Austin Co., TX Cemeteries: Grimes Graveyard
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Written: 1853

State of Texas
County of Austin

193rd record.

Field notes of survey of the Grimes Graveyard

Survey of land made off of the Grimes League of one acre of land including the
graves of Mr. & Mrs. Grimes & others for a Grave yard.
Beginning at a stake set up S.E. of sd [said] graves from which there is a post
oak 16 inches diameter, 165 varas dis bears N 80 W  marekd X.
Hence west 76 varas a stake for the SW corner
Thence North 76 varas a stake in the road from which there is a post oak 14 inch
dia 6 varas dis bears N55 E marked
Thence East 76 varas to a stake for the NE corner thence south 76 varas to the
place of beginning containing one acre of land.

[Afer] [Asser?}  12, 1853

Additional Comments:

Notes:
Old George Grimes Survey  [near Nelsonville] part of 4,000 acres 

George Grimes and wife, Eurydice, possibly buried here with no marker other than
field stones.

George (1781-1847)
Eurydice (1788 - Sept 1, 1836)

Site was visited by Virginia Day Stevens in 1976 -- it was
on the Huff Farm at that time, and referred to as the Huff
Cemetery although no Huffs buried there.

Very old graves, most just covered over with rocks & with
rocks to mark head & foot of graves.  Two with sandstone
slab with no visible printing. Several unmarked, adult
graves & several children's graves.

These headstones were mostly knocked over at the time:

A.J. Bell
b. in Athens AL
Aug 12, 1817
d. Austin Co 1875

Dau of John P. Bell
b. May 25, 1873
d. June 3, 187?

Thos Bethany
b. in S.C. Feb 16, 1777
d. April 6, 169

A.C. Tison
1823-1880

Calpurnia
dau of J.M. & C.H. Bethany
b. ? 17, 1870
d. June 4, 1881

Nora Myrtle
dau of J.M. & C.H. Bethany
b. Nov 17, 1881
d. April 11, 1884

dau of S.A. Minton
d. 1825 ?

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