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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.

A - C D - I J - Z

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

INSCRIPTIONS / NOTATIONS / SOURCES

CEMETERY

Jacobs, Clementine 1840 - Jan 27, 1929

CT Bk 1929, pg 21 Born Germany

Old Oakwood *UN

Jenkins, Mary

(1853)

12 Feb 1911

Vol 2, pg 92

Kaufman City *UN

Jiles, Criswell

Abt 1860

- Dec 21, 1934

KCC Bk 4 & KL, Pg 6
s/o Jacob Jiles

Prairie View *UN

Johns, Juddy

(1827)

27 Nov 1907

Bk1, pg188
(lived & died Terrell - part Indian)

UNKNOWN

Johns, Sallie

Jan 5, 1846

Dec 12, 1933

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Johnson, Arthur

Dec 25, 1860

Sept 21, 1887

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Johnson, Classy

(1839)

7 Feb 1914

Bk 2, pg 227

Kemp *UN

Johnson, Mary

Aug 10, 1851

NO DATE

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Johnson, Dick

1846

1902

TOMBSTONE
"Server of Man, Servant of God"

Mt Pilgrim

Johnson, Obey

June 1821

1 Dec 1903

Vol 1, pg 23 (lived Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Jones, Annie

( 1853 )

Dec 31, 1933
Age 80 yrs -

KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 72
d/o George & Mary Stephenson

Prairie View *UN

Jones, Booker

24 Dec 1794

8 Nov 1913

Vol 2, pg 219
(lived Terrell) *age listed as 117 yrs)

UNKNOWN

Jones, Gable

(1845)

24 Aug 1931

Bk 3, pg 215 (buried Egypt)

UNKNOWN

Jones, Mattie

1854

1956
Aged 102

TOMBSTONE
"At Rest"

Shady Grove

Jones, Will
"Bill"

(1860 )

20 Jul 1925
Aged 65

TOMBSTONE

Shady Grove

Knight, Amanda

6 May 1865

9 Mar 1917

TOMBSTONE

Ayers Chapel

Knight, Daddy Bill

13 Jun 1843

30 Sep 1913

Vol 2, pg 225 - TOMBSTONE

Ayers Chapel

Lacy, Catherine

20 Oct 1850

23 Nov 1922

Bk 4, pg 58
d/o Peter & Adline Howard)

Kemp *UN

Land, Adeline

(1863)

25 Jan 1910

Bk 1, pg 256 lived & died Elmo)

UNKNOWN Prob. Shady Grove)

Land, George Washington

10 Aug 1853

26 Aug 1894

TOMBSTONE
"At Rest"

Shady Grove

Laurie, Bettie

10 Mar 1856

9 Jan 1919

TOMBSTONE

Mason Ranch

Lewis, Rachel

1854

Jun 28, 1936

KCC Bk 36, pg 178
d/o _ & Ruth Hopkins Lewis

UNKNOWN

Lewis, S D C

( 1851 )

13 Jan 1911
Age 60 yrs

KCC Vol 2, pg 95

Old Oakwood *UN

Lourie, W. G

10 Feb 1858

21 Jan 1931

TOMBSTONE

Mason Ranch

Love, Elvina

(1853)

12 Jun 1904

Vol 1, pg 49 (lived Kaufman)

UNKNOWN

Love, Julia

(1860)

20 Oct 1907

Bk 1, pg 181 lived & died Kaufman)

UNKNOWN

Love, Tom

1843

1939

TOMBSTONE

Mt Hebron

Lowery, Annie

Nov 11, 1853

Aug 4, 1931

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Lowery, J.B.

