Captain Theodore Dorsett,
In my on-going search to prove that Captain Theodore Dorsett is buried in the Concrete Cemetery, Guadalupe County, Texas, I am still searching for that person who has documentation on his place of burial.I believe he is buried here but looking for that person who has the proof.His son, T. M. Dorsett (10/3/1819-12/1/1894) is buried here and the Captain's daughter, Amanda Dorsett Scull (11/4/1822-8/21/1903) is buried here.Amanda is the wife of W. D. Scull, also buried in the Concrete Cemetery.
Willie Mae Weinert, a historian for Guadalupe Co., Texas, wrote "History of Guadalupe County in 1951 and an excerpt from her book reads as follows" :
Pages 39-40
"In the vicinity of the Concrete School rest a fabulous number of the dead of early Texas fame.The inscriptions on the markers read like a list of Texas Rangers and Civil War Veterans-and they were exactly that.Captain Theodore Dorsett, who came to Texas in 1825, is among them.Captain Dorsett commanded a company of Texas soldiers in the Freedonian Rebellion at Nacogdoches.W. D. Scull married a daughter of Captain Dorsett and he too, rests in peace in the Concrete Cemetery.Scull and Wm B. Travis were old friends and it was together they took part in the early quarrels between the Texans and the Mexican Government which took place at Anahuac.Mr. and Mrs. Scull came to the Concrete Community in 1851 and Captain Dorsett came with them.Mrs. Dorsett died and is buried in Liberty County.(Early Settlers and Indian Fighters-A.G. Sowell)."
This is the only documentation I have seen on the burial place of Captain Theodore Dorsett.The Concrete Cemetery was established in 1856 and was the only cemetery in the area until 1878 when the old Rector Chapel Cemetery was established on the
William Robert Wiseman farm.The Lutheran Cemetery was established in 1902.If Captain Dorsett died in 1859 in La Vernia during the time he was living with W.D. and Amanda Scull, the only logical place for him to have been buried would be the old Concrete Cemetery near La Vernia, Texas in Guadalupe County, Texas.
If I can prove that the Captain was in fact buried in this cemetery, I would like to get a small gravestone for him to place in the cemetery.
If you have any information that will help me, please contact me at [email protected]
I am the historian for the Concrete Cemetery and I personally believe he is buried here.
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