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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Colony Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Colony Cemetery (FG ID #2984)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Colony Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Colony Cemetery

Lat:   28.5252°   (28° 31' 30")

Lon:   -97.7202°   (-97° 43' 12")

The Colony Cemetery is located in Bee County<2>.

The county seat for Bee County is located in Beeville. Beeville lies just to the south southwest of the Colony Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Colony Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Bee County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Colony Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Colony Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Colony Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Normanna
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normanna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanna
      • Normanna is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normanna <5>
    • Tuleta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Berclair
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berclair have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
      • Berclair is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berclair <5>
    • Beeville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pettus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettus
      • Pettus is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pettus <5>
    • Blue Berry Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Berry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
      • Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
    • Tulsita
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsita
      • Tulsita is located in Bee County
    • Mineral
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
      • Mineral is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <5>
    • Clareville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clareville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
      • Clareville is located in Bee County
    • Angel City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angel City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
    • Skidmore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skidmore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
      • Skidmore is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skidmore <5>
    • Pawnee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (7 more) ...
      • Blanconia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
        • Blanconia is located in Bee County
        • Former names for Blanconia:
        • Dark Corners
        • Pull Tight
      • Kenedy
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Goliad
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goliad have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goliad
        • Goliad is located in Goliad County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goliad <5>
      • Ray Point
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
        • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
      • Oakville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
        • Oakville is located in Live Oak County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakville <5>
      • Tynan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Runge
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runge
        • Runge is located in Karnes County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Runge <5>

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    Nearby communities with newspapers ...

    The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Colony Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bee County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Colony Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Colony Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Colony Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Del Bosque Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tuleta Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Normanna Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Normanna Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Normanna Cemetery is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Normanna Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5617 <1>
    • San Domingo Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Beeville Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Glenwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Bee County
      • The Glenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gleenwood Cemetery
      • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
      • St. Joseph Cemetery
      • St. Rose Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640359 <1>
    • Our Lady of Victory #2 Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cementerio Evangelico
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Cementerio Evangelico is located in Bee County
      • The Cementerio Evangelico has also been known as:
      • Evangelico Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cementerio Evangelico
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2828 <1>
    • Our Lady of Victory Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Myers Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Myers Cemetery is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myers Cemetery
    • Pettus Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Dahl Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mineral Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Mucorrera Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mucorrera Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mucorrera Cemetery is located in Goliad County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mucorrera Cemetery
      • San Jasinto Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Jasinto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The San Jasinto Cemetery is located in Goliad County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Jasinto Cemetery
      • Lott Pettus Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lott Pettus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lott Pettus Cemetery is located in Goliad County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lott Pettus Cemetery
      • Pullin - Livingston Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pullin - Livingston Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Pullin - Livingston Cemetery is located in Bee County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pullin - Livingston Cemetery is located between<8> the communities of Pawnee and Tulsita.  The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Tulsita.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pullin - Livingston Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6212 <1>
      • Charco Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Charco Cemetery is located in Goliad County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charco Cemetery
      • Choate Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Choate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Choate Cemetery is located in Karnes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Choate Cemetery
      • Lebanon Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Live Oak County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
      • Clareville Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • The Clareville Cemetery is located in Bee County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Clareville Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of Beeville.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clareville Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180125 <1>
      • Central District Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • John Pettus Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Pettus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The John Pettus Cemetery is located in Goliad County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Pettus Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Colony Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1354811  (Colony Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1354811 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Lazy F Ranch
      • County: Bee         Elev: 73
      • Location given for GNIS #1354811 (Colony Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2984

    The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Colony Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5252, Longitude: -97.7202    
    <4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <8>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Pawnee and Tulsita. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.




 

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