Allandale History

One Square Acre … Family Graveyard … Reserved Forever

What follows is writeup on the  historical Davis Family Cemetery in Allandale on Vine Street put together by Jack Kern and Doug Davis for the Allandale Reporter. The photo on the left is a picture of the two men standing inside the cemetery. Doug, on the left is a  descendent of the family patriarch and original owner of the land. Jack, standing on the right,  lives on Twin Oaks Drive.  His back yard looks into the cemetery. He is the one that provided the Allandale listserve with the initial background on the cemetery and helped put this piece together.

Davis Family Vine Street Cemetery

submitted by Jack Kern and Doug Davis

History
The George W Davis Family Cemetery was part of a 3,154 acre land grant signed by Mirabeau B Lamar, President of The Republic of Texas, in 1841 to the family patriarch after his service in the battle of San Jacinto. The earliest dated grave is March 25, 1851, but the burial ground may have been in use as early as 1845. In 1918, Doug Davis’s great grandmother became the last person to be buried in the cemetery.

History of Allandale Neighborhood Association

submitted by Phyllis Brinkley

Hi Neighbors,

I updated the History of the Allandale Neighborhood Association for the Web site, allandalereporter.org. There is also a copy at the Austin History Center.

This is the history of the Allandale Neighborhood Association not to be confused with the Allandale Neighborhood. The Association was organized in October 1973 as the largest neighborhood group in Austin serving the area bounded by Anderson Lane, to Burnet Road, down Burnet Road to Hancock Drive, across Hancock Driveto Shoal Creek (the Creek itself), to 45th Street and 45th Street across to MoPac and MoPAC back up to Anderson Lane.

You can read the full history here (it's a Word document).