NOTE: Only the ones whose names are in italics have Military markers.
ALEXANDER, Issac Chrisman (03/14/1826 - 03/11/1907)
ALLRED, John A. (04/10/1833 - 01/15/1874) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt, Co.A, 10 Regt, Texas Cavalry
ALLEN, L.M. (02/26/1841 - 04/25/1912) : family graveyard at Dangerfield, Texas - source Rains County Leader, 05/03/1912
ANDERSON, MANNING: (no dates---unmarked grave) buried Daughtery Cem. Rains County Leader, April
1, 1915 lists this obit: Mr. Manning Anderson, one of the old settlers of Rains County and a highly respected citizen of the Henrys Chapel neighborhood, died about 5:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. He was an ex-confederate soldier, a good citizen and neighbor, and had many friends and acquaintances throughout the county who will be grieved to learn of his death. His remains were interred in the Daugherty cemetery Tuesday, and the last tribute of respect paid by a large crowd of relatives and friends. The Leader offers sympathy and condolence to the bereaved family.
BIBB, Eli (02/01/1823 - 08/28/1902)
BISHOP, George W. (1832 - 1913) : Bishop Cemetery - Pvt., Co. D, 1st Georgia Cavalry, SCA military marker recently placed (Rains County Leader, 8 June 1999) He fought in the Civil War 1862 - winter 1864 when he was wounded in the head during Sherman's advance through Tennessee, according to the Texas State Archive; he had a steel plate in his head for the rest of his life. He joined the1st Georgia Cavalry, Co. D, in 1862. G.W. came to Texas after the War and settled on a farm in the Smyrna community. He & his wife Georgia founded a church and called it Smyrna Church for one of the 7 churches in Asia Minor. The Bishop family cemetery was established on the Bishop farm, located on FM Road 2324 about 0.9 mile west of Hwy.19 in a wooded area behind a residential home.
BRAZIEL, Thomas Butler, Sr. (1841 - 1885) : Dougherty Cemetery - GA Pvt Co A42 REGT GA INF, CSA
BROWN, James Burwell (10/02/1837 - 12/07/1908) : Turner Cemetery - Co.F, 2 Regt, MS Cavalry, CSA
CAIN, Tom M. (10/10/1832 - 08/11/1915) : Hooker Ridge Cemetery
CAIN, Virgil E. ( - 1928) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
CLIFTON, William M. (1834-1877) : Clifton Cemetery - Co. F3, TX Cav, CSA
COCHRAN, John E. (05/06/1844 - 05/15/1919) : Prospect Cemetery
COFFEE, I.M. (06/18/1824 - 03/25/1903)
CHILDERS, J.A. (1840 - 1915) - Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
COATS, W.B. (1840 - 1935)
COCHRAN, John E. (05/06/1844 - 05/15/1919) : Prospect Cemetery
COKER, Squire John (11/01/1832 - 08/04/1918) - Henry's Chapel
COVEY, George Charles (07/03/1845 - 04/14/1922)
DAVIDSON, W.L. ( 1842-1902 ) : Lone Star Cemetery ,Capt. Company A.,4th Regmt, and Company K., 37 Regmt,North Carolina State Troops
DONALDSON, William J.W.(1822 - 12/24/1912) : Lone Star Cemetery
DYER, James Robert (05/05/1834 - 10/17/1896) : Pilgrims Rest Cemetery - served from TX
FITZGERALD, Ambrose (03/17/1827 - 06/15/1893) : Emory City Cemetery - Capt. Co. E, 2 Regt., CSA
FORD, H.C. (10/27/1843 - 07/09/1912) - Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
FOREMAN, F.B. (1844 - 05/01/1916)
FORTENBERRY, O.A. (1839 - 1914) : Hooker Ridge Cemetery
GARRETT, Jessie C. : Clifton Cemetery - Co. K, 9th TX CAU CSA
GILES, John Thomas (12/11/1837 - 01/16/1892)
HARRIS, Mat T. (12/22/1847 - 09/08/1912)
HENDERSON, Hiram Lafayette (1839 - 1916) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - 3D CPL, 10 Regt, TX Cav, CSA
HERRING, Benjamin Franklin (08/10/1838 - 1912)
HOOKER, George D. (1841 - 1912)
HOOKER, Jim Tom (09/07/1830 - 03/11/1903) : Hooker Ridge Cemetery
HOOKER, John (1842 - 1892)
HOOKER, Walker (11/07/1826 - 07/17/1910) : Hooker Ridge Cemetery
HUGHEY, Thomas M. ((05/02/1842 - 11/22/1907) : Woosley Cemetery - GA, Pvt Co. D 44 Regt GA Inf.