Dec 25, 1853

Sept 22, 1922

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Lucas, Kate

(1860)

15 Jun 1905

Bk 1, pg 99 (lived & died Poetry)

UNKNOWN

Lunn, Mary C

1864

Dec 15, 1932

CT Bk 1932, pg 28

Old Oakwood *UN

Lyon, Phillip

(1824)

18 Aug 1904

Vol 1, pg 56 (lived Elmo)

UNKNOWN

Lyons, Henry

1854

Sep 01, 1936

TA/C, Bk 3, pg 57
s/o Phillip Lyons

Cedar Grove *un

Lyons, Mollie

13 Apr 1856

17 Jul 1925

TOMBSTONE
Wo Henry Lyons

Fairview / Trinity

Manning, George

(1847)

8 Jul 1914

Bk 2, pg 262

County Poor Farm *UN

Manning, Winnie

(1841)

31 Oct 1931

Bk 3, pg 238

Kaufman City *UN

McAdams H M

1848

4 May 1924

TOMBSTONE
Bright Day I.O.O.F. Lodge

Prairie View

McAdams, Lucy

1861

14 Sep 1923

TOMBSTONE

Prairie View

McDonald, George

Dec 25, 1827

Jan 31, 1904

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

McKinney, Henry

( 1864 )

Jul 19,1918
Age 54 yrs

KC Bk 46, pg15
s/o Louis & Margarite Noble

Rosser *UN

McKinney, Margaret

( 1837 )

Feb 04, 1907
Age 70 yrs -

KCC Bk 1, pg 163

Flat Rock *UN

McRuffin, Delia

April 20, 1863

Febr 15, 1921

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

McRuffin, James

( 1823 )

22 Dec 1908
Aged 85 Years

TOMBSTONE
"In my Father's House are many Mansions"
Bk 1, pg 163

Shady Grove

Miles, George
"Wash"

(1850)

9 Nov 1907

Bk 1, pg 183 lived & died Elmo)

UNKNOWN

Miller, John

abt 1845

Aug 06, 1939

KCC Bk 38, pg 40

Rosser *UN

Mitchell, Carrie

(1859)

19 Feb 1909

Bk 1, pg 226 lived & died Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Moore, Sarah

(1851)

17 Feb 1911

Vol 2, pg 93

Kaufman City *UN

Moore, Jerry

(1855)

2 Feb 1918

Bk 4, pg 8
s/o Wesley Moore)

Kaufman City *UN

Murphy, John

1 Apr 1842

8 May 1930

Kemp Bk, pg 62

Kemp *UN

Nichols, Ellen

1858

Jul 03, 1944

KCC Bk 44 - 45, pg 391
d/o Phebe Smith Nichols)

Lawrence Black *UN

Nichols, Henry

1848

Jul 26,1910

KCC Vol 2, pg 48

Lawrence Black *UN

Noble, Ben

( 1854 )

Jun 26, 1939
Age Abt 85 yrs -

KCC Bk B & D, pg74
s/o Joe & Mary Nobles

Flat Rock *UN

Nobles, Mary

1847

9 Aug 1939

KCC Bk 38, pg 403
d/o John Haywood

UNKNOWN

Page, Andrew

23 Jan 1859

5 Jul 1944

TOMBSTONE Masonic

Fairview / Trinity

Paine, Hannah (Payne)

1864

Feb 02, 1944

KCC Bk 44 - 45, pg 151

Terrell State Hospital

Palmer, Mattie Jack

1858

Buried May 06, 1932

KCC Bk 32 - 33,
d/o Joe & Connie Munds Iverson

Rosser *UN

Pennington, Kittie

(1816)

20 Sep 1906

Bk 1, pg 150 lived & died Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Peteet, Sid

10 Feb 1865

27 Mar 1937

KCC Bk 36, pg 393
s/o Ike Peteet

UNKNOWN

Perry, Lon

(1834)

13 Dec 1919

Bk 4, pg 34 (born GA )

Kaufman City *UN

Petty, Polly

(1852)

28 Dec 1908

Bk 1, pg 223 lived & died Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Phillips, Alex

