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Burial Sites in Kaufman County of
African - American Persons Born Prior to
Emancipation
Information Gathered from Cemetery
Records and Death Records
Submitted by Kathey
Hunt and Linda
Harwell
Donated by: Kathey Hunt,
Co-Coordinator of
Kaufman Co., Texas TXGenWeb Project
*UN - denotes
Grave is Unmarked by any transcribed stone - there
may be rocks or other items marking grave
Birth dates in Parenthesis (_)
denotes an estimated age by years on death records
Information in Parenthesis (_)
under the column "Inscriptions,", etc. denotes that
it was taken from the Death record
KCC - Kaufman
County Clerk's office. All Bk & Pg info comes from Kaufman County Death
Records.
***The
Pyle's Prairie Cemetery is
a known Caucasian burial ground, however Pyle
family members and others who lived in that
community did own slaves, and many slave owners
considered their servants to be family members.
It was not unheard of to bury persons of color in
family cemeteries. It is also very possible
that an unknown graveyard of persons of color lies
adjacent to the marked cemetery.
*** The Jiba Cemetery ( Wilson 's
Chapel) is a known Caucasian burial ground, however
those who lived in that community did
own slaves, and many slave owners considered their
servants to be family members. It was not
unheard of to bury persons of color in family
cemeteries. It is also very possible that an
unknown graveyard of persons of color lies adjacent
to the marked cemetery.
NOTE: This theory
can be proven with the interment of T J Johnson, who
was the son of slave , which was primarily a burial
site of Caucasian persons.
NOTE concerning " EGYPT ":
Those burials marked "Buried Egypt"
are probably interred at Ayers Chapel or at Flat
Rock, however, some may be interred in an area
between the Caro Cemetery and
the Fox Cemetery ,
which was first known as the Slave Graveyard of the
Fox & Spikes families.
NOTE concerning "ELMO"
Those burials marked "buried Elmo"
are probably interred at Fairview / Trinity
Cemetery, however, some may be at Shady Grove, which
was also known as Cobb Colored at one time, and as
Frog Graveyard.
NOTE concerning
"BACHELOR"
Those burials marked "buried
Bachelor" are most probably interred at what is now Mt. Hebron .
NOTE concerning "died
at Terrell". Burial of those
persons were probably made at Old Oakwood Cemetery ,
however, it is known that some persons buried their
slaves at what is now called the Terrell Pioneer
cemetery.
This page could not have been
possible without the diligent research of Linda
Harwell.
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NAME
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BIRTH
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DEATH
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INSCRIPTIONS / NOTATIONS / SOURCES
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CEMETERY
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Dabney, Frank
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(1856)
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6 Feb 1923
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Bk 4, pg 65
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Trinity/
Fairvew *UN
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Dade, Martin
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17 Sep 1844
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19 Jan 1904
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TOMBSTONE Masonic
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Fairview /
Trinity
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Daniels, Lizzie
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( 1861 )
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Jun 12, 1933 Age Abt 72 yrs
-
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KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 519
d/o Perry Ashley
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Prairie View *UN
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Darden, J H
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11 Apr 1850
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14 Sep 1920
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TOMBSTONE Masonic
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Lawrence
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Dates, Tom
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(1843)
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8 Jan 1904
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Vol 1, pg 27 (lived & died Elmo)
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UNKNOWN
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Davis, Lou
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1840
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Apr 14, 1918
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KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 11
s/o Washington & Edna Hogan
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Bachelor *UN
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Davis, Mary E
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Sep 13, 1834
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Nov 06, 1918
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KCC Bk 4&KL, pg 46
d/o Joe & Mary Butler Duncan
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UNKNOWN
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Dickerson, Elijah
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1797
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Died 1902
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Aged 105 yrs
"Borned a Slave" (hand made stone) TOMBSTONE
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Trinidad
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Dickson, Charles
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11 May 1861
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4 Jul 1917
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"Husband of December Dickson - Not
Dead, But Gone Before"
"I.O.O.F." TOMBSTONE
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Shady Grove
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Douglass, Anna
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1850
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. 21
Jan 1889
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TOMBSTONE
Aged 39 yrs
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Cedar Grove
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Edmondson, Louise
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16 Jun 1833
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17 Aug 1926
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Bk 4, pg 92
Widow- Born GA
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UNKNOW
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Edward, Jerry
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Jun 26 1857
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Sep 21, 1929 Age 72 yrs
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CT Bk 3, pg 129
s/o Don & Mary Edward
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Lawrence Black
*UN
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Elder, Maggie
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1854
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Date unreadable
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TOMBSTONE
"Mother - at rest"
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Fairview /
Trinity
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Eldridge, Henry
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(circa 1840)
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28 May 1918
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Bk 4, pg 12 - buried Egypt
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UNKNOWN
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Ellison, William
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(1822)
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17 Dec 1908
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Bk 1, pg 222 - (lived Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Else, Frank
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January 1835
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Mar 18, 1914
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TOMBSTONE
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Old Oakwood
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Emerson, Lou
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1823
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1926
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TOMBSTONE
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Kemp
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Ephram, Isabell
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1865
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1 Sep 1929
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CT Bk 1929, pg 123
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Fairview Trinity
*UN
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Ervine, Ellen (Erwin or Irvine )
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( 1864 )
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Dec 15, 1929
Age 65 yrs -
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CT Bk 3, pg 175
d/o Sara Thurman
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Fairview /
Trinity *UN
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Evaline Greer "
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Born 1842 Nashville TN
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Died May
29, 1892 Kaufman TX
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TOMBSTONE
"Wife of Ned Greer"
"Sacred to the Memory of my Mother
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Kaufman City
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Ezell, George
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TOMBSTONE
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Kaufman City
