| Marker Number |
5713 |
| Atlas Number |
5399005713 |
| Marker Title |
Walthall Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Walthall Cemetery |
| Address |
CR 123 |
| City |
Ballinger |
| County |
Runnels |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
415578 |
| UTM Northing |
3506550 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
CR 123, 4.75 mi. SE of Ballinger. US 67 NE, CR 125 S, CR 123 near Colorado River. Private. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
This burial ground is the last surviving evidence of Walthall community. Situated west of here, just across the Colorado River, Walthall was the first stable settlement in Runnels County. It was located on land claimed in the 1860s by the John W. Guest family, and surrounded a stagecoach stop on the Camp Colorado - Fort Concho Road in the 1870s. The cemetery contains at least one unmarked grave. The oldest marked grave is that of infant Penny Cotten (1877-1878). Mrs. John W. Guest (1820-1878) was another early burial. A stone from the river marks her grave. |
