Details for Holy Cross Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5287008156

Data

Marker Number 8156
Atlas Number 5287008156
Marker Title Holy Cross Cemetery
Index Entry Holy Cross Cemetery
Address
City Giddings
County Lee
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 698085
UTM Northing 3329252
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1973
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 7 mi. SE of Giddings on FM 448, then 2 mi. east on CR 214
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 14" x 24"
Marker Text At former site of Holy Cross Church, founded here in Rabb's Creek area in 1873. Opened at the death of Pastor Johann Zapf (1873), the cemetery has 53 graves. Parish sold church site, retained cemetery; built a new church near Warda (2.25 mi. S) in Fayette County, in 1882.

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