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Kerr
County TXGenWeb
One of the fertile areas of
genealogical research is the cemetery - and Kerr County has its share of
rewarding sites. The oldest One is the OLD JAPONICA CEMETERY. Begun eight years
before Kerr County was organized, it has more than 450 graves in it. Thirty-nine other cemeteries are listed here with notes from "Cemeteries of Kerr County
1859-1976" published in 1980 by Kerrville Genealogical Society plus more
recent surveys conducted by members of that society. An
additional Four cemetery surveys or burial plots: Adams Cemetery, Altenheim Cemetery, Cravey
Family Plot & Stieler Graves, come from the researchers of those
cemeteries or other sources. Click on the
cemetery name to take you to that cemetery's page where the names and dates of
those buried are listed.
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Don't Know which Cemetery?
Charles Sherman has prepared a Master
Index for these Kerr County Cemeteries.
Find the name you
seek on one of the Alpha index pages, then return to this page
to find the listing on the Cemetery's page.
Master
Index
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ADAMS
CEMETERY - About 12 miles from Medina, Texas, on a mountain located on a
ranch.
ALTENHEIM CEMETERY - The Altenheim Cemetery is located at Hermann Sons, West of Comfort on Hwy.27. Most of the markers have the name of the Lodge to which the person belonged. This listing is from a survey made by members of the Boerne Area Historical Preservation Society in 1986, and is used by permission of Catherine Schwarz.
BALDWIN
CEMETERY - 
(Re-Surveyed - Feb 2005) Established 1892; Located on Baldwin Rd off
Hwy 39 at the Waltonia Lodges Crossing. Family
cemetery with over 50 burials; Oldest is Katie Lackey (b.14 Nov.1893 d. 22 Sep. 1894).
USGS GNIS Lat 300357N Long 0991745W
BISHOP-SURBER CEMETERY -
(Surveyed Feb 2007) This
cemetery, located on private property in Kerr County near the Kendall County
Line, has several broken stones which are now unreadable. It
was established about 1880. There are 7 readable stones; Oldest is
J. L. Surber who was buried in 1881.
BOLIN FAMILY CEMETERY - Located on
private property on Stone Leigh Rd. in Center Point. Currently only one
burial.
BONNIE
HILLS RANCH -
Located on Farm Road 187 going toward Leakey, Texas. Formerly owned by Adam
Wilson. Also known as the Wilson Family Cemetery. 2 Graves, the oldest being
that of Adam Wilson, III, died in 1953.
BRIDGES CEMETERY - Established 1938; Located just off Elm Pass Road, 3 miles south of Center Point; A 2-grave family plot; Oldest is Edward Bridges (d.8 Apr. 1938).
BROWN
CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed -Nov 2001) Established 1872; Located on Spur 100, just past the
VA Medical Center;
Started for the family of Joshua Brown, the County's first settler, it has over
65 inscribed gravestones. An Historical Marker
stands on the grounds. USGS GNIS Lat
300047N Long 0990639W
CAMP
VERDE COMMUNITY CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed - May
2004) Established 1892; Over 100 graves. Located on Camp Verde Road, about
a mile west of the
Camp Verde Store. Oldest grave is B. F. Oatman (b. 22 Jul. 1835 d. Oct. 1893).
Some updates posted - Apr 2007.
USGS GNIS Lat 295330N Long 0990639W
CAMP VERDE
FORT CEMETERY -
Established before 1874; Located about a mile past the Camp Verde Community
Cemetery; In 1874, J. A. Bonnell purchased the 640 acres which included the
grounds of the historic "camel fort", after the Confederate Army
abandoned it as a military outpost; Mr. & Mrs. Bonnell are buried there.
CENTER
POINT CEMETERY
Established 1859; Historically significant for the more than 30 Texas Rangers
buried there; More than 1300 graves; Oldest is Charles deGanahl (b.1855-
d.1859).
USGS GNIS
Lat 295604N Long 0990219W
COLBATH
FAMILY CEMETERY -
Established 1927; Located off Indian Creek Road; A private cemetery with 12
marked graves; Oldest is infant Al Colbath (d.1927).
USGS GNIS Lat 300301N Long
0991324W
CONN
CEMETERY -
Established 1900; Located off FM Road 1340, on what is now Bear Creek Boy Scout
Ranch; 10 tombstones in this family plot.
CRAVEY FAMILY PLOT – Located on Warren Ingenhuett Ranch, 7 miles south of Center Point. Three marked graves.
