The History of The Stonewall Mexican Cemetery.

    Originally granted to Justa Flores (Justina). She bought the acre of land out of survey No 12, and being out of 207 acres.  It was recorded to Justa Flores on December 19, 1905.  Matias Correon, Mariano Venzor, Esteban Martinez, Vital Flores, and Juan Cortez purchased that same acre of land.   They purchased it from Christian Hahn for $75.00 and it was to be used as a cemetery.   It was recorded on February 20, 1916.  The cemetery was never given a name, everyone referred to it as The Stonewall Mexican Cemetery.
    For year Joann Arriaga and her husband Santiago Najera  have taken care of the cemetery.  

VENZORS, ARIAS, RIVERAS, GAYTAN
Mariano Venzor (My Great-Grandfather) was one of the owners of the cemetery that purchased on February 18th 1916.  He married Cruz Arias and there children were Anastasia, Julia, Angelita, Lazaro, Santiago, and Jose Vidal Venzor.  They were all born in Mexico but decided to stay in Texas.  Anastasia married Jose Jesus Rivera Gaytan and they had nine children in Stonewall.   He was the son of Marcelina Rivera and Poncino Gaytan.
Mary Gaytan Corpus

The cemetary was originally called The Mexican Cemetary.
THE STONEWALL MEXICAN CEMETEERY
NAME CHANGED TO “GUADALUPE CEMETERY
MANY UNMARKED GRAVES
Refugio Rivera (Marcelina Rivera Gaytan's brother and Natividad's Father), Rosa Rodriguez Rivera (Natividad's Mother)  and Ponciano Gayton are believed to be buried here.