Prairie View Cemetery
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N 30° 51.641 W 097° 54.716
14R E 604027 N 3414668
Historic cemetery 3.2 miles S. of Briggs on US 183
Waymark Code: WM83DM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2010
Views: 11
We're reaching the end of the day
The sun's long rays are all gold
Making this a picturesque setting
To think of lives of old.
Only about 100 graves.
for a USGENWEB transcription of those interred, see files.usgwarchives.net/tx/burnet/cemetery/prairiev.txt
Prairie View Cemetery is BT-C076 in the Texas Historic Sites Atlas, and, interestingly, is mislabeled as "Fairview Cemetery" on the USGS Topgraphic Map (email sent to Texas Historic Sites):
www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=30.860683&mapit=Map+It&lon=-97.911933&size=m&s=25&datum=WGS84
Fairview Cemetery USGS Mahomet Quad, Texas, Topographic Map
Fairview Cemetery is a Cemetery in the state of Texas (county of Burnet), located at latitude - longitude coordinates (also known as lat-long or GPS coordinates) of N 30.86068 and W -97.91193. Fairview Cemetery is shown in the center of the topographic (topo) map, which is sourced from the United States Geographical Survey map USGS Mahomet quad. The nearest major town is Briggs, TX.
Marker Number: 9742
Marker Text:
Pioneer settlers in this vicinity met together for worship services in the Gum Springs schoolhouse until 1892, when Stephen Taylor deeded land at this site for church and cemetery purposes. This historic cemetery began in the churchyard of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South (also known as Prairie View Church) in the early 1890s.
The earliest documented grave in the cemetery is that of Scottish native James Smith (1836-1892), who immigrated to Texas in 1884. Those interred here include pioneer settlers; a number of infants and small children; and veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Korea.
The Prairie View Church moved to Briggs in 1906 and became the Briggs Methodist Church. The congregation later was dissolved, and the members attended worship services in neighboring communities. The church building was moved to Lampasas in 1951 and converted into a parsonage.
The Prairie View Cemetery serves as a physical reminder of the area's pioneer heritage. The Prairie View Cemetery association, organized in 1977, provides maintenance for the historic graveyard. (1991)
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