Collins Cemetery
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Marker No: 18940
Texas Historical Cemetery Marker
Geographic: 30.1705400, -97.7022000
Location: Cottonmouth School Road, Austin.
Drive south on Hwy 183 4 miles from intersection with Highway 71. At the light turn right onto D. G. Collins Road. (to the left this is FM 812). Drive .5 mile, turn left on Cottonmouth School Road. Proceed .1 mile to the “T” in road and go to the left. Go 100 feet. The graves are to the right about 25′ from the road. |
Marker Text: Established by Newton Isaac Collins, Sr. (1826 - 1903), an emancpated slave from Alabama, the Collins Cemetery is the final resting place for his family, after the Civil War, Collins acquired land throughout eastern Travis County, establishing the thriving community of Pilot Knob. The first known burial was Collins' son-in-law, Ben Bremond, in 1894. Dee Gabriel Collins (1863 - 1926), Collins' son is buried here with his wife, Donnie Louise (Sauls) Collins 1896 -1933) along with Collins's daughter Vinie (Collins) Bremond (1856 - 1912) and other members of the Collins and Bremond families. A small iron fence encloses a monument for Newton I. Collins, Sr., an integral member of the Pilot Knob community. (2004)
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