1848 -

Jan 05, 1939

CT Bk 7, pg 43

Lawrence Black *UN

Phillips, Julia Ann

1864 -

May 30, 1838

KCC Bk 38, pg 172
d/o Dan & Lucy Forman

Lawrence Black *UN

President, Alfred

1862

Jul 01, 1941

KCC Bk 40 - 42, pg 245

Terrell State Hospital

Price, Mollie

1800

1914

TOMBSTONE
"At Rest"

Shady Grove

Punch, George P

1854

1935

TOMBSTONE
"the Lord is my Shephard"

Shady Grove

Punch, Malinday

(1807)

21 Aug 1909

Bk 1, pg 245 (age 102 yrs)

Shady Grove *UN

Punch, Mary J

10 May 1862

25 Aug 1951

TOMBSTONE

Shady Grove

Randall, Mary Ellen

Jun 15, 1861 -

Dec 08, 1931

KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 5

Flat Rock *UN

Rankins, Clara

9 Jun 1857

7 Jan 1939

KCC Bk 38, pg 250

UNKNOWN

Rhodes, Mary

(1855)

25 Jun 1905

Bk 1, pg 102 lived & died Terrell)

UNKNWON

Rice, Anna Bell

Dec 25, 1860

Dec 31, 1951

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Richardson, Nannie

(1846)

30 Nov 1911

Vol 2, pg 131 lived on County Poor Farm)

County Poor Farm *UN

Roberson, Sallie

(1843)

5 Sep 1905

Bk 1, pg 109 (lived & died Elmo)

UNKNOWN

Roberts, Ed

25 Dec 1857

5 Feb 1922

Bk 4, pg 61 (buried Elmo)

*prob. Fairview *UN

Robertson, George R

1853

1919

TOMBSTONE
"Gone but Not Forgotten"

Shady Grove

Robertson, Hester

( 1836 )

16 Dec 1926 -
Age 90

TOMBSTONE
Bk 4, pg 95
[Name listed Roberson on stone]

Shady Grove

Robinson, Lillie

( 1856 )

12 Apr 1916
Age 60 yrs

KCC Bk 3, pg 25

***Jiba *UN

Ross, Moses

(1847)

13 May 1910

Vol 2, pg 30 (lived Kemp)

UNKNOWN

Royal, Mack

1861

1939

TOMBSTONE

Barrow Plantation

Samples, J C

12 Jan 1842

9 Apr 1922

Bk 4, pg 56 (born GA)

Shady Grove *UN

Samples, Lucinda

(1860)

29 Jan 1920

Bk 4, pg 37 maiden name Murphey)

Red Bank *UN

Samples, Sophia

1845

1925

TOMBSTONE
"Asleep in Jesus"

Shady Grove

Sanders, Charley

Jun 16, 1858 -

Mar 31, 1931

CT Bk 1931, pg 41

Lawrence Black *UN

Sanders, G S

1844

1904

TOMBSTONE Ssw Jane
"Father"

Lawrence

Sanders, Jane

1864

1903

TOMBSTONE
"Mother"

Lawrence

Scott, Frank

(1848)

21 Mar 1933

Bk 5, pg 13

Kaufman City *UN

Scott, Fred

(1852)

8 Sep 1903

Vol 1, pg 9

Kaufman City *UN

Scott, Lizzie

1849 -

Dec 01, 1932

CT Bk 1933, pg 328

East Bachelor *UN

Sharp, Eliza

(1828)

29 Oct 1906

Bk 1, pg 157 lived & died Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Shaw, Napolean

(1839)

8 Sep 1903

Vol 1, pg 9 lived Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Shaw, Parmenia

Feb 03, 1856 -

Dec 28, 1918

KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 29
d/o Joe & Mary Nobles

Flat Rock *UN

Shaw, Ron

(1828)

8 Sep 1910

Vol 2, pg 39

Kemp *UN

Shaw, Steve

(1858)

28 Apr 1932

Bk 5, pg 63

Kemp *UN

Shaw, Wilkin

1864

1955

Father

Prairie View

Sheltman, Harriett

Born 1822

26 May 1891

TOMBSTONE
"Mother of Martha Ezell"

