​Hill Crest Cemetery

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Marker Text: ​This graveyard is closely associated with the Morris Ranch, an early international race horse breeding and training facility in Gillespie County. Charles Morris, whose Uncle Francis owned the ranch, served as its first general manager and was assisted by his brothers and sisters. Their father, William, died in 1894, and his grave bears the earliest legible tombstone here, although there may be earlier unmarked burial sites. The cemetery contains the graves of many Morris family descendants and other settlers of the Morris Ranch community. (1985)

Marker No: 10054

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.219786, -99.016670

Location: take SH 156 southwest approximately 8.8 miles to Morris Ranch Road; then west on Morris Ranch Road 2.5 miles to Old Morris Ranch Schoolhouse building (cemetery located up the hill behind the school building)