Saul Cemetery
Hutto vicinity, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The Saul family settled along Brushy Creek in Williamson County about 1850. One brother, Charles Saul (b. 1818) bought this 640-acre tract in 1862. This part of the ranch was first used as a family burial ground upon Charles' death on June 22, 1870. The cemetery has twenty-three marked graves dated from 1870 to 1918, including that of Charles' wife Louisa (Dawson) Saul (1814-1887). According to tradition, the cemetery contains a number of unmarked slave graves. This property has remained in Saul family ownership for well over a century. (1982)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The Saul family put down roots along Brushy Creek around 1850, and in 1862 Charles Saul acquired the 640-acre tract that became both ranch and resting place. His 1870 death opened the family burial ground, which holds twenty-three marked graves through 1918 and, by tradition, a number of unmarked graves of enslaved people. The land has stayed in Saul hands for well over a century.
Why it matters
A single family cemetery preserves the intertwined stories of frontier settlement and slavery in central Texas, including the too-often-unmarked lives of the enslaved.
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Related people
- · Charles Saul
- · Louisa Dawson Saul
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