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 Boot Hill Cemetery, 1858-77 Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 28° 27.702 W 098° 32.883
14R E 544246 N 3148432
This Texas Historical Marker is in Boot Hill Cemetery on Main Street at Live Oak Street in Tilden, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKM1H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2014
Views: 7
There are two Texas Historical Marker here. The other is Original Burial Site of Moses William Hindes ( visit link) Marker Title: Boot Hill Cemetery Address: City: County: McMullen Subject Codes: graveyards Year Marker Erected: 1964 Designations: na Marker Location: Across from Town Square, Route 72, one block East of intersection of 72 and Highway 16, Tilden. Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 5974
Marker Text:
Began with grave of a suicide. Some occupants are:
Dick Gosset, killed in Ft. Ewell gunfight, Feb. 1869.
E.M. Crain, Confederate veteran; one of 4 cholera victims, 1869.
John Smithwick, murdered, 1870.
Jim ___ , assassinated from door of old Rock Store, 1872.
Unknown, killed in gun battle while standing in front of old Rock Store, 1873.
Unknown, killed unintentionally by Clabe Young, while playing a prank.
S. Glenn Greer (12/7/1848-11/9/1874) thrown from a horse.
Unknown, a Negro drowned in the Nueces, 1875.
Unknown, murderer of James Minter, presumed to have been a Dalton gang member.
Lige Harrison, Jr., killed at age 17 in a hunting accident, 1876.
Samuel Wm. McCreery, murdered at his sheep ranch, 1877.
Pemanio Palacios and Phelix Wheeler (infant), both died of natural causes.
(1964)
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