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Grassyville
Reinholdt Peschke Residence
Vintage photo courtesy Paige Historic
Society & Museum |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Grassyville
was a German agricultural community formed in the mid 1850s. The
village became a center for German Methodist Church members and
a parsonage was built here in 1858, although a church didn’t appear
until 1868.
A post office
was granted in 1877, although it was in Lee County. In 1879 it reopened
in Bastrop County,
although the matter was far from ending. This post office was closed
and reopened in Lee County,
only to moved back to Bastrop
in 1883.
Grassyville was prospering in the mid 1880s with a population of
75 residents served by a gristmill and cotton gin. Two churches
were in operation as well as a school.
The community played host to conferences of the German Methodist
Church in 1887 and 1893 and again in 1899.
The post office saga was resurrected when it was closed in 1887,
reopened two years later and closed for good in 1906.
The population fell to a mere 10 citizens in 1933 but from 1939
through 1990 it was reportedly at 50.
Today it is remembered by Grassyville Road and the large, manicured
cemetery.
Grassyville Cemetery Historical
Marker ›
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Road to Grassyville
Cemetery
TE photo, April 2010 |
Direction
to Grassyville Cemetery from Paige
According to Texas Historical Commission Atlas:
"Off US 290, south on FM 2104, 4.6 mi. to FM 2259, east .3 mi.,
then north on CR 184 .4 mi. to CR 149, east .5 mi. at end of CR 149" |
Grassyville
Cemetery sign and stile
TE photo, April 2010 |
Grassyville
Cemetery
TE photo, April 2010 |
Tombstone Portrait
TE photo, April 2010 |
Tombstone Portrait
TE photo, April 2010 |
Grassyville
Cemetery Historical Marker
TE photo, April 2010 |
Historical Marker
Grassyville
Cemetery
German immigrants
settled the Grassyville community in the 1850s and organized a Methodist
church. Many gravestones in this cemetery are lettered in German script.
The two earliest burials, Auguste D. Hamff and Bertha Kunkel, are
both dated 1871. Seven Confederate veterans who served in Creuzbaur's-Welhausen's
battery during the Civil War (1861-1865) are buried in the 1.5-acre
graveyard. Although the village has disappeared, the burial ground
continues in use. There are 130 graves tended by Grassyville Cemetery
Association, which was established in 1963. |
Grassyville
Inscribed On Tombstone
TE photo, April 2010 |
| Courtesy
Paige Historic Society & Museum |
| Courtesy
Paige Historic Society & Museum |
| Our appreciation
to Ed Summers, a Grassyville resident for directions to the cemetery
and to the Paige Historic Society &
Museum for the vintage photos used here. |
| Texas
Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history, stories,
landmarks and vintage/historic photos, please contact
us. |
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