​Turtle Creek
​School and Cemetery

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Marker No: 5576

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.975237, -99.221420

Location: ​from Kerrville take FM 1273 south to school and cemetery, Kerrville

Marker Text: ​This schoolhouse and nearby burial ground originally served the pioneer settlers of the Turtle Creek area. The oldest marked grave is that of Miles L. Denton (1857-75. Also buried in the cemetery is Susan Elizabeth Bird (1866-87). The wife of J. Fisher Bird who patented the survey. Continuously used as a voting place since 1885, this property was obtained by school trustees in 1892 through a land trade with James Spicer. Classes were held here until 1958. Area residents bought the site in 1977 for the benefit of the community. (1980)