Details for Boot Hill Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5311005974

Data

Marker Number 5974
Atlas Number 5311005974
Marker Title Boot Hill Cemetery
Index Entry Boot Hill Cemetery
Address
City
County McMullen
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 544149
UTM Northing 3148358
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1964
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Across from Town Square, Route 72, one block East of intersection of 72 and Highway 16, Tilden.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Began with grave of a suicide. Some occupants are: Dick Gosset, killed in Ft. Ewell gunfight, Feb. 1869. E.M. Crain, Confederate veteran; one of 4 cholera victims, 1869. John Smithwick, murdered, 1870. Jim--, assassinated from door of old Rock Store, 1872. Unknown, killed in gun battle while standing in front of old Rock Store, 1873. Unknown, killed unintentionally by Clabe Young, while playing a prank. S. Glenn Greer (12/7/1848-11/9/1874) thrown from a horse. Unknown, a Negro drowned in the Nueces, 1875. Unknown, murderer of James Minter, presumed to have been a Dalton gang member. Lige Harrison, Jr., killed at age 17 in a hunting accident, 1876. Samuel Wm. McCreery, murdered at his sheep ranch, 1877. Pemanio Palacios and Phelix Wheeler (infant), both died of natural causes. (1964)

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