(A)nother (G)eocache (N)ear (A)miable (V)isitants Traditional Cache
(A)nother (G)eocache (N)ear (A)miable (V)isitants
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This cache has been placed so that my GeoBuddie, AgNav, can locate it & log it as her 1000th cache find; hence the acronym in the cache name. It's location is historic & peaceful. Log only cache so bring a pen. Bug spray would help as well. Way to Go AgNav!
The Old Independence Cemetery dates to the 1820s. Family plots include the Clay and Coles families. Many inscriptions of places of birth show the geographical diversity of the early settlers. The setting of the cemetery surrounded by live oaks, pastures and ponds deepens an already strongly-felt timelessness.
John Prince Coles who was born in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1793 emmigrated to Texas from Jasper County Georgia at Monticello in 1820. He became a close and dear friend of Stephen F. Austin's. Austin rewarded Coles' friendship, service and loyalty by insuring that Coles received the largest land grants of all the original 300 colonists. He arrived at Independence in 1822 and constructed his "double-pen log house. Only one-half of it remains today. Coles died in 1847 and is buried at the Old independence Cemetery. His widow Mary Eleanor had his tombstone carved following his death.
Sam Houston's first-born son, Dr. Samuel Houston, Jr , is also buried in the Old Independence Cemetery.
James Willie, legislator and jurist, son of James and Caroline (Hoxey) Willie, was born in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, on January 5, 1823. Left an orphan before reaching his majority, he joined his maternal uncle, Dr. Asa Hoxey, in Washington County, Texas, settling near Independence in the early 1840s. The Willies and Hoxies were instrumental in selecting the name for Washington-on-the-Brazos in honor of their hometown in Georgia. In 1846 Willie was elected to the First Legislature of Texas. Joined by his younger brother, Asa H. Willie, he practiced law at Brenham in 1847. In 1856 Willie was elected attorney general and, with John W. Harris and O. C. Hartley, was appointed by Governor Elisha M. Pease to revise and arrange the civil and criminal laws of Texas. On July 20, 1845, Willie married Sally Johnson, daughter of Judge Thomas Johnson, attorney for the Washington District. James Willie was a general in the Confederate Army from 1860 to 1863, when he became ill and returned to Houston, where he died. He was buried in Old Cemetery at Independence.
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