Talk:Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)

This is not the oldest cemetery in Texas. Morton Cemetery in Richmond Texas dates at 1825.
William Morton one of the original 300 used part of his land to build a cemetery across from his home on the Brazos River. A man came and stayed with him, working. He was a fellow mason. He died and William stopped his ferry business and made bricks to build his burial place. He had a plaque showing he was a mason. When Santa Anna came through after he crossed the Brazos at Ft. Bend his men were instructed to have a scorched earth policy. They came to the grave site, and Santa Anna told his men to leave the cemetery because General Santa Anna was a mason as well. 2600:1700:1B80:7C50:7849:190:BA58:F878 (talk) 08:02, 14 February 2022 (UTC)