<br/>As Demi looks around her, she notices a brick gazebo in the center of the cemetery. It identifies this final resting place as the Fairview Cemetery. It contains a historical marker with the following information:<br/><br/><em>The City of Bastrop was first laid out between 1830 and 1832. Included in the initial community plat was a twelve-acre cemetery overlooking the colony. Tradition holds that the first known grave was that of Sarah Wells (d. 1831), a child of early colonist Marty Wells. The first marked grave is that of Crescentia Augusta Fischer (d. 1841), a German immigrant who contracted yellow fever after landing in Galveston, Texas, and died five days after her arrival in Bastrop. The burial ground is significant as an early Republic of Texas cemetery located in one of the state's early communities. It is also the final resting place of numerous notable Bastrop citizens, including elected state and national officials, and veterans of major military conflicts dating to the War of 1812. Although headstones feature prominent names like Governor Joseph D. Sayers, U.S. Congressman George Washington Wash Jones and early African American legislator Robert Kerr, the cemetery is also a link to the many generations of ordinary Bastrop residents, all of whom contributed to Bastrop's rich history in their own way. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003</em><br/><br/>Besides the gazebo, the most interesting feature of the grave yard are sixteen small crosses circling an angel. Each of the crosses identify a child taken in their youth.<br/><br/>Overall, Demi counts nearly 3,000 various markers.<br/><br/>As Demi inspects the cemetery for information, she notices the old grounds keeper going about his duties. He occasionally looks up and smiles in acknowledgement before continuing his task. He collects flowers that are beginning to wilt, some weeding in areas of need as well as repairing a section of the surrounding, iron gate.<br/><br/>Demi notices a couple visitors come and go in silence. These visitors seem unremarkable and do not even seem to notice Demi as she walks quietly around the grounds.<br/><br/>The latest marker Demi notices identifies someone passing in the year 2009.