CYPRESS
CREEK COMMUNITY CEMETERY - Established 1860; Located on the private property of the Perry Lich
Farm, on Lower Cypress Creek Road; Oldest tombstone is Laura Steves Boerner
(b.1836- d.1861).
DENTON CEMETERY - Established 1874; Located on private property, on Cherry Creek in far east Kerr County; A 5-grave plot; Oldest is Nancy Witt (b.& d.20 Apr. 1874).
DRY
BRANCH CEMETERY -
(Tombstone
Photos &
Inscriptions are included) Established 1882; Located about
6 miles west of Ingram off Texas 27 and at Dry Branch Creek. A 14-plot
graveyard; Oldest is J. L. McKeen (b.1828- d. Mar 1882). It is also known as
"Old Lindley Cemetery".
GARDEN
OF MEMORIES CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed -
Apr 2007) This cemetery is actively used at the present time. It is a
perpetual care cemetery located about 3 miles north of Kerrville, on St. Hwy 16.
Over 7,900 graves.
USGS GNIS Lat 300445N Long 0990553W
GARDEN
OF MEMORIES - NORTH -
(Re-Surveyed - Nov 2004) (Tombstone Inscriptions and Photos
are included) Established about 1968; Located at the end of Webster
Street, in Kerrville, next to Carver Park. A cemetery for the Black Community of
Kerrville. Over 150 graves.
GATES OF
HEAVEN CEMETERY (A-J)
GATES
OF HEAVEN CEMETERY (K-Z) - Establish 1950; Located on the grounds of the Kerrville State Hospital;
Oldest graves are those of Maria Alemon (d. 1950) and Ona Bell (d.1950).
GLEN
REST CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed -Nov 2003) Established 1882; Located off
Texas 27, near the entrance to Schreiner University in Kerrville. Oldest grave is
Arthur Galbraith (b.9 Aug. 1880- d.12 May 1883).
More
Photos Added Feb 2008 USGS GNIS Lat 300148N Long 0990759W (Erroneously
listed as "Glen Rose")
GUADALUPE CEMETERY - (Re-Surveyed -Dec 2001) Established 1917; Hispanic cemetery located on Town Creek Road, just past the intersection of Bluebonnet Drive and Town Creek Road, in Kerrville. There are over 275 marked graves with the most notable being that of Father Kemper, who started the town's Notre Dame Catholic Church; Oldest grave is that of infant Rudolfo Reyes (d. 7 Oct. 1917). USGS GNIS Lat 300343N Long 0990843W
HABECKER
PLOT -
Established 1908; Located on Lower Turtle Creek Road (FM 2771); A 6-grave plot;
Oldest grave is Frieda Habecker (d. 1908).
HARRIS FAMILY CEMETERY - Established 1886; Located 100 yds. north of Delaney Hall, on the campus of Schreiner College. Originally part of the Harris Farm; A 7-grave plot; Oldest is Catherine Harris (b.20 Aug. 1833- d.14 Jan. 1866).
HEISE FAMILY CEMETERY - Established 1873; Located on private property, about 3 miles south of Center Point; Oldest grave is Johanna Heise (b.1836 d.1873).
HENDERSON BRANCH CEMETERY - Established 1870; Located about 4 miles west of Ingram, on Henderson Branch Road; 27 graves; Oldest are twins Philip and Thomas Henderson (b.19 Apr. 1870- d.20 Apr. 1870).
HOLLIMAN CEMETERY - Established 1898; Located on the Holliman Ranch, off Bandera Highway near the Kerrville State Park; Family cemetery with 15 marked graves; Oldest tombstone is Holliman (b.18 Feb. 1824- d.12 Mar. 1899).
HUNT
JAPONICA CEMETERY
(Re-Surveyed May 2002)
(Tombstone inscriptions are included) There are over 115 photos of the Hunt Japonica grave markers provided by Charles
Sherman. The cemetery is located on Farm Road 1340 along the river near
Hunt. It is the
oldest cemetery in Kerr County and is still actively used
and well kept.
USGS GNIS Lat 300442N Long 0992048W
LANE
VALLEY CEMETERIES - Established 1907 and 1914; Located on Lane Valley Road,
about 3 miles east of Center Point, off Texas 27; these two Black cemeteries
have several unmarked graves in addition to the marked ones listed here.
MOORE FAMILY CEMETERY - Established 1861; Located on the old George Sutherland Ranch, between Old Center Point Road and Texas 27; A 2-grave plot; Oldest is Henry Moore (b.Sept. 1822- d.25 Oct. 1860).
