Spring Creek Cemetery
Meridian, Bosque County, Texas
Marker Inscription
As settlement along Spring Creek increased after the end of the Civil War, land in this area was set aside for a Missionary Baptist church, a school, and this cemetery. According to local tradition, the first burial was that of a horse thief hanged in the vicinity. The earliest marked tombstone, however, is that of 2-year-old Will Bullard who died in 1881. In its role as a reflection of the area's heritage, Spring Creek Cemetery is the burial site of many early settlers, war veterans, schoolteachers, and church members. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
As families settled along Spring Creek after the Civil War, land here was set aside for a Baptist church, a school, and this cemetery. Local tradition holds that the first burial was a horse thief hanged nearby, though the oldest marked grave belongs to two-year-old Will Bullard, who died in 1881. The grounds hold generations of early settlers, veterans, schoolteachers, and church members who built the community.
Why it matters
Rural cemeteries like this one are among the fullest surviving records of who settled and sustained the Texas frontier in the decades after the Civil War.
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