This cemetery is near Matthews family property in Dawson, Texas. Due to vandalism, the Matthews family has become caretakers for the cemetery, as many of their family members are buried there. Being almost 150 years old, many of the stones were illegible. One thing to keep in mind in Navarro County, there are strong ties in this county to Maury County, Tennessee. Many of the families from Maury, moved to Navarro, specifically in this area. The Spring Hill Cemetery is on land that was the homeplace of Dr. Washington Hill and his wife Katherine (Matthews) Slaughter Hill. Dr. Hill was one of President Sam Houston’s cabinet members, a wealthy landowner, trader, physician, statesman. Hill County was named in his honor. Dr. and Mrs. Hill are both buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery with many descendants. In 1936 the State of Texas erected a State Centennial monument at their graves. Whilst the cemetery had its start as the private burying place for Hill family members Dr. Hill stipulated in his 1860 Will that 2 acres of land surrounding his family grave yard was to be a “perpetual burying place” and thus the present Spring Hill Cemetery was established. In the early days a public road went by the North side of the cemetery, but at some point this road was closed leaving the cemetery land-locked in a pasture, about 1/4 mile from the nearest access road. Very few burials have taken place their in recent years. In 1970 the Spring Hill Cemetery Association was organized, donations collected, and a chain link fence installed to keep out the grazing cattle that over the years destroyed many of the grave markers. The address for the Spring Hill Cemetery Association is P.O. Box 90, Dawson, TX 76639.