Prior to the Establishment of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery, a place exactly one mile south of the church was designated as a burial ground. The site is on the east edge of FM-1383 just west of the barbed-wire fence in the Right-of-Way. These graves are side-by-side about four feet apart. When FM-1383 was built, the Right-of-Way was widened which took in the cemetery.
According to the St. Cyril and Methodius Diamond Jubilee Booklet, 1952, there are seven graves at the site. It is not known who is buried in each grave; numbers are arbitrary.
| Name | Gender |
|---|---|
| 1. ------- MOLNAR, infant | MALE |
| 2. Agnes KONVICKA | FEMALE |
| 3. ------- SUGAREK | MALE |
| 4. ------- SUGAREK, child of above Sugarek | MALE |
| 5. ------- MICAN, sister of Mican | FEMALE |
| 6. ------- HOLUB, Valentine Holub’s first born daughter | FEMALE |
| 7. ------- ZAPALACA | MALE |
Divining Rods confirm the location of the graves and identify the gender of each grave.
Mr. Adolph Kainer reports that, at one time, there was an inscribed tombstone at the site and also a sandstone headstone.
In 1952 there was a white wooden cross nailed to a nearby pecan tree. The cross was made of 2 X 4 lumber, 5 feet tall with a cross-arm 2 feet & 6 inches long. Each end was capped with a fancy filigree finale. Also there was a sign at the site which by 4 March 1971 was weathered and rotted but still readable. The sign, black letters on a white background reads: SEVEN BODIES BURIED THIS SPOT. FIRST BURIAL PLACE OF EARLY SETTLERS.
