John Maximillian League. Over 470 burials from 1930 to present. Active and maintained by the Bateman Cemetery Association.

Directions: From Bastrop go west on Hwy 71, turn left on Hwy 20. The cemetery is located at the crossroads of Hwy 20 and County Road 86. The picnic area is on the right side of Hwy 20, before the crossroads.

History: Many of the names are associated with the Pettytown and Red Rock Communities. Bateman was a thriving town with stores, a school and a church, until the railroad came into the area. There are obituaries in the Bastrop Advertiser in 1927 and the 1960s that states the burial was at Old Bateman, but the people were buried at Old Red Rock. Other obituaries in the 1950s and 1960s mentioned Bateman Cemetery as "New Bateman Cemetery". In the 1970's the "New" part was dropped.

9/27/1941 Milton Ingram & wife Vollie deeded to Bateman Cemetery trustees: B L Duran, J A Buckner, John Culpepper, in J Maximillian League for cemetery being out of 100 acres between Lockhart-Bastrop Highway and Luling-Bastrop Highway. Vol 107 page 364.

3/16/1956 Walter Doherty and Lee Doherty, agents for Martha Doherty Estate deeded to Bateman Cemetery Assn trustees: Kenneth V Buckner, B H Pester, V H Hanna ¾ acres of land in John Maximillian League, a part of the Doherty 193 acre tract to be used by the public as picnic grounds or meetings. 10/10/1956 Vol 144, page 232. The Bastrop Advertiser 4/19/1956 announced the annual homecoming picnic would be held at the new Bateman Cemetery park on 4/29/1956.

9/15/1969 Cornelius C Hoke & Marguerite M Hoke deeded to B H Pester, Kenneth Buckner, Jack Hanna trustees, 1.99 acres being part of a 84.74 acre tract Vol 192 page 631.

4/30/1972 L E Harris & Dorothy Ellis Harris deeded to B H Pester, Kenneth Buckner and Jack Hanna Trustees being out of 42.37 acre tract Vol 207, page 225.

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