Littig Cemetery
Manor, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The town of Littig was laid out in 1883 along the route of the Houston & Texas Central Railway on land donated by former slave Jackson Morrow, and was named for A.B. Littig, who surveyed the townsite. In 1891, Thomas B. and Mary E. Fowler sold two acres to trustees George Morrow, Alex Alexander and Andrew J. Campbell for the establishment of a cemetery at this location. The earliest marked burial is that of Abba Moore, who died in 1895. Many former slaves, including Jackson Morrow and members of his family, are buried at the site. Although the town’s population declined during the mid- 20th century, Littig Cemetery remains active, and serves as a reminder of an important Travis County freedmen’s town.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The town of Littig was platted in 1883 on land donated by Jackson Morrow, a formerly enslaved man, along the Houston & Texas Central Railway. Its cemetery, established in 1891, became the resting place for many of the community's freedpeople, including Morrow and his family, with the earliest marked grave dating to 1895. Though the town shrank in the mid-20th century, the cemetery remains active as a witness to one of Travis County's freedmen's towns.
Why it matters
Freedmen's towns like Littig were where formerly enslaved Americans built landowning, self-governing communities after emancipation, and their cemeteries are often the most durable record left of them.
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