Womack - White Cemetery
Morgan, Bosque County, Texas
Marker Inscription
THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY BEGAN AS THE FAMILY CEMETERY FOR THE ABNER PRYOR WOMACK FAMILY WHO LIVED BESIDE STEELE CREEK. THE WOMACK FAMILY MOVED TO THIS AREA FROM POLK COUNTY IN 1859 WHERE THEY FARMED THE LAND AND RAISED LIVESTOCK. IN 1866, THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM J.P. BAKER. THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED BURIAL IS THAT OF JOHN A. WOMACK, ABNER’S GRANDSON, WHO DIED IN 1874, BUT NUMEROUS UNMARKED GRAVES EXIST. IN 1877, THE WOMACKS SOLD THEIR LAND TO JOHN LOREN WHITE AND ELIZABETH (MILLER) WHITE. THE FIRST BURIAL FROM THE WHITE FAMILY BEGAN WITH KATIE WHITE AFTER HER DEATH IN 1882. THE WOMACK AND WHITE PLOTS ARE DIVIDED INTO THEIR OWN AREAS WITH 38 DOCUMENTED GRAVESITES. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground began as the family cemetery of Abner Pryor Womack, whose family moved from Polk County in 1859 to farm and raise livestock beside Steele Creek and bought the land in 1866. When the Womacks sold to John Loren and Elizabeth White in 1877, the graveyard passed to a second family; the two families' plots remain distinct, with 38 documented graves and numerous unmarked ones.
Why it matters
Small family cemeteries like this preserve the intimate settlement history of rural Central Texas, where neighboring pioneer families shared land, labor, and finally a resting place.
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Related people
- · Abner Pryor Womack
- · John Loren White
- · Elizabeth Miller White
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