La Mesa Cemetery
Encino, TexasGPS Coords: 26.8657424, -98.2616438
The cemetery is located on private land and you must have permission before visiting.
The La Mesa Cemetery was established in 1894. The cemetery is located about 9 miles west of Rachal, Texas. It is on FM 755. It is about 2 miles north of the road. The cemetery is on private land and a private road leads to the cemetery. The land is owned by Trinidad De Luna Cantu (2003?), one of the heirs of Vivian De Luna and Juanita Perez De Luna. Juanita was the grand-daughter of Manuel Perez Gonzalez. The cemetery is dedicated to the memory of Manuel Perez Gonzalez.
Manuel Perez was the grandson of Pedro Joseph Perez and Maria Manuela De La Garza. Pedro Joseph was the owner of Porcion 74 in Camargo. He bought the land grant from Pedro Lugo, his cousin. Manuel?s parents were Jose Maria Perez and Juana Longoria Gonzalez. Manuel Perez was also a great-grandson of Don Matias Longoria (Original Grantee of Porcion 93 (West Part) in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Margarita Hinojosa. Juana Gonzalez, the daughter of Gertrudis Longoria and Jose Joaquin Gonzalez, married Jose Maria Perez.
Manuel Perez bought a league (4,428.4 acres) of La Encantada grant from Gregorio Villarreal on September 25, 1873 for $500.00.
No one is denied burial at La Mesa Cemetery.
Vivian De Luna bought the land from Paula Perez and Juan Diego Perez who were moving to Starr County. The cemetery was included in the sale. Trinidad De Luna Cantu inherited the land from her father Vivian De Luna and is still living at the ranch.
Many thanks to Irma Longoria Cavazos for her generosity in sharing this file with me for use in the TXGenWeb Project.
| Name | Birth | Death | Info/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisca Cameron | 10-29-1893 | 11----1918 | |
| Rafael Cantu | 12-23-1907 | 05-24-1996 | PFC US Army |
| ? Chavez | |||
| ? Chavez | |||
| Santiago Campos Contreras | 01-31-1933 | 10-24-1999 | |
| Clemente De Luna | |||
| Epifanio De Luna | |||
| Julian De Luna | |||
| Juanita De Luna | |||
| Juanita Perez De Luna | 05-16-1878 | 01-03-1958 | |
| Marcelo De Luna | 10-15-1911 | 07-22-1995 | TEC 5 US Army |
| Rafaela De Luna | 1846 | 05-30-1911 | |
| Vivian De Luna | 12-02-1886 | 10-12-1957 | |
| Emilio Escalante | 08-06-1889 | 07-29-1959 | |
| Gregorio Escalante | 05-09-1922 | 06-03-1972 | |
| Inez Escalante | 08-15-1881 | 01-05-1925 | |
| Norma Escalante | 10-30-1958 | 05-23-1973 | |
| Victoria Escalante | 05-08-1880 | 12-27-1971 | |
| Andrea Z. Flores | 11-30-1892 | 04-01-1983 | |
| Ignacio Flores | 02-02-1884 | 10-07-1953 | |
| Carolina M. Flores | 07-03-1933 | 12-18-1997 | |
| Melchor Fonseca | |||
| Alberto Garcia | |||
| Alfonso Garza | |||
| Gonzalo M. Garza | |||
| Rafaela M. Garza | |||
| Felipe Guzman | |||
| Juanita Hernandez | 1899 | 1978 | |
| Antonia Lucio | Old grave marker made by a school teacher named Juan in 1922. | ||
| Estefana Lucio | 12-26-1900 | 08-10-1935 | |
| Felipe Lucio | |||
| Guadalupe M. Lucio | 04-22-1897 | 01-11-1922 | |
| Juanita G. Lucio | |||
| Pablo Lucio | 02-02-1891 | 12-27-1980 | |
| Adan Martinez | 02-05-1926 | 06-27-1986 | TEC 5 US Army |
| Anastacia V. Martinez | 01-22-1877 | 09-23-1959 | |
| Arcadia Martinez | 01-12-1904 | 04-28-1976 | |
| Criselda P. Martinez | |||
| Feliciana Martinez | |||
| Jose Maria Martinez | 05-30-1861 | 02-25-1944 | |
| Juan Martinez | |||
| Juan O. Martinez | 1895 | 1978 | |
| Manuel Martinez | |||
| Matilde Martinez | |||
| Nori Martinez | Infant | ||
| Pedro Martinez | 04-13-1827 | 02-20-1912 | |
| Rita Martinez | Grave doesn't exist anymore. | ||
| Salvador Martinez | 02-22-1922 | 07-10-1935 | |
| Victor Martinez | 03-06-1859 | 02-08-1949 | |
| Virginia Martinez | |||
| Hector Montemayor | 09-09-1949 | 08-12-1994 | |
| Altagracia L. Perez | -6-02-1899 | 09-25-1984 | |
| Amado Perez | 08-13-1884 | 06-26-1941 | |
| Antonia Bazan Perez | 06-11-1851 | 09-30-1943 | |
| Arturo Perez | 08-03-1930 | 03-10-1934 | Child |
| Arturo T. Perez | 03-26-1911 | 12-25-1928 | |
| Candelario Perez | 02-02-1882 | 03-31-1955 | |
| Carmelito Perez | 07-02-1935 | 07-04-1935 | Infant |
| Gabriela Alvarez Perez | 1813 | ||
| Juan Perez | |||
| Juan Diego Perez | |||
| Juana T. Perez | 1883 | 1973 | |
| Manuel Perez Gonzalez | 1812 | 1894 | |
| Pablo Perez | 04-07-1893 | 03-18-1982 | |
| Rodolfo Perez | Child | ||
| Ruperto Perez | |||
| Ruperto Perez | 03-20-1919 | 03-27-1919 | Infant |
| Maria M. Ramirez | 1904 | 1994 | |
| Nori Gloria Reyes | 1942 | 1942 | |
| Paula De Luna Reyes | 08-05-1909 | 04-16-1974 | |
| Perfecto Reyes | 09-27-1903 | 11-23-1972 | |
| Eloisa or Elvira Rodriguez | |||
| Mauricia Rodriguez | 02-27-1895 | 1960 | |
| Maria Estefana Silvas | 08-10-1949 | 08-15-1949 | |
| Benita Cantu Soliz | 03-21-1882 | 11-01-1921 | Her body is buried in Santa Rita Cemetery. Her remains were never moved to La Mesa Cemetery. Her husband is buried at La Mesa. |
| Deciderio Soliz | 01-18-1908 | 02-09-1976 | |
| Jose Soliz | 10-03-1919 | ||
| Josefa L. Soliz | 04-19-1908 | ||
| Zaragosa Soliz | 10-23-1874 | 07-28-1952 | |
| Agustin Venecia | 10-01-1905 | 12-28-1975 | |
| Eugenia Venecia | 09-28-1892 | ||
| Eulogio Villarreal | |||
| Gregorio Villarreal | 11-11-1886 | 03-01-1976 | |
| Josefina Villarreal | |||
| Margarita M. Villarreal | 1873 |