The story of Samuel McCulloch Jr

This is a scan of a map of an area along the Medina River in Southwest Bexar county. On the map is the homestead of Samuel McCulloch jr. That lot today is occupied by the Southwest ISD campus. Along with the main administrative office building,…

This cemetery is located on land donated to the Mann's Crossing Baptist Church by Samuel McCulloch Jr. When the congregation relocated the cemetery became Mann's Crossing community cemetery. Today it bares the name of the original benefactor. It…

This is the last resting place of Samuel McCulloch Jr. He was the first casualty of the Texas Revolution. The land that surrounds the cemetery was his reward for his service to the Republic of Texas. The cemetery was originally a church cemetery,…

A map of Bexar county that shows the land grants in the area. In the Southwest corner is the land grant of Samuel McCulloch. It is on this land the SWISD main campus was built. The cemetery is the only thing remaining from McCulloch's ownership of…