The Community of Manchaca, named for a campsite of Tejano Army Officer José Antonio Menchaca. First received a post office in 1851. Early educational efforts included an 1870s subscription school in a one-room frame schoolhouse on Onion Creek. The . . . — — Map (db m201904) HM
The original four-acre section of this cemetery included land donated by James M. Turley (1856-83) and Andrew Jackson Hammett (1829-1907). The oldest grave is that of Turley's daughter, Tennessee Belle Hart, and her baby, who died on Aug. 27, . . . — — Map (db m158895) HM
Methodists in the Manchaca community began meetings as early as 1871 when circuit riders held worship services in the old rock church owned by the Cumberland Presbyterian congregation. Although this fellowship was not organized formally until . . . — — Map (db m26123) HM