Cemeteries

Features

Jolly Cemetery The namesake cemetery of the community that exists in name only hints at what might have been.

Pond Springs Cemetery What once was a quaint cemetery is getting encircled by strip malls, apartments and toll roads. Hope there's some rest still to be found here.

South Gabriel Cemetery Overshadowed by nearby Bertram, South Gabriel's legacy lies mainly in its cemetery.

Preece Cemetery This cemetery not too far from Steiner Ranch once served as the final resting place for those who worked the land in this rapidly urbanizing area.

The grave of Austin Police Officer Thomas Allen, one of the earliest African-Americans in the department. Hopewell Cemetery

Recent Log Entries

Tiny plot just off the trail Austin Explorer visited McRae Family Cemetery
Small rural Cemetery Bing-GTX visited Rocky Hollow Cemetery
A neglected cemetery Bing-GTX visited Burdett Prairie Cemetery
Hidden cemetery Bing-GTX visited Greenwood Cemetery
Northern most of three adjacent Cemeteries Bing-GTX visited Mt Horeb Cemetery

Recommended Item

Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves
China Galland
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By the eve of the Civil War, there were four million slaves in North America, and Harrison County was the largest slave-owning county in Texas. So when China Galland returned to research her family history there, it should not have surprised her to learn of unmarked cemeteries for slaves. "My daddy never let anybody plow this end of the field," a local matron told a startled Galland during a visit to her antebellum mansion. "The slaves are buried there." Galland's subsequent effort to help restore just one of these cemeteries—Love Cemetery—unearths a quintessential American story of prejudice, land theft, and environmental destruction, uncovering racial wounds that are slow to heal.