O'Quinn in Fayette County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Black Jack Springs Cemetery
Pioneer Charles Luck provided land for the burial of his brother-in-law, Thomas H. Oeding (d. 1867). Oeding's is the first marked grave in this cemetery, which probably first served the Luck-Oeding family. The second known burial is that of Johann Wilhelm (Wil) Loessin (d. 1869), who volunteered with his three brothers as U.S. Cavalrymen in the Civil War. Wil died from an illness contracted while held as a prisoner of war at Camp Groce, Liendo Plantation, near Hempstead.
Adjoining the cemetery, residents built Trinitatis Lutheran Church in 1871 on land formally deeded by N.W. Faison. Charles Luck donated tracts of land, including the original graveyard, and heirs of Johanetta Luck Froelich Schwartz gave additional land to what became the Black Jack Springs Cemetery.
Buried here are soldiers, homesteaders, carpenter craftsmen and the renown German-Texan poet Johannes C.N. Romberg. The many names found among the stones in the cemetery chronicle the lives of early county settlers and their descendants.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002
Erected 2002 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13129.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.
Location. 29° 49.361′ N, 96° 58.826′ W. Marker is in O'Quinn, Texas, in Fayette County. Marker is on Black Jack Road, 0.4 miles north of Farm to Market Road 609, on the left when traveling north. The marker is located at the front entrance to the cemetery on the south side. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5129 Black Jack Road, La Grange TX 78945, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cedar Creek Cemetery (approx. 1˝ miles away); Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); United Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (approx. 3.1 miles away); Cedar Cemetery (approx. 3.7 miles away); Czech Catholic Union of Texas (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named The Czech Catholic Union of Texas (approx. 3.9 miles away); Father Miguel Muldoon (approx. 3.9 miles away); Augustine Haidusek (approx. 4.3 miles away).
Also see . . . Black Jack Springs, TX.
Black Jack Springs was near Farm Road 609 twelve miles southwest of La Grange in southwestern Fayette County. The community, named for the nearby clear springs and blackjack oak trees, was settled in the mid-1830s by Anglo pioneers. Source: The Handbook of Texas(Submitted on October 5, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
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