Kaufman City

Shelton, Kittie

10 Mar 1858

13 Apr 1940

KCC Bk 38, pg 491

UNKNOWN

Sloan, Jordan

(circa 1800-1810)

17 Feb 1910

Vol 2, pg 7 (age 90-100 yrs - buried Elmo)

*prob Fairview/ Trinity *UN

Smith, Edna

Jan 20, 1834

July 12, 1933

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Smith, Evaline

1857

1920

TOMBSTONE

Kemp

Smith, Frances

16 Aug 1851

19 Oct 1929

Bk 3, pg 129
d/o Hugh Brown)

Kaufman City *UN

Smith, Frank

24 Dec 1843

15 Apr 1922

Bk 4, pg 53

Rosser *UN

Smith, Martha

(1845)

22 Oct 1912

Vol 2, pg 174

Kaufman City *UN

Smith, Mary

( 1845 )

Sep 22, 1930
Age 85 yrs -

KCC Bk 3, pg 175
d/o Robert Hill & Eliza McKinney

Flat Rock *UN

Smith, Mollie

(1844)

16 Mar 1909

Bk 1, pg 228 (died Elmo)

UNKNOWN

Smith , Mose

(1853)

28 Feb 1933

Bk 5, pg 173

Kemp *UN

Smith, Spencer

( 1860 )

Feb 12 1922
Age 62 yrs

KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 51
s/o Elbert & Lula Williams Smith

Lawrence Black *UN

Stephens, Fannie

1858

25 Aug 1928

TOMBSTONE
ssw /G Powell Stephens

Shady Grove

Stephens, G Powell

20 Mar 1846

7 Aug 1951
Aged 105 yrs

TOMBSTONE

Shady Grove

Tarkington, Melvin

( 1844 )

Mar 09, 1934
Age 90 yrs -

KCC Bk 34, p 182
s/o _ & Jane Modick Tarkengton

Prairie View *UN

Taylor, Dick

( 1850 )

Oct 18, 1931
Age 81 yrs -

KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 14

Prairie View *UN

Tennison, Ward

1 Apr 1859

5 Dec 1932

Bk 5, pg 129

Kemp *UN

Terrell, Jake

Born 1838

Died 1949

TOMBSTONE
"Sweet Freedom in Heaven"

Trinidad

Thomas, Sam

May 23, 1865

Dec 08, 1925

KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 35
s/o Jake Thomas

Rosser *UN

Thompson, Effie

( 1861 )

Nov 17, 1926
Age 65 yrs -

KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 94
Born NC

Lawrence Black *UN

Thompson, Ella

4 Aug 1864

9 May 1947

TOMBSTONE

Lawrence

Thompson, Emma

1848

25 Oct 1909
Age 61 yrs

Bk 1, pg 250

UNKNOWN

Thompson, Jack

23 Jan 1833

25 Oct 1933

KCC Bk 34, pg 97

UNKNOWN

Thompson, Jim

1857

Mar 30,1924

TOMBSTONE
"Father, husband"

Lawrence Black

Tucker, Dilcie

1836

1937

TOMBSTONE

Ayers Chapel

Tucker, Randall (Raynold)

10 Jun 1838

4 Mar 1939

Bk k, pg 72 (buried Egypt)

Ayers Chapel

Upshaw, Fannie

(1855)

8 Sep 1904

Vol 1, pg 60 (lived Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Usher, Mary

( 1840 )

Jun 29, 1927
Age 87 yrs -

KCC Bk 4 & KL pg 100
d/o Earn Usher

Lawrence Black *UN

Vance, Jane

( 1855 )

Aug 27, 1915
Age 60 yrs -

KCC Bk 2, pg 311

Lawrence Black *UN

Waggoner, J W

1858

1 Jan 1928

Bk 4, pg 106 widower)

