EARLIEST Known Interment in Counts Cemetery - Runnels County, TX
N 32° 01.700 W 099° 45.921
14S E 427729 N 3543832
A 1975 Texas Historical Marker at the front of Counts Cemetery in rural Runnels County, northeast of Winters, TX, notes that the earliest known interment here was that of a young girl, Mary Louisa Hale, in 1880.
Waymark Code: WM12MFM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2020
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This little girl's final resting place is marked by a small zinc headston. There is a Celtic cross atop the headstone, and on each side, there is a lamb with two roses above it, and two sunflowers off to each side. The inscription on the front reads:
Mary Louisa
Daughter of
W.R. & L.A. Hale,
Born
March 16, 1878
Died Nov. 30, 1880.
Our Darling
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"Safe, safe at home" complements the lamb on the reverse, while the historical marker provides some background:
Earliest known interment was that of a child, Mary Louisa Hale, on Nov. 30, 1880. In Jan. 1884, Andy and Christian Fannin sold 4 acres to M.C. Bright, J.M. Carter, R.F. Counts, John A. Chambers, J.M. Givens, D.W. and William Hale, Alf A. Hanscomb, J.T. Hardegree, P. Hawkins, F.B. Massengale, Jesse Rogers, and C.C. Simmons as a public cemetery for the rural community of "Content". The plot was named for R.F. Counts, who bought the surrounding property in 1889. An additional 4 acres were donated by Sidney Bright in the 1930s. An unknown number of Confederate veterans of the Civil War are buried here.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 11/30/1880
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