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Ezell, Mattie & Baby
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28 Jun 1864
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11 Mar 1885
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TOMBSTONE
wife & son of William
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Kaufman City
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Faster, Julia
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1855
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2 Apr 1932
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CT Bk 1932, pg 188
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Fairview Trinity
*UN
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Ferrell, Tom
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(1837)
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10 Aug 1904
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Vol 1, pg 55 (lived Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Fields, Evie
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May 22, 1865 -
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Apr 09,1941
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TA/C Bk 5, pg 214
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Lawrence Black
*UN
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Flowers, Jordan
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25 Dc 1824
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5 Jan 1918
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Bk 4 & KL pg 6
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Cartwright Switch
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Franklin, Belzora
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Nov 10, 1860 -
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Dec 07, 1918
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KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 26
d/o Jim Irby
& Emily Temple
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Flat Rock *UN
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Frazier, Mattie
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1852 -
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Jan 19, 1936
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KCC Bk 36, pg 63
d/o _ & Ann Qualls
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Lawrence Black
*UN
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Frazier, Wesley
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1846 -
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Jun 03, 1936
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KCC Bk 36, pg 215
s/o Candis Thomas
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Lawrence Black
*UN
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Futrell, H. M.
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Jan 09, 1857 -
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Jan 21, 1926
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CT Vol 2, pg 59
s/o William W. & Sarah Chandler
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Old Oakwood *UN
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Gantt, Harriett
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(1835)
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10 Oct 1905
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Bk 1, pg 113
(lived & died Kaufman)
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UNKNOWN
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Garrett, Willis
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(1858)
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- Sep
08, 1918
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KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 18
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Bachelor *UN
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Garrett, Katie
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1860
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Mar 27, 1933
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TA/C Bk 1, pg 32
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Lawrence Black
*UN
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Garrett, Wesley
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(1814)
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26 Jun 1904
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Vol 1, pg 51
(lived & died Prairieville)
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UNKNOWN
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Gilbert, Charity
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1863
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13 Feb 1921
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TOMBSTONE "At
Rest"
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Shady Grove
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Gilbert, T C
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1863
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20 Aug 1923
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TOMBSTONE
"At Rest"
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Shady Grove
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Giles, Louis
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(1839)
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8 Mar 1909
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Bk 1, pg228 (lived Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Gillintine, Chamor A
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Oct 20, 1863 -
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Feb 11, 1935
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KCC Bk 34, pg 539
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Sand Flat *Locale of Cem. UNK
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Girt, Jim
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(1847)
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27 Jul 1909
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Bk 1, pg 243
(lived & died Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Graham, Lizzie
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1862
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1952
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TOMBSTONE
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Cedar Grove Black
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Graham, Lon
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25 Dec 1857
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18 May 1909
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TOMBSTONE
H/o Lizzie Harden Graham
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Cedar Grove Black
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Gray, Eliza
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Jan 1, 1861
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June 20, 1928
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TOMBSTONE
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Old Oakwood
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Gray, Hank
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(1845)
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29 Apr 1930
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Bk 18, pg 18
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UNKNOWN
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Green, Jim
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(1810)
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19 Dec 1915
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Bk 2, pg 323
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UNKNOWN
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Griggs, Phillip
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( 1850 )
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May 20,1932 Age Abt 72 yrs -
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KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 75
s/o Fred Griggs
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Flat Rock *UN
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Grinston, Ella
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10 Apr 1839
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4 Jun 1931
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TOMBSTONE
"She Hath Done What She Could"
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Fairview /
Trinity
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Hardin, "Uncle Hense"
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1794
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12 Oct 1908 aged 114 years
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TOMBSTONE
"US Army - Mexican War"
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Shady Grove
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Hardin, John
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1810
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17 Jan 1890
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TOMBSTONE
"In Memory" "It is the Lord, Let Him
do What Seemeth good"
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Shady Grove
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Harris, Emanuel
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1861
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Apr 02, 1940
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CT Bk 7, pg 200
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Cedar Grove *UN
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Harris , Wash
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1857
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18 Feb 1932
age 65 yrs
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Bk 5 & Bk 9 pg 29
(buried terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Harrison, Lula
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(1857)
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18 Jan 1909
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Bk 1, pg 224
(lived & died Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Hass, A. L.
