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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWL_weir-community-cemetery_Georgetown-TX.html
John Breneke (1847-1927) came from Fayette County to purchase 365 acres of farmland here in 1875. Deed records show he set aside two acres for a graveyard, perhaps upon the death of his sister-in-law, Susie B. Kemper (1868-1889), who died in child…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGW0_mount-arie-mount-ararat-missionary-baptist-church_Bartlett-TX.html
Bartlett was a small farming community in 1898. Black American laborers arrived each fall for the cotton harvest. Thomas Sanders and Nelson Secret and their families called the Reverend F. E. Garrett of Temple to help them establish Mount Arie Mis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVZ_site-of-marshall-carver-high-school_Georgetown-TX.html
The first school for African American students in Georgetown was established in the early 20th century. Called "The Colored School," the institution served grades 1 through 8 and provided the only local educational opportunities for African Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVY_site-of-concord-school_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
First settled in the 1850s, this area boasted a school named Clear Creek by 1857. Concord School was established in nearby Brizendine Mills in 1883. By 1888 the Concord School was located in the Bear Creek settlement, succeeding the Clear Creek sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVX_the-tenth-street-united-methodist-church_Taylor-TX.html
Services conducted in 1896-98 by the Rev. C. Charnquist in homes of Taylor's early settlers led to the founding (1900) of the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church, North. Buying the chapel of a disbanded group, the congregation increased, moving the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVW_william-o-spencer_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Illinois native William O. Spencer moved to Bastrop County, Texas, with his wife, Amy Wilcoxen, in 1847. In 1853, Amy died and Spencer settled on the frontier in Williamson County. He named the Liberty Hill post office he had persuaded U.S. Senato…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVV_palm-valley-lutheran-church_Round-Rock-TX.html
In area first claimed in 1838 by white men. Valley bears name of the Anna Palm family, 1853 Swedish settlers. "Brushy", the first Lutheran church (of logs), was built here by Andrew John Nelson and 3 hired men in 1861. This also housed early schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVU_normans-crossing_Taylor-TX.html
The settlement of Avery was established in the mid-1800s by Daniel Kimbro, veteran of the Mexican War and Williamson County pioneer. The small farming community later was known as Norman's Crossing after pioneer M.B. Norman (1856-1921) who came to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVT_site-of-new-bern-church-school-and-cemetery_Taylor-TX.html
Swiss and German immigrants who settled here in the early 1890s named their settlement for Bern, Switzerland. In 1892 the newly organized St. John Lutheran Church built a sanctuary which also housed the New Bern school here on 2.5 acres donated by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVB_site-of-neusser-naizerville_Granger-TX.html
Moravian immigrant Johann Neusser came to Texas in 1872 and settled in Fayette County. In 1881, he and a number of fellow immigrants moved their families to this area. The Georgetown and Granger Railroad Company built a line through Neusser's land…