The Austin Genealogical Society has an ongoing project to transcribe all of the cemeteries in Travis County. We would appreciate your help!
Instructions
- Contact Kay Boyd, Cemetery Committee Chair, at cemeteries@austintxgensoc.org and let her know which cemetery you’d like to work on.
- Visit the cemetery and transcribe the name, date of birth, and date of death for each gravemarker.
- Fill out the Cemetery survey submission form (Excel document) when you are done transcribing the cemetery. Email the completed form to cemeteries@austintxgensoc.org.
Items of Interest from Dale Flatt
- Locating, Recording & Preserving Historic Cemeteries – FAQ (Word document)
- Marker Descriptions (Word document)
- Marker Images (Word document)
Cemetery Name | Cemetery Location | Status |
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Allen-McNeill Cemetery | River Hills Road, 2 mi North of Bee Caves Cuernavaca Dr. N. | Sign up to update |
Bedford Memorial Cemetery | Go out Ed Bluestein, turn east on FM 969. Turn right across from Hornsby School. Cemetery is located on a farm. Hornsby School is on USGS maps but this is an estimated location. African-American cemetery. | Sign up |
Berryman Cemetery | 7200 TX 71 W About 1 mile west of the Hwy 290/71 intersection, south of Hwy 71 at Scenic Brook Dr. | Sign up |
Boyce Cemetery | 5107 Gregg Lane, Austin. Pflugerville West Quad, 3097-243. | Sign up |
Brown, H. Cemetery | 136 __E. Martin Luther King Blvd. (FM 969), Austin. Go out Ed Bluestein to FM 969. Go 1.1 miles. Before reaching the Hornsby School the cemetery is .25 miles off the road on the Henry and Agnes Brown Place. Manor Quad, 3097-241. | Sign up |
Cook-Walden Capital Parks | 146 ___IH-35 at FM 1825 in Austin. Located on the east side of I-35 about .5 miles north of Memorial Hill Park and Mausoleum. Pflugerville West Quad, 3097-243. | Sign up |
Chandler-Drake Cemetery | Go east on Hwy 290 E past Manor. Turn right on Voelker Ln. Turn right on Ballerstedt Rd. This road runs into Littig Rd, turn left to Littig. Turn right on Bitting School Road. Cemetery is on the top of Scott Hill on private property (in 1977 owner was Mr. Payne.) | Sign up to update |
Eanes-Marshall Cemetery | Camp Craft Road off Bee Caves Road (2244), West Lake Hills. Locate across the road from Eanes Elementary, just off FM 2244 in west Austin. Austin West Quad, 3097-231. | Sign up |
Elroy Mexican Baptist Church Cemetery | North side of Williamson Road, south of Creedmoor before reaching the junction of Glass Road. Creedmoor Quad, 3097-212. | Sign up |
Glasscock I Cemetery | 18__ FM 969 E, east of Austin. Go out FM 969 to Burleson Lane. The cemetery is on the corner of Burleson and 969. Manor Quad,3097-241. | Sign up |
Goforth (N) Cemetery | Located on north side of Glass Road in Mustang Ridge, off to the north of Glass Road just before it turns south toward Williamson Road. Creedmoor Quad, 3097-212. | Sign up |
Hill Cemetery | 136__ Gregg Manor Road in Austin. 2 or 3 miles west of Manor on the SW side of Manor-Pflugerville Road. Once Gregg-Manor Road splits from Cameron Road and turns south you will pass a gate to the west. This gate has the phone number of the property owner (512) 258-0427. Continue south to the next gate that is next to the wire mesh fence of the horse farm. The cemetery is located about 300 yards west into this property. Pflugerville East Quad, 3097-244. | Sign up |
Houston Cemetery | Located in Garfield on the old Houston Farm near the Colorado River. Go out Hwy 71 E to Garfield. The cemetery is behind the house. Map provided in THC folder. Webberville Quad, 3097-214. | Sign up |
Huddleston Cemetery | Located off to the east side of Round Mountain Road about 2.4 miles north of Round Mountain, NW of Leander. Nameless Quad, 3097-322. | Sign up |
Hunter (Hunter’s Bend) Cemetery | 159_ Hunter’s Bend Road, east of Austin. 7 miles from Webberville. Go south on 183 to FM 969. Turn east and go 5.8 miles. Turn right on Hunter Bend Road and go .4 miles. Turn left and go .9 miles to the cemetery. Webberville Quad, 3097-214. | Sign up |
James Family Cemetery | Go out Hwy 71 toward Bastrop to Garfield. Turn south onto Caldwell Road. Go almost to the end and turn on a dirt road on the left (east). The cemetery should be there (not sure if “should be there” implies that the cemetery is threatened). African-American cemetery. Webberville Quad, 3097-214. | Sign up |
Jones | Go south on Hwy 183 to FM 969; turn east and go 6 miles. Turn left on Jones Cemetery Road and go about .4 miles to the cemetery. There are two cemeteries; Anglo and Hispanic. This cemetery is just east of Jones Hispanic. Manor Quad, 3097-241. | Sign up |
Jones (E) Cemetery | On Cadillac Dr. in Kennedy Ridge estates | Sign up |
