Thomas & Mary Kinchion -- Williamson Creek Cemetery, Austin TX - Homemade Tombstones on Waymarking.com

Another sculptural tombstone at Williamson Creek Cemetery, this tombstone has sadly been broken, so we can only guess at what the design once was.

Thomas & Mary Kinchion's concrete tombstone stands on the east side of the deeply historic Williamson Creek Cemetery in Austin TX, which has served as a burial ground for Austin's former slaves and their descendants since 1847.

The tombstone is made of carved local limestone. Vital information is chiseled into the stone with a sharp tool, perhaps a chisel. If you look closely, you can see chiseled drooping flowers hanging over the names.

It looks to Blasterz like this tombstone was made by the same artist who made the nearby tombstone for children Noveller and Redic Medearis.

See here: (visit link) and here: (visit link) for the Find-A-grave listings for this married couple.

This cemetery is the burial ground for slaves and former slaves who lived in Austin, and their descendants. Given their vital dates, it is almost certain that Thomas and Mary Kinchion were formerly held as slaves, but died in freedom.

The tombstone reads a follows:

"[L side]

THOMAS KINCHION
Born
1812

Died
Nov. 7, 1889

[R side]

Mary Kinchion

Born
1814

Died
Nov. 1891"

Date of Birth: 1812 Date of Death: 7 Nov 1889 Material: Stone Web Site: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
To help give a different perspective and to better the Waymark for future visitors please tell us about your visit and upload a favorite photograph you took of the tombstone. Although visiting this waymark in person is the only thing required of you to receive credit for your visit, taking the time to add this information is greatly appreciated.

Logs which include photographs representing any form of disrespectful behavior will be subject to deletion.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log   03/17/2017 Benchmark Blasterz visited it