MOUNTAINVIEW
CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed -Feb
2002) Mountain
View Cemetery was Kerrville's first city cemetery, started in 1863.
It is located off Sidney Baker St., near Antler Stadium, in Kerrville. There are
over 600 graves, some unmarked. The oldest tombstone is that of John Corn
born September 21, 1818, and died June 1864. USGS GNIS Lat 300319N
Long 0990758W
NICHOLS
CEMETERY
Nichols
Cemetery was established in 1859 and is located about
3 miles west of Kerrville, off Texas 27; There are more than 800 graves.
The oldest is W.
Rowland Nichols, killed by Indians (b.1805- d.1859).
Charles Sherman, Billie Nichols-Bennett and
Linda Minton have provided many photos of Nichols Cemetery gravestones. Click on
the blue links to see the photos. USGS GNIS Lat 300410N Long 0991301W
REAL
FAMILY PLOT -
(Re-surveyed - Dec 2004) Established 1861; Located on the old Casper Real Ranch, on Lower Turtle Creek
Road; 44 graves; Oldest is Sine Krey Real (d.17 Mar. 1862).
USGS GNIS Lat
295739N Long 0990849W
SAN ANTONIO GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY CEMETERY LISTINGS
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The
SAGHS website has a section on cemeteries and a partial index to many Bexar
County area burials.
SAN JOSE
CEMETERY -
(Re-surveyed - Feb 2008)
Located on Cypress Creek Road
(FM 1341), near the east border of Kerr County and near the town of Comfort in
Kendall County.
Over 200 graves.
USGS GNIS Lat 295811N Long 0985554W
SHULTS PLOT - Established 1892; Located on the old Alliger Ranch, in Camp Verde; 2 graves; Oldest is John Shults (b.10 Aug. 1822- d.12 Jan. 1892).
STARKEY
CEMETERY -
Established 1863; Located next to the entrance to Wal-Mart on Junction Highway in Kerrville; 10 graves; Oldest is Jones Starkey (b.8 Sep. 1862- d.9 Sep. 1862).
STIELER GRAVES - Located on private property in Kerr County. 2 graves.
SUNSET
CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed
March 2004)
(Tombstone photos & inscriptions are included)
Established 1872; Located 17 miles northwest of Kerrville, off Texas 27, just
past the State Fish Hatchery Road; Oldest graves are those of the
four Dowdy children, who were murdered near their home on Oct. 5th, 1878. (Some
updates posted June 2008)
USGS GNIS Lat 300918N Long 0992101W
(Erroneously listed as being in Kimble County)
TIVY MOUNTAIN CEMETERY - Located at the east corner of FM 1341 and Loop 534 in Kerrville; a city-owned, unkept cemetery with 140 known graves; Oldest is Valentina Garza (d.1899). USGS GNIS Lat 300308N Long 0990645W
TIVY FAMILY PLOT - Established 1888; Located on top of Tivy Mountain, in Kerrville; Graves of Capt. Joseph Tivy, his wife, sister and pet cat; Oldest is Ella Tivy (d. 8 Apr. 1888).
TURTLE
CREEK CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed
Nov 2003) (Tombstone inscriptions included) Established 1873; Located in the community of Turtle Creek on FM 1273, about 10
miles south Kerrville. Oldest legible grave is Miles Denton (b.10 Apr. 1857- d.21 Jul. 1875).
Some updates posted - Apr 2006.
USGS GNIS Lat 295831N Long 0991310W
VERDE VALLEY CEMETERY - Established 1865; Located on the Verde Valley Ranch, between Center Point and Camp Verde; 11 marked graves; Oldest is Henry Lange (b.1833- d.1865).
VA NATIONAL
CEMETERY (A-K)
VA NATIONAL CEMETERY (L-Z) - Established 1923; Located on Spur 100, just past the Brown
Cemetery, in Kerrville; 485 graves; Oldest is Ismel August, Pvt.41 Inf.(d.9 Nov.
1923).
WHARTON
CEMETERY -
(Re-Surveyed Nov 2004) Established 1870; Located on Wharton Road off
of SH 173, about 10 miles southeast of
Kerrville; Oldest grave is W.W. Wharton (b.1799- d.1871).
USGS GNIS Lat 295819 N
Long 0990538W
(United States Geological Survey (USGS)
positions are from Geographic Names Information System. GNIS is our
Nation's official repository of domestic geographic names) http://geonames.usgs.gov/
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