Brummett Cemetery Traditional Cache

Follow signs for Brummett Cemetery off highway 173. Easy P&G near the front gate of the cemetery. Located in Frio County.

Brummett Cemetery

Located near Bigfoot, Texas—a town named for William "Bigfoot" Wallace, a soldier and Texas Ranger ¹—Brummet Cemetery began as a pioneer cemetery and was in use by 1860. According to the historical marker at the entrance², the cemetery was named after Kizzie Brummett and son William who deeded the burial ground to the public.

The most famous internment is that of James Washington Winters, Jr.³, a veteren of the Battle of San Jacinto, died 1903.

I visited this cemetery with my mom because she said several of her ancestors are buried here. The most interesting story she told me was that of Harriet Johnson McCoy (1859-1878) who apparently eloped with James McCoy (1853-1889) much to the disappointment of her family. They built a rock wall around her grave and his family errected an iron fence to forever keep them apart.

Footnotes

1. J. Frank Dobie, "WALLACE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER ANDERSON [BIGFOOT]," Handbook of Texas Online(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa36). Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
2. "Brummett Cemetery," Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2615&PIcrid=2615), accessed August 02, 2014.
3. Thomas W. Cutrer, "WINTERS, JAMES WASHINGTON, JR.," Handbook of Texas Online(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwi66). Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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