Oak Grove Church and Cemetery, Jollyville, Texas
near Austin, TX, Travis County. Census records, Family history,
Genealogy. Please see my FAMILY Pages List.
Oak Grove Cemetery Travis
County Austin, Texas
Updated 04/25/2009. Be sure to read the records at the bottom
of this page. Any help with family history or genealogy is appreciated.
Earliest burial found here is 1887. Does anyone know how to get a Historial Marker?
Location:
Spicewood Springs Road, Austin, TX 78759. Bull Creek crosses the
road near the Cemetery. Oak Grove Church is across street from
the Cemetery.
Some graves are next to the church. (Jollyville Quad, 3097-234).
Texas Cemetery List
Infant,
____ (Row 1. no info.)
Allen, Gene, b. abt 1940 /d. ____ 2006 (only child of
Julia Simons Allen)
Allen, Julia Valie, b. May 10, 1926/d.Nov 16, 1944 (dau of
Harvey Orben Simons/Lottie Mae Toungate)
Bertling, Adrian W., b. May 16, 1912/d.Mar 2, 1990
Bertling, Altha A., b. Nov 23, 1919/d.Nov 13, 1988 (Lee
Boatright)
Boatright, Alexander, b. May 13, 1890/d.Oct 13, 1970
Boatright, Amelia Cacares, (Row 9. no info.)
Boatright, Emmer Rose, (Row 9. no info.)
Boatright, Etta M., b. Oct 24, 1896/d.Jan 29, 1982
(Teague)
Boatright, David A., b. Aug 5, 1931/d.Feb 27, 1932
*a family story here:" Gus held Mandy (b.1904) when she was
a baby and said he would marry her someday". And he did.
Wallace, Francis R., (Row 3. No dates.)
Wallace, James E., b.1922/d.1992
Williams, Pat, b.Dec. 11, 1904/d.Feb. 14, 1987 (bro of
Harry) (buried near his sister Lillie Belle Williams Simons)
Williamson, Ralph W., b.Jun 3, 1905/d.Apr 17, 1959
Young, Lucy, b.Apr 8, 1900/d.Nov 25, 1927, (w/o Sparlin
Young)
Please try to come to the
annual Bar-B-Q on the July 4th held on the Church grounds across
from the Cemetery. Funds collected are used to care for the Oak
Grove Cemetery and Church grounds. There are parks north and
south of the Cemetery and it is surrounded by million dollar
homes. If Austin declares the Cemetery neglected and
abandoned, the graves could be
moved. We must keep it cleaned.
If you cannot be present for the July 4th
event, please send a donation. Any amount will be
appreciated and will help keep the Cemetery and Church grounds.
Send to: Oak Grove Cemetery Association, PO Box 384, Liberty
Hill, TX 78642. The Church was set on fire several times by
vandals and finally burned to the ground. There is only a cement
foundation left. Since there are no services held on the Church
property, Travis County is taxing the property. They know there
are graves by the Church. They do not tax the Cemetery, but they
do tax the all property by the Church.
We try to arrive 3 or 4 days early to
clean the grounds and set up the kitchen. On July Fourth, people
start coming from all directions. Some have kin in the cemetery
and some come for the good food and fellowship. They are all
welcome. They are asked for donations, but no one has ever been
turned away. Many families bring home cooked food to add to the
Bar-B-Q. The ladies bring fresh garden vegetables and wonderful
home made cakes, pies and cobblers. The long serving tables are
so full, you can hardly set your plate down. One year someone put
all the beans in the pot and set them on the stove. They were
boiling good, when Rose looked at me and said "who picked
and washed the beans?" ... Oops. No one had washed the
beans. They were probably the best beans we had ever cooked.
There is live music and singing. There
are tables and benches shaded by live oak trees. The banks Bull
Creek aren't far away.
After lunch, we all pitch in to wash up
and clean the kitchen. After the crowd leaves, late in the
evening, we get out the ice cream makers and reward ourselves
with home made ice cream.
On July fifth, everyone starts loading up
and heading off in different directions to go home. We hope every
one will be able to come back next year. (The July 3, 2008 fish
fry was canceled for lack of participation.)
Records
related to persons buried here:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: Wm Thurm, 41,
1810, Arrival: 5 Apr 1851, Male, Port of Departure:
Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland, Destination: United
States of America , Origin: Ireland, Race: Irish, Ship:
Manhattan, Arrival: New York, Line: 21, Microfilm Serial: M237,
M237_96, List: 301
Census records for persons buried here or their kin: 1870 Austin, Travis, TX: head Wilhelm, Thurm, 60,
1810, Prussia, farmer, real estate $400, personal $800/ wife
Caroline, 54, Prussia/ dau Clemetine, 24, Prussia/ Berka, 21,
Prussia.
1880 Travis, TX:A. E. Boatright 57, 1823, KY, VA,
VA, occ: farmer, general disability/ wife Mary H. Boatright
45, 1835, NC, NC, NC/son L. B. Boatright 20, 1860, TX, KY,
NC, farmer / dau Sarah Boatright 17, TX, KY, NC /dau Cara
Boatright 14, TX, KY, NC/dau Mary Boatright 12, TX, KY, NC / dau
Lou Boatright 10, TX, KY, NC/dau Lorena Boatright 7, TX, KY,
NC/laborer W. T. Grury 27, Ala, Ireland, Ireland.
