Locklin Cemetery  |
| Address | County | utm_east |
| Milam |
678178 |
| utm_zone | utm_north |
| Thorndale | 14 | 3403472 |
| Latitude N | Longitude W | ||
| 30.67942 | 97.18991 |
| Location | Repair Condition |
| approx. 1.2 mi. east of San Gabriel; 5 mi. west of Thorndale off FR 486 | good |
| Marker Text |
| Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter |
| M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. His |
| burial in 1844 is the first recorded in this cemetery. Fokes later set aside this |
| site for cemetery purposes. The cemetery is believed to be named for the |
| extended family of early area settler William Lawson Locklin. It presently |
| contains about 400 burials including many of this area's frontier settlers and |
| their descendants and veterans of the Texas revolution and Republic of Texas |
| army. It continues to serve the area. |
