High Hill Cemetery
Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas
Marker Inscription
High Hill Post Office, established about 1858, united three adjacent villages and gave this community cemetery its name. This six-acre tract was once the property of George Herder (1818-87), a German immigrant and a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. The oldest stones here mark the graves of August Wolters, who died April 6, 1861, and Friedrich Eicholt, who died May 18, 1861. The cemetery contains about 241 graves, primarily those of German settlers in the area. Family members cared for the site until 1963, when the Old High Hill Cemetery Association, Inc., was organized.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The High Hill Post Office, established about 1858, united three neighboring villages and gave this six-acre burial ground its name. The land once belonged to George Herder, a German immigrant and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, and its oldest stones mark settlers who died in 1861. Holding roughly 241 graves — mostly of German families — the cemetery was tended by relatives until an association formed in 1963 to care for it.
Why it matters
High Hill Cemetery preserves the memory of the German immigrant communities that helped settle central Texas, linking that migration to the founding generation of the Texas Revolution.
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