The Invisible Cemetery LbNA #44124 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 17, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hutto |
| County: | Williamson |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Buffalo squared  |
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| Found by: | PineDragon |
| Last found: | Mar 6, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Oct 17, 2008 |
Directions:
From Austin, take IH-35 into Round Rock and take the exit for US-79. Go East (Right) for 8.7 miles and go South (Right) onto S 1660. (If you passed the car dealerships, you have gone too far.) Go 2.6 miles (passing the Hutto Cemetery on your right) until you see a gravel road on your right with a rusty fence. This fence is usually open, although, you may have to push it open if closed. This gravel road will be behind a new school. Follow this road along the Brushy Creek. The road will veer to your left after a few hundred yards. When you have followed the road to the left you will see the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery in front of you with surrounding gates. Follow the gate to the left to get to the entrance of the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery.
From Waco, take IH-35 into Round Rock and take the exit for US-79. Go East (Left) and follow the same directions above.
History:
It is known that the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery is the burial place of the founders of Hutto. Many local people believe that the Hutto Cemetery that you passed on S 1660 is the only cemetery in Hutto. As you have found, this is not the case. The cemetery is an Official Historic Texas Cemetery as designated by The Texas Historical Commission, The State Agency for Historic Preservation. It received this status September 10, 1999. Since then, the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery Association meets annually to work on the grounds and upkeep of this historic cemetery. This group also practices and old technique called dowsing in which a person will walk with tools (typically metal clothes hangers that have been straightened out to look like an “L” that can be held in each hand) to locate unmarked graves. When the hangers move in a certain direction, this means you are standing on an un-marked grave. (You can find this term on the www.wikipedia.com online reference for a more detailed description.) The Cemetery Association then marks the graves with wooden stakes.
There used to be a sign on the road that said “No Trespassing by the City Commissioner” but this was taken down in the Summer of 2008. As you can see, not many people actually come down this unmarked gravel road.
This is also the first of two sections to this cemetery. The Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery that you are standing in is the “white cemetery.” There is a “black cemetery” on the other side of the Brushy Creek for slaves. It was located years ago but no one now knows its exact location. Although, it has been attempted by us, as well as the Cemetery Association and other local’s who know of the history.
Clue:
Walk through the black Shiloh-McCutcheon gates and find your way to the 5 foot cement tree stump of a one Mr. J. B.
From the foot stone travel NE to a group of small-trunked trees. Go to the SE side of this group and in the cluster of trunks you will find what you’re looking for under a rock and some brush.
Watch for fire ants
From Austin, take IH-35 into Round Rock and take the exit for US-79. Go East (Right) for 8.7 miles and go South (Right) onto S 1660. (If you passed the car dealerships, you have gone too far.) Go 2.6 miles (passing the Hutto Cemetery on your right) until you see a gravel road on your right with a rusty fence. This fence is usually open, although, you may have to push it open if closed. This gravel road will be behind a new school. Follow this road along the Brushy Creek. The road will veer to your left after a few hundred yards. When you have followed the road to the left you will see the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery in front of you with surrounding gates. Follow the gate to the left to get to the entrance of the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery.
From Waco, take IH-35 into Round Rock and take the exit for US-79. Go East (Left) and follow the same directions above.
History:
It is known that the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery is the burial place of the founders of Hutto. Many local people believe that the Hutto Cemetery that you passed on S 1660 is the only cemetery in Hutto. As you have found, this is not the case. The cemetery is an Official Historic Texas Cemetery as designated by The Texas Historical Commission, The State Agency for Historic Preservation. It received this status September 10, 1999. Since then, the Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery Association meets annually to work on the grounds and upkeep of this historic cemetery. This group also practices and old technique called dowsing in which a person will walk with tools (typically metal clothes hangers that have been straightened out to look like an “L” that can be held in each hand) to locate unmarked graves. When the hangers move in a certain direction, this means you are standing on an un-marked grave. (You can find this term on the www.wikipedia.com online reference for a more detailed description.) The Cemetery Association then marks the graves with wooden stakes.
There used to be a sign on the road that said “No Trespassing by the City Commissioner” but this was taken down in the Summer of 2008. As you can see, not many people actually come down this unmarked gravel road.
This is also the first of two sections to this cemetery. The Shiloh-McCutcheon Cemetery that you are standing in is the “white cemetery.” There is a “black cemetery” on the other side of the Brushy Creek for slaves. It was located years ago but no one now knows its exact location. Although, it has been attempted by us, as well as the Cemetery Association and other local’s who know of the history.
Clue:
Walk through the black Shiloh-McCutcheon gates and find your way to the 5 foot cement tree stump of a one Mr. J. B.
From the foot stone travel NE to a group of small-trunked trees. Go to the SE side of this group and in the cluster of trunks you will find what you’re looking for under a rock and some brush.
Watch for fire ants