San Saba County Historical Commission

King Family Cemetery

Location: 
    The King Family Cemetery is in western San Saba County in the Sloan community on property owned by Ray and Kathleen (Hector) Hawkins. Kathleen is the great granddaughter of James Larkin King, son of James W. King, the original owner of the King property.

GPS:   Latitude: 31.1452o N     Longitude: 98.9271o W

Directions:  


    From San Saba city limit go west 2.2 miles on U.S. 190 to FM 2732 (the Sloan Road.) 
    Turn left onto FM 2732. Go west-southwest 9.8 miles to the end of the pavement. 
    Continue straight ahead on unpaved road marked dead-end about .2 mile to cemetery on the left.

Condition: 
    This old cemetery is in excellent condition and is well maintained. It is fenced with three ft. high decorative iron fencing with gates at the mid-point in both the north and south fence lines.






Inscriptions:

• There are thirteen graves in this cemetery. 
• The first burial in this cemetery was Marie King, the wife of James W. King, in 1872.
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Note: Under the column “Comments” tombstone inscriptions are in “quotation marks.” Submitter’s comments are surrounded by [brackets.]

Submitted by Stan Burnham 325-372-3123 
Updated April 2020

Grave # Name     Birth - Death Comments
1 KING Jane     1839 - 1929  [Rebecca Jane King, dau/o J. W. and Marie]
2 KING,  Ann      1845 - 1926 [Dau/o J.W. and Marie
3 KING H. A.  May 31,1847  -  Oct. 11, 1907   [Harriet Ann, dau/of J. W. and Marie]
4 KING J. W.  May 12, 1800 - Oct 12, 1891 [James W. King, head of King family - moved from N. C.]
5 KING, Marie     1806 - 1872 [W/o James W.
6 BRINK, Miltie A. May 29, 1925 - Mar 4, 1999 Dau/o L. M. and Kate (King) Hector]
7 HECTOR, L. M. Dec 21, 1891 - Jul ?, 1943
8 HECTOR, Kate (King) Mar. 27, 1895 - Jan 15, 1987 [W/o L.M. Hector]
9 KING, J. L.  1851 - 1930
10 KING, Liz 1874 - 1899 [Dau/o J. L. King]
11 KING, James William Feb 17, 1893 - Aug 3, 1966 [Son/o J. L. King]
12 HECTOR, Melvin C. Nov 21, 1917 - Jan 25, 1998 [Son/o L. M. and Kate]
13 HECTOR, Neva Ray Jun 9, 1921 - Mar 4, 2018