This cemetery is on private property. It was recorded by members of the cemetery committee of the Matagorda County Historical Commission and updated by Shirley L. Brown.   DIRECTIONS
 

BURIALS & MARKER PICTURES
 


 

Grimes, Capt. Richard
Sep 29, 1790 - Apr 11, 1858
 


Bradford, Fannie
May 9, 1794 - Feb. 18, 1862


Davant, Fannie Louise Poole
May 7, 1906 - Feb 18, 1982
 




Children of W. B. & M. L. Grimes


Grimes, Bradford Robbins
Oct 26, 1856 - Nov 2, 1856 s/o Wm. B. & Maria L. Grimes
 


Grimes, Frederick Robbins
Aug 1, 1859 - Aug 4, 1859 s/o Wm. B. & Maria L. Grimes
 



Grimes, Richard
Nov 8, 1862 - Nov 14, 1862
s/o Wm. B. & Maria L. Grimes


Grimes, George Strickland
Mar 14, 1872 - Oct 26, 1873
s/o Wm. B. & Maria L. Grimes


Grimes, Maria Louise
died Aug 29, 1876
w/o William B. Grimes

Grimes, Nellie Strickland
died Sep 1, 1876 , age 8 days,
d/o Wm. B. & Maria L. Grimes
 



Davant, Robert Matthews
Jan 20, 1902 - Feb 20, 1955

Darling, Louise R. Grimes
Aug 25, 1876 - Jul 22, 1970
 



Davis, Jessie Poole
Feb 18, 1916 - Mar 2, 1955
 


Howe, Elizabeth "Liz" Jones
Jan 16, 1948 - May 16, 2001
 



Schultz, James Herbert
Dec 12, 1902 - Mar 22, 1973
 

Schultz, Beatrice Poole
Sep 6, 1907 - Feb 23, 1990

 


Poole , Thomas Jefferson, Jr.
Sep 12, 1883 - Sep 2, 1969
 

Poole , Jessie Lea Logan
Sep 26, 1882 - Sep 12, 1971

 



Jones, Laura Lea Davant
Jul 21, 1926 - Jan 7, 1996




Jones, David Dewitt, Jr.
Sep 18, 1950 - Oct. 4, 2006
 



Patience died Sep 1869
about 50 years old, former slave of the Grimes family

It is believed that Jake, Patience's husband, is also buried in this cemetery, but there is no marker.
 


Poole , Fannie Louise Grimes
Nov 10, 1860 - Nov 7, 1888 w/o T. J. Poole, Sr.
(See large picture of large Grimes marker
at top on left.)


Yeager, Mrs. _____
died late July or early August 1899
(unmarked, but obit indicates burial in this cemetery)

 


Davis, Karen Rogers
September 17, 1965 - May 23, 2017

 


Michael Logan Davis
December 28, 1955 - August 04, 2019

Photo courtesy of Bonnie Benson
 



Before restoration
Picture courtesy of Robert Davant
 


 

Copyright 2004 - Present by Carol Sue Gibbs
All rights reserved
Created
Dec. 2, 2004		 Updated
Dec. 6, 2008
   

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