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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0353_351e51 Mrs. R. B. Moore, 111 West 33rd. St., Austin, Texas Mrs. W. H. Nunn, 2700 Forest Park, Ft. north, Texas Mrs. S. L. Trigg, Amarillo, Texas Wilburn Henry Hedderson, 1801 Elm St., E1 Paso, Texas Daniel Coleman Chapter, D. A. R., Georgetown, Texas Sam h. Henderson, Georgetown, Texas Eric be Lundblad, Georgetown, Texas Robert W. Cooper, iyaco, Texas George D. Whittle, 477 Arlington Ave., Berkley 7, Calif. Mrs. F. L. McRee , 4756 S. 6th St., &rlington 4, Va. Mrs. G. eve Hardaway, 2809 Wheeling Ave„ El Paso, Texas Albert E. Fields, 17583 Santa Ana, Bloomington, Calif. Mrs. C. M. Nolen for Sewing Club, Georgetown, Texas United Daughters of the Confederacy - Samuel P. Sanders C. G. Miffleton, P. 0. Box t35, Llano, Texas Rotary Club of Georgetown, Texas Mrs. Mabel T. Quebedeaux, 806 'N- 31st St., Austin, Texas Mrs. John C. Johnson, 913 3rd St., Graham, Texas We. T. Redford, 711 E. 8th. St., Georgetown, Texas Mr. & Mrs. We B. MacMillan, 211 N. Washington St., Abbeville, LA. Members of the George own Bar Georgetown Lions Club San Gabriel Lodge No. 89, Georgetown, Texas Professional & Business Women's League, Georgetown, Texas Davis Funeral Home, Georgetown, Texas Friedrich - Guthrie Funeral Home, Georgetown, Texas Optimist Club, Georgetown, Texas The following firms and organisations have aontributed labor, materials and equipment to this program. City of Georgetown Commissioner , Precinct #1, Georgetown, Texas Phi Delta Theta Fraternity , Southwestern Univ., Georgetown Georgetown Lumber Co., Georgetown, Texas. Belford Lumber Co. Georgetown, Texas Mann Lumber Co., Georgetown, Texas Wickes Lumber Co,9 Georgetown, Texas Mutual Lumber Co., Georgetown, Texas J. wolf " ool,and Mohair Co., Georgetown, Texas Parker Lumber Co., Georgetown, Texas County Surveyor, Georgetown, Texas Lone Star Gas Cp., Georgetown, Texas 7pecial thanks should go to ITr. h. W. Bowen who furnished the stone for the Historical Marker, placing the Plaque on the stone, and installing this permanent marker in the cemetery. The improvements:contributed by all of the above individuals and firms consisted of (1) .clearing the under -brush from the burial plot; (2) the poisoning of the stubles left after the clearing; (3� the removal of the under -brush from the grounds; (4 the building of a chain link=fire proff fence with three barbed wires on top of the chain link part, supported py steel post; (5)" the replacing of tombstones either upright or in a flat position in concrete where many of the stones were broken; (t) the placing of the Historical Marker with the following inscription thereon. THIS SITE ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL RIVER, A PORTION OF THE LAND DONATED BY GEORGE W. GLASSCOCK IN 1848 FOR THE COUNTY SEAT OF ti+ILLIAMSON COUNTY, WAS USED AS A BURIAL PIAT FROM 1840 TO 1902. MANY PIONEER CITIZENS LIE BURIED HERE + MA14TY NAMES UNKNOWN AND GRAVES UNMARKED. RESTORATION OF " THE OLD GEORGETOWN CEMETERY" WAS PEGUN IN 1963 BY.TEE GEORGETOWN HISTORICAL SURVEY COLIMITTEE WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF INTERESTED PEOPLE WHO " DID NOT FORGET".