Jones (W) Cemetery | On Cadillac Dr, Kennedy Ridge Estates | Sign up |
Jones African-American | Located next to Jones Hispanic and Anglo Cemeteries in the Kennedy Ridge Estates. The only mention of this cemetery is on a Kennedy Ridge Estates Abstract map. This cemetery borders the Hispanic Cemetery to the south. .4 miles north of Hwy 969 at Hornsby. Manor Quad, 3097-241. | Sign up |
Jones II | Located on Burch Drive, west of Garfield. North of Hwy 71 near the south bank of Onion Creek. Webberville Quad, 3097-214. | |
Marbridge Cemetery | F.M. Rd 1626. On Marbridge Ranch. Manchaca, Texas | Sign up |
McCuistian Cemetery | On SW corner of Live Oak Cemetery, south of San Leanna on Onion Creek. Fenced and 100’x75′ in size. 3097-224. This site is overgrown and threatened by erosion. Surveyed by Devon Wood. Located 2 miles east of Manchaca Community, just across Onion Creek. Oak Hill Quad, 3097-224. | Sign up |
McKown Cemetery | 99__FM 1826 and Fleenor Drive, south of Austin. Near south bank of Slaughter Creek. Signal Hill Quad, 3097-223. | Sign up |
Methodist Episcopal Church of Mount Salem | North end of Criswell Road. Located in NE Austin. From intersection of Hwy 183/Anderson and Cameron Road, take Cameron Road to Criswell Road. Proceed on Criswell Road for .5 miles. Located on the east side of the road. Austin East Quad, 3097-242. | Sign up |
Onion Creek Memorial Park (aka Chapel Hill Memorial Park Cemetery) | 11610 Chapel Lane, Austin, TX 78748 | Sign up |
Pierce Family Cemetery | Corner of 969 and Cadillac Drive in the Kennedy Ridge Estates at Hornsby. This information is from the Kennedy Ridge Subdivision abstract map. The location of this cemetery was added to the map by hand. Webberville Quad, 3097-214. | Sign up |
Pflugerville Cemetery | Located north of 1825, west of Pflugerville somewhere between Parkway and Yellow Sage Streets. Pflugerville West Quad, 3097-243. Surveyed by Daniel Hansen. | Sign up |
Preece Cemetery | Located on Cow Fork Road, at the entrance of J.T. Hayloft Party Barn, 500 feet southwest of FM 2222. 3.5 miles west of Austin. Austin West Quad, 3097-231. Surveyed by Cheryl Graden. | Sign up |
Remembrance Gardens at Riverbend | 4214 Cap of Texas Hwy North, Austin 78746, Riverbend Church | Sign up to update |
Roberts Family Cemetery | Located on the grounds of the Freescale Plant in Oak Hill. There is one recorded stone in this African-American cemetery. The headstones were broken and scattered about the area. It is estimated that the last interment in the cemetery was 1954. A remaining Roberts Family member says Daisy was the first of the family buried at the site. Her stone is the only one remaining. A project is currently underway to restore the cemetery. Oak Hill Quad, 3097-224. | Sign up |
Rogers Hill Cemetery | 83__ MLK Blvd. (FM 969 E.). Located just NW of the intersection of FM 969 and Decker Lane in eastern Travis County. Take MLK east out of Austin and it turns into CR 969. It is marked on the highway by a county sign but is not visible from the road. You will have to drive down a dirt road to reach the site. Look for the Y in the road and you will see a dirt road that goes both back and to the left. Take the left (west). Austin East Quad, 3097-242. | Sign up |
Singleton Family Cemetery (Travis Peak/Post Oak Bend) | Singleton Bend Road and Singleton Road, west of Lago Vista. Passing Lago Vista, several miles on FM 1431. Watch for a sign on a paved intersection that says “Travis Peak Church of Christ” to the south. Turn left and go about 4-5 miles. You will pass the Hensel Cemetery and this cemetery is on the right. Pace Bend Quad, 3098-144. | Sign up |
Smith-Runkle Cemetery | Old Lockhart Hwy and Brockman Lane in Austin. Located across from Onion. Located .2 miles west of Old Lockhart Road and about .7 miles east of I-35. About .9 miles north of Bluff Springs. Oak Hill Quad, 3097-224. | Sign up |
St. Elizabeth’s Church Cemetery | Sign up | |
Trautwein Family Cemetery | SW of Oak Hill. Go out Camp Ben McCullough Road (FM 1826S.) to Slaughter Creek. The cemetery is behind a fence. These directions are too vague to map but the cemetery is probably near the McKown Cemetery near Slaughter Creek. Signal Hill Quad, 3097-223. | Sign up |
Unknown Name | Located on the west side of Old Lockhart Road, about 1.5 miles south of the junction of Bradshaw Road. South of Bluff Springs. Oak Hill Quad, 3097-224. | Sign up |
Unknown Name | N. of 10450 US 290 E, Manor. Manor Quad, 3097-241. This location is just east of Gilleland Creek. | Sign up |
Unknown Name | Located on a hill on South Pleasant Valley Road just north of William Cannon Blvd. (NE corner) aprox 60′ north of the intersection . It is 20′ x 20′ in size and fenced and overgrown. estimated at 4-6 graves. Oak Hill Quad, 3097-224. |