From
Julie Horrocks of Buda, Texas on May 26 2009
About a year ago when I was visiting Austin, I wrote you about the location of the Old Highsmith Cemetery. You replied with its general whereabouts, but admitted you had been unable to pinpoint its exact location.
I moved to Buda last year and had always planned to make the time to
visit this cemetery where my 2nd great grandfather was buried.
Anyway, yesterday my husband Steve and I set out to find this
cemetery! To make a long story short, we did locate it. An older couple
drove us to to a dirt road about .2 miles east of the new Highsmith
Cemetery location. We all got out of the car, and they pointed to a
tree north of where we were standing and said, "The cemetery is under
that tree. It is in bad shape. Watch out for rattlesnakes."
So Steve and I climbed up a hill, crossed the railroad tracks, and
proceeded north for a few hundred feet until we encountered two fences.
We walked along the fence line until one fence ended in a gate. My
husband climbed over a tree to get over the remaining fence. I crawled
on my belly under the barbed wire fence.
The gate was unlocked--we carefully trekked through the dense brush
towards the tree. We did find about ten different headstones, including
ones with my family name on them. The cemetery is in awful shape
because it is so overgrown.
I'm including some pictures. Our teenage children were quite taken
with this adventure--they couldn't believe we did it!
The last photo was of the sign located on the locked gate on Gander
Slough Road. I think this company owns the property where the
cemetery actually resides on. Frankly, the cleanup of this cemetery
would make a great church youth service project or Eagle Scout project
if the property owners would grant access through its locked gate.
|
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Notes |
Baker, Col.
William B. |
Jan
24 1804 |
Nov
17 1870 |
66 yrs 9 m0.
23 days |
Baker, Vashti |
Jan
22 1809 |
Jun
14 1860 |
married: Apr
16 1829 to William B. Baker |
Baker, B. W. |
---
-- 1888 |
son of James
& Elizabeth |
|
Baker, Franklin
Rierce |
Feb
16 1857 |
Oct
27 1869 |
son of James
& Elizabeth |
Baker, Naomi
N. |
Apr
14 1873 |
Oct
17 1880 |
Dau of R. W.
& M. D. |
Tucker, George
Washington |
Jan
25 1853 |
Feb
18 1873 |
son of Silas
M. & Susan H. |
Tucker, Silas
M. |
Jun
16 1831 |
Dec
12 1888 |
|
Tucker, Susan
H. |
May
03 1828 |
Feb
09 1873 |
wife of Silas
M. |
Yarbrough, J.
W. |
Mar
14 1853 |
Feb
02 1872 |
|
Yarbrough, Josephine
L. |
May
04 1864 |
Oct
08 1869 |
|
Yarbrough, L.
G. |
Aug
31 1862 |
Jun
18 1868 |
|
Smith, M. H. |
Feb
15 1811 |
Jan
08 1871 |
|
Smith, Cynthia
E. |
Jul
02 1821 |
May
15 1859 |
wife of M. H. |
J. D. A. |
no
dates |
||
White, Annie |
Mar
31 1857 |
Jan
20 1883 |
wife of John |
White, John |
no
dates |
||
White, Elizabeth |
Sep
15 1877 |
Nov
30 1877 |
dau of J. N.
& Annie |
White, Fredrick
W. |
Apr
04 1802 |
Nov
14 1867 |
|
White, G. W. |
May
10 1861 |
Apr
17 1894 |
|
Moore, Appling
Hicks |
Aug
01 1863 |
May
29 1868 |
son of J. &
S. J. |
Moore, Jefferson |
Feb
06 1810 |
Nov
03 1880 |
born in Laurens
Dist., So. Carolina |
Moore, Susan
Jeffries |
Mar
05 1824 |
Sep
02 1867 |
born in Marion
Co.,Alabama, wife of Jefferson |
Brothers, Benjamin |
May
25 1804 |
Sep
09 1868 |
|
Craft, Mrs.
H. A. |
Mar
02 1859 |
Jul
08 1881 |
|
Craft, Lucinda |
Nov
04 1825 |
Dec
06 1882 |
wife of A. Craft |
Trice, Ada |
Aug
29 1882 |
Sep
20 1882 |
|
Trice, Emza |
Aug
29 1882 |
Sep
14 1882 |
|
Trice, Arizona |
Mar
11 1880 |
Oct
05 1880 |
|
Trice, Lily |
Sep
11 1887 |
Jan
23 1888 |
|
Wiley, Sarah
J. |
Aug
11 1840 |
Nov
25 1919 |
dau of Margaret
Anne Richie & Jeptha N. White, wife of William S. Wiley |
Wiley, William
S. |
May
18 1838 |
Feb
28 1893 |
Co. A 4th Reg't
Texas Cav. C. S. A. |
Hoke, I. F. |
May
25 1861 |
Dec
07 1881 |
|
Strong, C. J. |
Dec
30 1809 |
Oct
28 1895 |
born in Clark
Co., Georgia |
Robinson, Sarah
E. |
Aug
02 1862 |
Jan
14 1892 |
wife of J. M.
M. |
Robinson, Infant
babies |
no
dates |
3 graves - of
J. M. M. & S. E. |
|
Guttery, William |
Dec
12 1825 |
Apr
06 1890 |
|
Guttery, Infant |
no
dates |
of L. T. &
L. J. |
|
Hickman, Alven
T. |
Apr
04 1820 |
Jan
14 1889 |
|
Hickman, Elizabeth
C. |
Oct
?? 1828 |
Aug
28 1879 |
wife of A. T. |
Hickman, Lorena
M. |
Aug
16 1890 |
age 1 yr 2 days
dau of Frank M. & Susan M. Wonsley Hickman |
|
From Spring & Howel Listings |
Other known
family names are: Anderson, Donegan, Gregg, Grigg, Martin, McClaine, Richey & West. |
||
??, Evaline |
no
dates |
sister of Franklin
Pierce Baker, who a married a Moore. |
|
Egnew, Edna |
Apr
15 1825 |
Aug
02 1887 |
L.E. Smith gives
birth as Apr 15 1832 |
Egnew, G. |
Dec
28 1825 |
May
08 890 |
|
Raymer, George
F. |
Feb
06 1874 |
age 31 |
|
Raymer, Mary
A. |
Jul
12 1873 |
age 61 |
|
Shannon, Two
graves |
no
dates |
covered with
cement and decorated with white shells. |
|
Seeber, Mrs.
& infant |
---
-- 1874 |
unmarked graves |
|
From the L. E. Smith
Listing |
No dates for
these |
||
White, Margaret
Riche |
Location not
known |
||
White, Mrs.
Jeptha |
Location not
known |
||
Wiley, Alma |
dau of William
& Sarah |
||
Wiley, Annie |
dau of William
& Sarah |
||
Wiley, Margaret |
dau of William
& Sarah |
||
Wiley, Alice |
dau of William
& Sarah |
||
Wright, Alma |
dau of Alice |