Brown Cemetery

Brown Cemetery. . , The community of Hye, first known as Rocky Creek, was settled by mostly German and Anglo American families in the 1860s. Mississippi native Hiram G. “Hye” Brown became the first postmaster in 1886 and the namesake for the new post office., Hye Brown (1853-192) moved to Texas in 1858 with his parents Martha (Easterling) and Willis Brown, and arrived in Rocky Creek by 1870. Willis died in 1873, and Hye married Margaret Ann (“Mag”) Steen (1855-1947) in 1874, becoming the principal support for his wife, his mother and his six sisters. Hye worked at the Cage General Store in Blanco while Mag managed the family farm, and then the two and their young family operated the Commissary at Fort McKavett in 1876-77. They returned to Blanco County in 1878, buying the J.W. Ray place three miles west of Martha Brown’s house. Hye Brown operated a general store with the Hye Post Office located within the store. He owned the first gin mill in the community, served as a county tax assessor and was a leader for members of the community. , Hye Brown died in 1920 and was buried on the family property south of the 1904 Hye General Store, in what became Brown Cemetery. Hye’s mother, Martha, died in 1922 and was buried here as well. Mag Brown lived alone on the family homestead for about a year before selling it and the General Store to the Dieke family in 1923. She then moved in with family in Austin and lived there until her death in 1947. She is buried here next to Hye. Grandson Hiram Steen Brown (1918-2005) became the forth burial in this small family cemetery. It is a record and a reminder of pioneer citizens and their contributions to the development of the community and region. , Historic Texas Cemetery.