1900 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, Texas: John Pickens 74
July 1825, TN Betsy Pickens 71 Jan 1829, Miss, unk, SC.
next to Dexter Simons b.Sept 1856, Mich.
1900 Justice Precinct 8, Williamson, TX: James Shannon 46
Sept 1853, MO, MO, Ark, Farmer/ wife Azalia Shannon 34, Mar 1866,
TX, TX, TX / son James E Shannon 17, Feb 1882, TX, MO, TX
/ dau Mary E Shannon 15, July 1884, TX, MO, TX / son William B
Shannon 13, Dec 1886, TX, MO, TX /dau Ida M Shannon 12, Jan 1888
/ son Davd W Shannon 9, Jan 1890 /son Arthur A Shannon 6, June
1893 / son Pearl F Shannon 4, Jan 1896 /son Dewy Shannon 2, Jan
1898, TX, MO, TX .
1900 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, Texas: Albert B
Pickens 31 Feb 1869, TX, TN, Ark, mfg charcoal/ wife Mary
Pickens 26, Aug 1873, TX, Ioway, Ark, had 7 children, 4 living/
son Asberry Pickens 6, May 1894, TX/dau Mittie Pickens 4, Mar
1896,TX/ dau Minnie A Pickens 2, Sept 1897/son John F Pickens
8/12, Sept 1899.
1900 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, TX: head Leanerst
Boatright 40 Apr 1860, TX, Unk, TN, farmer, married 15 years/
wife Annie Boatright 28 Mar 1872 TX Wales, GA, had 7
children, 5 living, married 15 years/dau Lizzie Boatright 13
Aug 1886 (wife of Lewis J. Waechter), TX/son Alexander
Boatright 10, 1890May 1890, TX / son Jessie Boatright 4, Feb
1896, TX/dau Dolley Boatright 2, Jan 1898 TX/ dau Lucy A
Boatright 1/12, Apr 1900, TX .
next to head Waechter, Louisa, 53, Apr 1847, Germany, Germany,
Germany, widow, had 9 children, 6 living, immigrant 1852, farmer/
son August E. 30 Aug 1869, TX, G, G, /son Louis J 27 Jan
1873, TX, G, G, /son Paul J 23 Mar 1877, TX, G, G,/ son
Gustave 20 Oct 1879, TX, G, G,/ son Edward 17 July 1882, TX, G,
G/ son Jessie 1 Sept 1898, TX, G, G.
1900 Justice Prec. 7, Travis, Texas; Roll: T623 1673;
Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 114. Janna (Joshua)
Cantrell 30, farm laborer/ Annie S Cantrell 27/ Ludia E
Cantrell 10/ Henry W Cantrell 8 (1892) / Alva E Cantrell 6/
Johnnie N (Nate) Cantrell 2/ Thomas D (Delbert)
Cantrell 8/12. Next was Milus (Miles Standish Cantrell f/o
Joshua) Cantrell, age 78, b. MO and Elizabeth, age 66, born in
Indiana. Also Jesse Cantrell.
1910 Justice Precinct 4, Concho, Texas; Roll: T624_1541;
Page: 8A: Josh Cantrell 39, 1871, TX, MO, LA, General
farming, could not read or write/wife: Sarrah Cantrell 37 Ind,
married 21 yrs., could read and write, 9 children, 8 living /
Ludy L Cantrell 20/ Henry Cantrell 18 / Plua (Elva) Cantrell 16/
John Cantrell 13/ Thomas D. Cantrell 10/ Walter
Cantrell 7/ Oscar Cantrell 3/ Monroe J. Cantrell (Sr.)
6/12.
1910 Travis County, TX Pg: 174B Prect. 4 28th April
SD 10 ED 85 Sheet 4 65/65: Simons, Dexter D. Head 55
(1855) , Farmer, MI, PA, PA/ Simons, Idie Wife, 36 (1874) had
8children / 8 living, ARK ARK ARK, (b.1874 / Simons, Harvey
O Son 18, 1892, LA MI ARK, (b. 1892) / Simons, Bettie A. Dau
15, 1895, TX MI ARK/ Simons, Alma Dau 12, (1908) TX MI ARK/
Simons, Nettie Dau 8 TX MI ARK/ Simons, Dexter D. Jr., Son, 5,
1905, TX MI ARK, (b.1905)/ Simons, Willie Son 2, (1908), TX MI
ARK, (b.1908)/ Simons, Nellie Dau 2, (b.1908) TX MI ARK. Same
census pg with Ed Tongate.
1910 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, TX: head Lee B
Boatright 50, 1860 TX, ILL, SC, married at 20, farmer/ wife
Annie Boatright 39, 1871, TX, married at 20, had 11
children, 8 living/ son Jessie Boatright 14, 1896/dau
Dollie Boatright 12/dau Lucie Boatright 10, 1900/ dau Vadie
Boatright 8/dau Liddie Boatright 6, 1904/son Frank
Boatright 1, 1909.
