Bratton Cemetery -- Round Rock TX
N 30° 28.730 W 097° 41.000
14R E 626380 N 3372582
Bratton Cemetery, tucked behind a convenience store and next to an apartment complex, once was a quiet cemetery in the country
Waymark Code: WMTJY2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2016
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Bratton Cemetery once a bucolic country cemetery, but with the explosive growth of the Austin area, now it's next to a busy freeway.
About 100 people are buried here, but fewer than half have tombstones.
A historic marker reads as follows:
"BRATTON CEMETERY
Kentucky native John Bratton (1812-1855) came to Texas with his family in 1837. Ten years later, Bratton purchased land in this area and set aside one acre for use as a burial ground for family members and friends. The earliest known burial, that of Mary J. Robey, took place in 1847. There are more than 100 known gravesites in the Bratton Cemetery, and about 50 of the burials are marked only with fieldstones. A good example of a pioneer graveyard, in which many of the graves date from the 1800s, the Bratton Cemetery is a reminder of the area's early history. (1985)"
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Round Rock, Travis County TX
Approximate number of graves: 100
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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