visitors to a historic cemetery from visiting the site.

The Commission asks the public for any help, information, news clippings or etc. that might help in locating this old cemetery. Also, if anyone knows of old or abandoned cemeteries, please call Bob Wheat or Kenneth Standley.

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