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1858
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Mar 03, 1930
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CT Bk 3, pg 194
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Old Oakwood *UN
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Hatch, Lemuel
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(1816)
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15 Oct 1908
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Bk 1, pg 218
(lived & died Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Hatch, Sudie
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(1829)
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30 Mar 1907
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Bk 1, pg 165
w/o Lemuel Hatch - lived Terrell
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UNKNOWN
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Hawkins, Dave
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Mar 10, 1846
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Sep 23, 1909
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TOMBSTONE
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Old Oakwood
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Hawkins, Patsy
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Aug 15, 1848
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Nov 13, 1913
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TOMBSTONE
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Old Oakwood
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Henderson, Cilla
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(1842)
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23 Sep 1909
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Bk 1, pg 248
(lived & died Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Henderson ,
W M
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12 Mar 1865
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11 Mar 1930
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TOMBSTONE
Masonic
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Fairview /
Trinity
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Henderson, H H
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25 Dec 1862
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13 May 1942
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TOMBSTONE Masonic
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Fairview /
Trinity
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Henry, Emma
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1846
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1926
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TOMBSTONE
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Shady Grove
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Hickman, Caroline
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(1830)
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15 Apr 1910
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Vol 2, pg 22
(funeral Prairieville)
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UNKNOWN
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Hickmon, Corine
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13 Dec 1863
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16 Jun 1943
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TOMBSTONE
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Cedar Grove Black
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Hickmon Daniel
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1863
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1918
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TOMBSTONE
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Ayers Chapel
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Hill , Jerry
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(1828)
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3 Apr 1904
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Vol 1, pg 39
(lived & died Kaufman)
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UNKNOWN
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Hollie, Edna
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1802
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13 Mar 1909
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TOMBSTONE
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Mt. Hebron
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Hollis, Dosia
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(1860)
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28 Nov 1909
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Bk 1, pg 252
(lived & died Terrell)
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UNKNOWN
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Holmes , Frances
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1837
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Oct 25, 1928
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CT Vol 2, pg 115 Born Alabama
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Old Oakwood *UN
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Hopkins ,
Bird H
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Dec 16, 1848 - Born Georgia
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Dec 16, 1922
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KCC Bk 4 & KL Pg.58
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Rosser *UN
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Hubbard, Celia
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( 1855 )
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Feb 16, 1930 - Age 75 yrs
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KCC Bk 3, pg 149
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Rosser *UN
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Hunter, John
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( 1859 )
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14 Jun 1929
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CT Bk 1929, pg 95
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Old Oakwood *UN
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Irby, Cook
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(1807)
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27 Aug 1904
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Vol 1, pg 57 (lived Chief)
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UNKNOWN
(prob. Flat Rock)
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Irby, Emily
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( 1846 )
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Jul 16, 1931
Age Abt 85 yrs -
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KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 13
d/o Charlie & Louisa Temple
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Flat Rock *UN
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Irwin, Mary
(Erwin)
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(1848)
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5 Mar 1933
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Bk 5, pg 13
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Kaufman City
*UN
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Iverson, Katie
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22 Jun 1812
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22 Jun 1918
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Bk 4, pg 12
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Rosser *UN
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