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At former site of Holy Cross Church, founded here in Rabb's Creek area in 1873. Opened at the death of Pastor Johann Zapf (1873), the cemetery has 53 graves. Parish sold church site, retained cemetery; built a new church near Warda (2.25 mi. S) in Fayette County, in 1882.
Holy Cross Cemetery is a historical marker in Giddings, Lee County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Lee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0798, -96.9442 near Giddings. The nearest cataloged historic site is Holy Cross Lutheran (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include In This Grave Rest James Goucher and Five Members, Goucher Graves, and Serbin.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5287008156. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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