JEFFERSON, INHABITED BY 1840, WAS FOUNDED ON REPUBLIC OF TEXAS LAND GRANT OF ALLEN URQUHART OWNER OF LOCAL FERRY WHO DONATED PUBLIC BURIAL TRACT THAT PROVED UNSUITABLE. ABOUT 1846 HE SUBSTITUTED THIS LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL SITE "TO WHICH PRIOR BURIALS WERE THEN MOVED. EARLIEST MARKED GRAVE IS THAT OF SETTLER BENJAMIN FOSCUE WHO DIED OF CHOLERA.