In April 1936, the cemetery was restored by the San Jacinto Centennial Association, and it was officially named "Founders Memorial Park".

[2] In 1947, the Houston Parks and Recreation Department began to maintain the cemetery.

[3] One of the most notable interments of the cemetery is co-founder of Houston, John Kirby Allen.

The tomb of her first husband, Hugh McCrory, a Texian Army veteran, is located at this cemetery.

[4] A friend of William B. Travis, Moore eventually became the first Sheriff of Harris County, and later an alderman of the City of Houston.