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WARTHAN CEMETERY
George Washington Warthan came to Texas from Tuscaloosa, Alabama with brothers Thomas L. and Robert J. in 1852. G.W. wed Amanda Johnson, and the couple settled in the Red River Valley, in 1855. In 1861, he mustered into Company E of the 32nd Texas Calvary and during this service saw action in more than 30 Civil War battles. Captured in 1864 and held as a prisoner of war until 1865. He expanded his Red River county landholdings.
Warthan’s acquisitions included land in this area, north of the farming community of Garland. It included a cemetery used by area residents, with graves belived to predate the Republic of Texas in 1881. He set aside what the dubbed Warthan Cemetery and encouraged his family to preserve the site.
By the late 1960s, early grave indicators including Bois D’arc markers and loose stones, had disappeared. The cemetery land was formally deeded in 1851 and later enlarged. The earliest marker grave dates to 1881, and today the cemetery remains as a tie to generations of Warthan’s and other area residents.
Historic Texas Cemetery 2005
I-30 Texas
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