Phillips Cemetery

Dripping Springs, Texas

Early settlers Nancy and John Phillips deeded the first land at this site to the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1880. A small church was built and was dedicated on March 13, 1880. As was customary, members of the community were buried near the church. The earliest documented burial is that of B. G. Sorrell, who died on March 13, 1880. Among the graves are those of numerous early settlers to the Dripping Springs area and sixteen Civil War veterans.

In 1901 land for a new church building was acquired on the Old San Marcos Road (now RR 12). The original church building was sold and moved, leaving the site to be used solely for the Methodist cemetery. Families cared for individual graves, while members of the community maintained the cemetery.

In the early 1920s the local blacksmith, Williams S. Garnett, ordered caskets and assisted with funeral arrangements. The Methodist Church donated the cemetery property to the community in 1940 and in 1962, a cemetery association was form and chartered in 1968, to maintain the now historic graveyard. Over the years, several other families have donated additional property bringing the total to about 3.5 acres. In 1991, the Texas Historical Commission declared Phillips Cemetery as a state historic site and erected a plaque near the main entrance.

A columbarium was added to the grounds in 2011, as a final resting place and for the benefit of families interring cremains. It is in the southwest corner near the gazebo.

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