High Hill Cemetery
Schulenburgbr/Fayette County, Texasbr/29 42.132' N 96 55.834' W Directions: Start at the intersection of FM-2672 and Seidel Road. Go 200 yards north on FM-2672. The cemetery is on the right (east) side of the highway.br/ br/Historical Maker: High Hill Post Office, established about 1858, united three adjacent villages and gave this community cemetery its name. This six-acre tract was once the property of George Herder (1818-87), a German immigrant and a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. The oldest stones here mark the graves of August Wolters, who died April 6, 1861, and Friedrich Eicholt, who died May 18, 1861. The cemetery contains about 241 graves, primarily those of German settlers in the area. Family members cared for the site until 1963, when the Old High Hill Cemetery Association, Inc., was organized.