FIRST -- Burial in Round Rock Cemetery, Round Rock TX
N 30° 31.079 W 097° 41.830
14R E 625002 N 3376906
The grave of Mary Ann Lavender, the first person buried at the Round Rock Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMTD94
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2016
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The strange headstone of Mary Ann Lavender (which bears a death date of 30 Feb 1870), the first person buried at the Round Rock Cemetery. Mary Lavender's grave is located in Section A, Row 13, plot 19.
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The state historic marker at the cemetery reads as follows:
"ROUND ROCK CEMETERY
Established in the early 1850s in what is now known as Old Round Rock, this cemetery is the burial ground of many area pioneers and outstanding Round Rock citizens. The oldest legible tombstone, which marks the burial site of 11-year-old Angeline Scott, bears the year 1851, although there are many unmarked graves that could date from before that time. One-half acre in the northwest part of the 4.5-acre cemetery was used as a burial ground for slaves and freedmen during the nineteenth century. Numerous war veterans are buried here, as is bank robber and outlaw Sam Bass, who died July 21, 1878, two days after being shot by Texas Rangers in Round Rock. Other buried in the cemetery include G. T. Cole, one of the few area eye doctors; Round Rock broom factory owner Sam Landrum; stonemason John H. Gray; Round Rock Presbyterian Church minister John Hudson; and Methodist circuit rider J. W. Ledbetter. One unusual tombstone, which marks the gravesite of Mary Ann Lavender, bears the date February 30, 1870. The Round Rock Cemetery, which contains more than 2,000 graves, is a visible reminder of the early history of this part of Williamson County. The burial ground is cared for by the Round Rock Cemetery Association. (1983)"
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