WILLIAMS CREEK CEMETERY
WILLIAMS CREEK CEMETERY
Williams Creek Cemetery is situated in the northeast corner of Block 81, Fayette County School Land, about 5.5 miles due South of La Grange, Texas.Coordinates: 29°50'11"N, 96°47'48"W
The land for the cemetery was purchased from Hugo Lueders for $50. Fayette County Deed Records Vol 11 Pg 122
Prior to the establishment of the cemetery, the local people buried their dead on their homestead. When the cemetery was designated some remains were moved from the family land to the new burial grounds.
Peter and Rosina Laux, Gustav A. Mensing, Theodore Merrem, Alma Merrem, George T. Fietsam, Klara J. Fietsam, and Friederike Hinze were all moved from the home place to the cemetery.
One or more of these graves could have been moved between 1878, when the cemetery was designated, and before June 1881.
The first known burial was that of Alfred Munke who died 11 June 1881.
BACKGROUND
A cemetery association was formed, and it's by-laws adopted on 12 January 1879. The association was known as the Bluff Creek Cemetery Association, with Carl Otto, Jr. serving as it's first president, and Joseph Fietsam as it's Secretary- Treasurer.
The name of the cemetery was changed in 1912. The word "bluff" referred to a very large area prior to 1900. By 1912 "Bluff" applied only to the Monument Hill area. The president of the association felt that it would no longer be appropriate to retain the name since the "bluff" was several miles away. A meeting was called at the Joe Hausmann store and the members voted to change the name to Williams Creek Cemetery after the nearby Williams Creek.