| Marker Number |
17270 |
| Atlas Number |
5507017270 |
| Marker Title |
Machu Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Machu Cemetery |
| Address |
CR 348 |
| City |
Granger |
| County |
Williamson |
| UTM Zone |
|
| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
2012 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
County Road 348, east of Granger, running south from County Road 971 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
MACHU CEMETERY PAVEL AND ROZINA (TRLICA) MACHU SETTLED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN 1878 AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CEMETERY BEGAN IN 1883 WHEN MACHU HELPED A WOMAN BURY HER HUSBAND WHO DIED DURING THEIR JOURNEY. MACHU OFFERED TO BURY HIM ON A TWO-ACRE SECTION OF THE MACHU FARM LOCATED ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANGER. THE FIRST RECORDED BURIAL WAS THAT OF KATARINA SAFARIK IN 1892. BURIALS INCLUDE DESCENDANTS OF PAVEL AND ROZINA, VETERANS AND OTHER CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CEMETERY WAS RELOCATED TO THIS SITE IN 1976 BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LANEPORT DAM. MEMBERS OF THE MACHU FAMILY CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011 |
