St. John's Cemetery
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This burial ground is located on the site where the first Swedish Methodist church in the Brushy Creek area was located. In the early 1870s, Swedish immigrants began to settle in this area and by the early 1880s, Pastor C.C. Charmquist and residents established a church and cemetery here. The earliest known burial is of an infant, dating to 1881. In 1906, the congregation moved and was ultimately named St. John's United Methodist Church. In 1984, the St. John's Cemetery Association began to maintain the burial ground, though the graveyard continued to be closely related to the church. Early pioneers, community leaders and veterans of military conflicts dating to World War I are among those interred here. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground began with a Swedish Methodist church that immigrant families established in the Brushy Creek area in the early 1880s, its earliest known grave that of an infant in 1881. When the congregation relocated in 1906 it eventually became St. John's United Methodist Church, but the cemetery endured under a caretaking association formed in 1984. Pioneers, community leaders, and veterans reaching back to World War I rest here.
Why it matters
It preserves the memory of the Swedish immigrant pioneers who settled Central Texas and the generations of community life that followed.
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Related people
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