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Kyle Cemetery Historic Marker
The Kyle Cemetery, located on Stagecoach Road just outside of Kyle, Texas is thought to be the oldest cemetery serving an entire community still in use in Hays County. The cemetery was recorded as a Texas historical marker in 1992 by the Texas Historical Commission.
The cemetery is located on land which belonged to Col. Claiborne Kyle, who donated the first fifteen acres of a land for a "community burial ground" after two burials had been conducted within the area. One of these two was his "adopted" son, Willie Parks, who died in 1849. 
The other burial is that of an unidentified man whom Col. Kyle's ranch hands found hanging from a large oak tree within these same fifteen acres. This was prior to Willie Park's burial. This tree has become famous and is mentioned in several history books written about this area. It is referred to as "The Hanging Tree. "
Kyle Cemetery Hanging Tree
  The Kyle Cemetery holds the remains of some of the earliest Hays County settlers including Major Edward Burleson, veteran of the Mexican War and probably one of the most prominent men in the history of this area. Also in the cemetery lies Colonel John Bunton, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Colonel Claiborne Kyle, his wife Lucy Bugg Kyle, their son Fergus Kyle, for whom the town of Kyle was named, Samuel Washington, grandnephew of George Washington, as well as soldiers from the Mexican War, Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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 An addition to the original fifteen acres of land was made sometime during the early 1900s with a gift from O.G. Parke. The cemetery is well kept, clean, and has a cemetery association which was formed during the 1920s. Prior to that time loving and devoted citizens of the area took care of the upkeep and records. The cemetery association is very active and has developed a care and maintenance program for the cemetery. There are many graves which do not have markers, some known, some unknown. The association has a record of some of these burials.
Kyle Cemetry George Washington's Grandnephew
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