Old Georgetown Cemetery

A 2006 transcription records 72 burials here, with the earliest legible death Ezra Cartladge's in 1856, the latest Elias Talbot's in 1902, and an average age at death of about 31. The oldest person, Kissiah Miller, lived from 1794 to 1892. Waymarking counts 87 marked graves, so the totals differ by source. The Williamson County Historical Commission lists the ground under four names: San Gabriel Cemetery, Old Georgetown Cemetery, Blue Hole Cemetery and Old Black Cemetery. None of the sources consulted explains the last name, so the people it refers to remain unrecorded here.

What the plaque says

Old Georgetown Cemetery This site on the south bank of the South San Gabriel River, a portion of the land donated by George W. Glasscock in 1848 for the county seat of Williamson County, was used as a burial plot from 1840 to 1902. Many pioneer citizens lie buried here – many names unknown and graves unmarked. Restoration of "The Old Georgetown Cemetery" was begun in 1963 by the Georgetown Historical Survey Committee with the co-operation of interested people who "did not forget." (1963)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Williamson County Courthouse — 0.4 mi
  The fifth Williamson County courthouse, a Beaux Arts building by C. H. Page, rises over a Georgetown square of more than 50 Victorian-era buildings.
• Inner Space Cavern — 2.4 mi
  A Georgetown cave found in 1963 when highway engineers drilled test holes, holding Pleistocene fossils and 72-degree rooms that visitors reach by an artificial tunnel.
• The Round Rock — 8.9 mi
  A table-shaped stone in Brushy Creek gave Round Rock its name in 1854; the Chisholm Trail crossed the creek near it, and Old Town stayed behind when the railroad pulled the town east.
• Mount Bonnell — 23 mi
  Austin's old lookout over the Colorado, named by an 1838 traveler, picnicked on by George and Libbie Custer, and reached by a 1939 flight of about 100 limestone steps.

More markers nearby

• Site of Marshall-Carver High School — steps away
• Railroad Produce Warehouse — 0.2 mi
• Emzy Taylor — 0.4 mi
• Chief Justice John Edward Hickman — 0.4 mi