Rocky Hollow -
Little Arkansas
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Bullion and
Sedwick
Cemetery
Williamson County,
Georgetown / Andice, Rocky Hollow
community
Texas
new as of 9-10-10
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at the corner of
FM
2338 at CR247
about 7 west of Georgetown
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Coordinates
Latitude: 30.7373 -
Longitude: -97.8002
Easting: 614857
Northing: 3401104
Historical Marker was missing from
1997 to 2010
Marker
Re-Dedication
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Rocky Hollow Cemetery Association
Historical Marker Dedication
Held on Saturday, October 9,
2010
Opening Song: God Bless
America
Scripture: Debra Rose
Prayer: The Lord's Prayer
Welcome: Birdie
Shanklin
Dedication Ceremony:
Ralph Dixon Love
Unveiling of the Marker:
Patsy Fisher May
Beverly Fisher Williams
Expression of Appreciation:
Eunice Hastings
Closing Remarks: P.J. Stevens,
WCHC Chairman
Rocky Hollow Cemetery Association
President: Eunice Hastings
Vice President: Donald Ray
Sedwick
Treasurer: Samuel Miller
Secretary: Birdie Shanklin
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Old Maker Text
In the 1850s, a
group of pioneer Black slaves came to this area from
Union County, Arkansas, and founded what is now known as
the Rocky Hollow Community. This cemetery soon was
established on land given by Thomas P. Chapman. Although
it was used before the Civil War began, the first marked
grave, that of Confederate veteran William Bacon Tucker,
is dated 1865. Known in earlier times as Bullion and as
Little Arkansas, Rocky Hollow Cemetery continues to be
maintained by descendants of the community's founders
and of many ex-slaves. (1984)
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New Marker Text
This cemetery was established on land owned by
Thomas P. Chapman, along the route of the
Georgetown-Lampasas road. Although it was
mentioned in deed records as early as 1859, the earliest
marked grave, that of confederate veteran William Bacon
Tucker, is dated 1865. By 1870, the cemetery was
no longer utilized by Anglo Pioneers but continued to be
used by former slaves who lived in the nearby Rocky
Hollow community. In 1974, graves from Sedwick Family
Cemetery were moved to this site
because of the creation of
Lake
Georgetown. Today, Rocky
Hollow
Cemetery continues to be
maintained by descendants of the community’s founder.
Historic
Texas Cemetery – 2007
Marker is property of the State of
Texas
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Sedwick
Cemetery
The Sedwick Cemetery was on land
that Lake Georgetown now covers and the graves
were moved and re-buried at the
Rocky Hollow Cemetery.
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Williamson County 