1910 Justice Precinct 4, Travis, TX: James E Shannon
27, 1883/ wife Cellie L Shannon 16, TX, KY/ son (err?) James
H Shannon 19, 1891/ brother Pearl F Shannon 14.(census very
pale.)
1920 Andersons Mill, District 182, Travis, TX: head
Waechter, Gus 40, 1880, TX, Ger, Ger, single male.
next to head Boatright, S. T. 24, 1896, TX/ wife Carrie, 20,
TX.
same page head Waechter, James, 68, 1852, TX, LA, NC/wife
Margaret, 62, 1858, TX, TN, TN/ son Arthur, 23, 1897/ dau Alice,
16.
head Prewitt, ???iss 42, 1878, TX, US, US, male/ wife Vernable
36, 1884, TX, Ala, Germany/ dau Edith 8, TX/dau Bernice 6/ dau
Dorothy 2, 1918/ mother in law Waechter, Vernable 69,
1851, Germany, Germany, Germany, widow.
head Weachter, Paul , 42, 1878, TX, Germany, Germany, farmer/
mother Louise 83, Germany, widow.
next to head Toungeat, Lloyd 28, 1892, TX, TX, TX/wife Julia 24
TX, TX, TX/son John, 4/dau Cin??dia, 4 months/ bro Lewis, 18,
TX.
same page head Shannon, James 36 TX MO TX/ wife Lilly 25 TX KY
TX/ son Jim 11, TX/dau Emmer 8, TX/son Andrew 3/ dau Anna, 1, TX
.
next to head Shannon, Will 34 TX MO TX /wife Sarrah 20, TX KY
TX/son Arthur 4 TX/ dau Cleta, 1, TX.
1920 Andersons Mill (Oak Grove), Travis, Texas: Ida Simmons 48,
(b.1872) Ark, US, US, farmer, widow (Why is Ida listed as a widow?
Ida Ann Adams first married Dexter D. Simons. They divorced.
Ida married Ed Toungate in 1917. Ed died 1950.)
/ son Dexter Simmons 15, 1905, TX, Ark, Ark / son Willie Simmons 12, 1908 /
dau Nellie Simmons 11, 1909 / son Fritz Simmons 8, 1912 /
son Andrew Simmons 2, 1918.
1920 Justice Precinct 4, Williamson, TX:Josh
Canterwell 49, 1871, TX, MO, Ala, rent home, gen farming;
wife Annie Canterwell 47, 1873; dau Luddy Canterwell 30, 1890;
son John Canterwell 23, 1897; son Walter Canterwell 16,
1904; son Jackson Canterwell 10, 1910; son Charley Canterwell 6,
1914; grand dau Clara F Canterwell 6, 1914; grand son Willford
Canterwell 4, 1916 (Clara and Willford are children of Henry
Cantrell). (correct name is Cantrell).
1920 Austin Ward 4, Travis, TX: head Sparlin Young, 28,
1892, TX, TX, TX/ wife Lucy Young, 19, 1901, TX, TX,
TX/dau Daley Young, 8/12, TX, TX, TX. (Sparlin b.1892 s/o Sparlin
P. b.1840 Ark and Elizabeth b. 1842 TX)
1930 Austin, Travis, TX: John W Guest 47, TX, TX, TX,
renting home, married at 19, occ: woodcutter cedar/ Ida M Guest
42, TX MO TX married at 14/ dau Lona V Guest 17/ dau Johnie S
Guest 14/ son Cleo Guest 7.
1930 Austin, Travis, TX: Jesse T Boatright 33 , 1897, TX
TX TX , married at 19, renting home, stone mason, building trade/
wife Rosie M Boatright 24, 1906, TX TX TX , married at
22/dau Thelma M Boatright 7 TX TX TX/son Jim L Boatright 1 5/12
TX TX TX/ sister in law Mary E Clawson 22, TX TX TX, single.
1930 Precinct 4, Travis, TX: head D. H. Walden 20, TX TX
TX , woodcutter/ wife Ella, 20/lodger, T. F. Boatright 21, 1909,
TX TX TX , woodcutter. next to head A. B. Boatright , 19,
1911, TX TX TX , woodcutter/ bro F. C. Boatright , 17,
1913, TX TX TX , woodcutter.
1930 Austin, Travis, TX: head Lee B Boatright 69,
TX, ILL, SC, own home, married at 24, salesman, gro store/ wife
Annie 62, TX GA GA, married at 16.
Please
correct me if I have made mistakes on this page.
Good links: TEXAS
CEMETERIES: Travis County and
Travis County, TX - Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home Records
Very interesting cemeteries, census History and Genealogy of
Williamson County, Texas
A story of the area: THE VALLEY OF CASCADE CREEK By Cathryn
Richards, December 1961 (The link is no longer good and I cannot
find story)
Another story and photos: "Bull Creek
Watershed is one of the most beautiful natural areas in
Travis County. Once called Cascade, the name "Bull" is
said to have come from the last wild bison shot near the creek in
the 1860s. Another source relates the name to the many longhorn
cattle that once grazed in the area."