| Marker Number |
8793 |
| Atlas Number |
5001008793 |
| Marker Title |
First Gravesite of Cynthia Ann Parker |
| Index Entry |
Parker, Cynthia Ann, First Gravesite of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Brushy Creek |
| County |
Anderson |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
254574 |
| UTM Northing |
3547885 |
| Subject Codes |
women, women's history topics; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
about 6 mi. north of Brushy Creek off FM 315 on Millnar Rd. in Foster Cemetery |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text |
Captured from Ft. Parker by Indians, 1836. Recaptured by Texas Rangers in 1860. Mother of Quanah Parker, war chief of Comanches. First buried here. Reburied in Post Oak Cemetery, Okla., 1910. Reburied Ft. Sill Post Cemetery, Okla., 1957. Recorded --1969 |
