Waresville Cemetery

Utopia, Texas

Section A
 

Surveyed by

(Mostly) Polly Nack & Billie R. Nast

Survey beginning July 2002 and completed October 2002.

Copyright © 2004 Billie Nast and Polly Nack 

The recording of this cemetery was done in the following manner:
Section A - rows of graves to the left of the road inside the cemetery, row count begins at the east fence, graves recorded working North to South.
Section B - rows of graves to the right of the road inside the cemetery, row count
begins at the road, graves recorded working North to South.
Section C - graves inside the stone wall considered the old cemetery, rows of
graves begin at left side of the stone wall, graves recorded working North to South.

If you are looking for a grave, you would need to keep in mind that the rows are not all straight and look in the row on either side of the count.
 
 

Abbreviations:

dbl stn w/ = double stone with/
Tpl stn w/ = triple stone with/
*V* = Veterans stone
*new stone, no dates = someone has replaced the old stones or stones that are no longer there with a small granite rectangle stone that has the first name initial and the last name. The dates are not on the replacement stone. In the case where the date is not readable on the old stone or there is no stone other than the replacement stone, the dates will appear in this recording in parenthesis “( )”.

Texas Historical Commission
Waresville Cemetery

The Waresville Cemetery is one of the last reminders of the old Waresville settlement on the Sabinal River established by Captain William Ware (1800-1853). Ware came to Texas in 1828 and first settled in Montgomery County. He fought for Texas Independence at the siege of Bexar and the battle of San Jacinto. During his military service Captain Ware saw the Sabinal Canyon and decided to bring his family here to settle in 1852.  Unfortunately a few months after building his cabin, he became ill and died. His burial in March 1853 on his property was the beginning of the Waresville Cemetery.

By 1880 the Waresville Community boasted a cotton gin, a gristmill, a sawmill, two flour mills, two churches, homes and a school. In 1886 Waresville was renamed Utopia for its location and climate.

Those interred here include members of the Ware Family and other early settlers: Henry Fuller, former slave of Captain Ware, victims of conflicts with local Indians; and descendents of early Waresville pioneers. The older part of the cemetery is still bounded by its original fieldstone fence. In 1951 the cemetery was surveyed and deeded to the Waresville Cemetery Association. (1991)

 
 
 

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