The Tomerlin Historic sign reads:
Tomerlin Cemetery
Washington Allen Tomerlin set aside this burial ground for his family
and
neighbors in what was at that time an isolated area of Medina County.
The
earliest dated gravestone is that of Martha Ivy Essary (1856-1875)
But many
old stones have initials and no dates. Among those buried
here are veterans
of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam, as well
as three
Littleton brothers said to have been Texas Rangers. The southwest
corner of
this 1.39 acres holds the Brackens family, freed slaves who settled
nearby.
This cemetery remains a chronicle of Medina County Pioneers and
Their
Descendants.
Historic Texas Cemetery 2000