Millerville Cemetery (1994)

Henry and Lourilla Osborn Miller, immigrants from Missouri who settled in Cooke County, Texas, during the 1860s, bought land in this area about 1876 which they subdivided into small farm tracts and sold. Settlers who purchased the farms organized a Church of Christ and in 1877 Rufus and Ann Green Ascue Birdsell donated one acre of land a short distance north of this site for school purposes. By 1881 much of the Miller's original land holdings had been sold and a community by the name of Millerville had been established. Although local tradition indicates earlier interments here, the first recorded burial was that of Joseph Beaver, Sr., in 1877. Two acres were set aside for cemetery purposes in 1881 by Ebaline and Michael Ramfield. Ramfield descendants in the Giesecke family have continued a family tradition of land ownership in this area into the 1990s. Birdsell School, a general store, and the Millerville Church of Christ constituted the town center in the early 1900s. The cemetery served the community and contains the burial of many of the area's earliest settlers and their descendants. Maintained by an association since 1980, the cemetery represents the last physical reminder of the village of Millerville. (1995)

Millerville Cemetery is a historical marker in Stephenville vicinity, Erath County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Erath County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 144 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0449, -98.0317 near Stephenville vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Millerville Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hurley, Rev. Henry, Duffau Cemetery, and Duffau Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5143003383. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.