Editing Jollyville, Texas (section)

==History==
[[File:Jolly Cemetary in Williamson, County, Texas.jpg|thumb|Jolly Cemetery in Williamson County, Texas]]

The area was first settled by Henry Rhodes after obtaining a [[land grant]] in 1841 of about {{convert|1000|acre|km2|0}} from the [[Republic of Texas]]. The name, however, comes from a later settler, Confederate general John G. (possibly Grey, but no proof for middle name exist) Jolly, who purchased {{convert|160|acre|km2}} in 1866. John and his wife, Nancy Isabell (Guill) Jolly, operated a blacksmith shop and store. The Jollys donated land for a school and the cemetery in which they were eventually buried.
Jollyville remained lightly settled for decades; only twenty families lived in the area in 1960. Eventually, the growth of nearby Austin led to the development of Jollyville as a [[suburban]] community.