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History
in a Pecan Shell
Grassyville was a German agricultural community formed in the mid 1850s. The village
became a center for German Methodist Church members and a parsonage was built
here in 1858, although a church didn’t appear until 1868.
A
post office was granted in 1877, although it was in Lee County. In 1879 it reopened
in Bastrop County, although the matter was far from ending. This post office was
closed and reopened in Lee County, only to moved back to Bastrop
in 1883.
Grassyville was prospering in the mid 1880s with a population
of 75 residents served by a gristmill and cotton gin. Two churches were in operation
as well as a school.
The community played host to conferences of the German
Methodist Church in 1887 and 1893 and again in 1899.
The post office saga
was resurrected when it was closed in 1887, reopened two years later and closed
for good in 1906.
The population fell to a mere 10 citizens in 1933 but
from 1939 through 1990 it was reportedly at 50.
Today it is remembered
by Grassyville Road and the large, manicured cemetery.
Grassyville
Cemetery Historical Marker > |
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Grassyville Reinholdt Peschke Residence
Vintage photo courtesy Paige
Historic Society & Museum |
Direction to Grassyville
Cemetery from Paige
According to Texas
Historical Commission Atlas:
"Off US 290, south on FM 2104, 4.6 mi. to
FM 2259, east .3 mi., then north on CR 184 .4 mi. to CR 149, east .5 mi. at end
of CR 149" |
Road
to Grassyville Cemetery
TE photo, April 2010 |
Grassyville
Cemetery sign and stile
TE photo, April 2010 |
Grassyville Cemetery view
TE photo, April 2010 |
Tombstone
Portrait
TE photo, April 2010 |
Tombstone
Portrait
TE photo, April 2010 |
Grassyville Cemetery Historical Marker
TE photo, April 2010 |
Historical
Marker TextGrassyville
CemeteryGerman
immigrants settled the Grassyville community in the 1850s and organized a Methodist
church. Many gravestones in this cemetery are lettered in German script. The two
earliest burials, Auguste D. Hamff and Bertha Kunkel, are both dated 1871. Seven
Confederate veterans who served in Creuzbaur's-Welhausen's battery during the
Civil War (1861-1865) are buried in the 1.5-acre graveyard. Although the village
has disappeared, the burial ground continues in use. There are 130 graves tended
by Grassyville Cemetery Association, which was established in 1963. |
Grassyville Inscribed On Tombstone
TE photo, April 2010 |
| Courtesy
Paige Historic Society & Museum |
| Courtesy
Paige Historic Society & Museum |
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