UNKNOWN

Walker, General

(1848)

16 Sep 1908

Bk 1, pg 217 lived & died Elmo)

UNKNOWN

Wallace, William

May 05, 1858 -

Dec 01, 1934

KCC Bk 34, pg 410

Lawrence Black *UN

Ward, Sarah

(1799)

11 Apr 1913

Bk 2, pg 199
Aged 114 yrs - buried Malakoff)

UNKNOWN *prob Mason Ranch

Washington, Jane

(1836)

12 Aug 1908

Bk 1, pg 211 lived Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Washington, Jim

Dec 08, 1854

Mar 13, 1948

KCC Bk 48 - 49, pg463

Rosser *UN

Weathersby, A K

1854

8 Apr 1904

TOMBSTONE

Prairie View

Wells, Mack

9 Mar 1852

20 Nov 1932

Bk 5, pg 131 buried Terrell)

UNKNWON
*prob. Old Oakwood

West, George

1840 -

Jun 26, 1946

KCC Bk 46, pg 290
s/o Dave & Mary Warf

Prairie View *UN

White, Ann

1848

14 mar 1912

TOMBSTONE
Golden Gem Circle #184

Shady Grove

Whitney, Tom

( 1857 )

Jan 20, 1931
Age 74 yrs

KCC Bk 3, pg 199

Rosser *UN

Wickham, NO FIRST

Sep 06, 1840 -

Jul 24, 1910

KCC Vol 2, pg 50 listed as black female)

Lawrence Black *UN

Wiggins, John

July 1, 1833

July 9, 1913

TOMBSTONE

Old Oakwood

Wiggins, Wes

1828

1930

TOMBSTONE

Mason Ranch

Williams, Hattie Ezell

28 Jun 1864

11 Mar 1885

TOMBSTONE
"Wife of H Williams"
"Fare Thee Well"

Kaufman City

Williams, John

(1863)

30 May 1923

Bk 4, pg 63

County Poor Farm *UN

Williams, Lettie

1859 -

Apr 02, 1937

KCC Bk 36, pg 383
d/o Lizzie

Lawrence Black *UN

Williams, Sarah

( 1859 )

Feb 07, 1914
Age 55 yrs -

KCC Bk 2, pg 234

Bachelor *UN

Williams, Willis

( 1845 )

Mar 25, 1910
Age 65 yrs -

KCC Vol 2, pg 10

Bachelor *UN

Wood, Lucy

12 Dec 1850

3 Mar 1932

Bk 5, pg 40
d/o T Gipson - buried Elmo)

UNKNOWN

Woodland, Wm. J

Feb 1843

23 Dec 1907

Bk 1, pg 188 lived & died Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Woodson, Phillip

(1844)

2 Feb 1916

Bk 3, pg 10
s/oSam Woodson & Maria Love)

Kaufman City *UN

Wyatt, Henry

( 1857 )

Aug 24, 1915
Age 58 yrs -

KCC Bk 2, pg 302

Flat Rock *UN

Wyatt, Sarah

Jul 01, 1860

Feb 10, 1932

KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 33
d/o Mrs. Margarett Shinger
Wife of Henry

Flat Rock *UN

Yates, Susan

(1848)

7 Apr 1907

Bk 1, pg 165 (lived & died Terrell)

UNKNOWN

Young, Albert
"Prince"

(1853)

23 Jun 1904

Bk 1, pg 50 (lived Rosser)

UNKNOWN

Young, Eliza

( 1831 )

Jun 15, 1906
Age 75 yrs -

KCC Bk 1, pg 137

Lawrence Black *UN

Young, Forest

Jun 18, 1858 Born Louisiana

Jan 23, 1923

Bk 4 & KL, pg 59
(s/o Forest & Sallie William Young)

Cedar Grove *Un

Zumont, Kizzia

1850

Oct 08, 1942

KCC Bk 40 - 42, pg 612

Terrell State Hospital

 

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