IRWIN, Evan Monroe (12/05/1840 - 07/29/1913)
JARRATT, N.R. (02/09/1831 - 02/28/1905)
JONES, William (10/30/1836 - 03/17/1901) : Dunbar Cemetery
KEENUM, Elias E. (1841 - 1879) : Coats Cemetery
KERBY, Edward
KITCHING, T.D. (04/28/1829 - 05/23/1909) : Hooker Ridge Cemetery
KNIGHT, James Polk : Emory City Cemtery - 2 military tombstones : Pvt., Co.E, 5 Texas Cavalry Co. H, 35 Texas Cavalry
LENNON, Henry T. (09/07/1847 - 03/07/1919) : Dunbar Cemetery
MCCLURE, William G - William G. McCLURE
(wife was Hannah Northcut, daughter to James W. and Catherine Watkins Northcut)
11th TEXAS Infantry - Company K
1861-1865 - War Between the States {Civil War}
Buried Smyrna Cemetery, Rains County, Texas
Submitted by Joe Ann Northcut McIver
McCOLLUM, George W. (12/27/1846 - 10/25/1935) - Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
McKAY, T.A. (08/02/1845 - 12/22/1931) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
MAGEE, Eli E. (12/21/1827 - 06/23/1883) : Magee/McCord Cemetery
MARTIN, Theodore A. (1841-1905) : East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt Co., TX---Lt., Lanes Regt, Co.C, 1st TX Partison Rangers, Cavalry CSA
MAY, William (03/19/1834 - 11/13/1902)
MERAR, John C. (05/04/18?? - 1938)
MILLS, William H. (07/12/1834 - 07/21/1904)
MONTGOMERY, W.H. (1810 - 01/17/1891)
MOREHEAD, David Crockett (10/12/1838 - 11/24/1893) : Prospect Cemtery - Pvt. in Co.;B, 7th Regt. MS
Infantry; received a wound in his right ankle, leaving him partially crippled
MORROW, Benjamine Franklin(11/21/1845 - 09/08/1912) : Turner Cemetery - MO, Pvt, 8 Regt, MO Cav
NEWSOM, William Draden (12/15/1836 - 07/11/1886) : Colony Cemetery - Co. D 19 LA INF, CSA
NICHOLS, Captain
NORTHCUT, James W. - War with Mexico
1st Service - M.T. Johnson's Company
2nd Service - Joseph Smith's Company
TEXAS MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS
1846-1848
Buried in 'UNmarked' grave Emory City Cemetery. Tombstone was placed in memory of soldier in Smyrna Cemetery with his wife and family (children and grand - children).
James W. & wife Catherine Watkins NORTHCUT were residents of the Republic of
Texas. Tombstone dedicated by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas - April
2001. Submitted by Joe Ann Northcut McIver
PINSON, Andrew Jeff : Hooker Ridge Cemetery
PORTER, Pinckney Columbus :(1849-1923) Born in Lauderdale County AlabamaBuried at Lynch Cemetery, Point, Rains County Texas. Union Civil War Headstone erected 09-12-2002 (yesterday !) November 25, 1863, at the age of 14, stating he was 18, Pinckney Columbus Porter crossed the Alabama State line, and rode horseback about 60 miles to Union City, Tn where he enlisted in Bradfords 14th Calvary Battalion, Co. B. This battalion calvary was raised by US Maj. W.F.Bradford, was also designated as the 13th calvary, and later consolidated with the TN 6th Calvary. In April 1864, at which time US Major William F. Bradford led his battalion against CSA General NathanBedford Forrest, my G-Grandfather, Pinckney Columbus Porter , a lad of only 14, was engaged in battle at the Battle of Fort Pillow, referred to as "The Fort Pillow Massacre", a CSA victory, and a great US loss. My ancestor survived this, and other battles, and returned to his home in Alabama, married, and migrated to Rains County Texas in 1877. Submitted by Nancy Young Carter
POUNDS, Thomas J. (04/18/1837 - 07/22/1916) : Smyrna Cemetery - Pvt. TX Co.A 2 Regt Cav
RATLIFF, William Riley (1825-1904) : Clifton Cemetery - Co.22, TX INF, CSA
ROSE, William T. (09/01/1835 - 11/04/1932)
SETTLE, James M. : 31st Infantry, Georgia Inf
SHEFFIELD, M. William: Emory City Cemetery - Texas Cavalry, CSA
SHOOK, John Franklin (1828-1871) : Shooks Cemetery - CPL
SHULTZ, John W. (07/10/1827 -03/17/ 1917) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - Pvt., Co.B, 53 Regt, AL Vols, CSA
SIMMONS, John W. (1828 - 1917)
TAYLOR, Andrew Carol (1843 - 1921) - Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, marker dedicated 23 Nov 1998
TREVILLION, Francis A. (1838-1927) : Clifton Cemetery - Sgt. Co.K 9th TX Cal, CSA
VINCENT, John Millard(1824 - 1884) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt, Co.D, 37 Regt, Texas Cavalry
WAFER, Mabry W. (1842 - 1927) : Prospect Cemetery - Lanes Rgt., Co. C, 1st TX Partison Rangers
WATKINS, William J. : Dunbar Cemetery
WEAVER, Mark: (05/22/1845 - 03/17/1923) : Dunbar Cemetery
WHITWELL, John H. (05/18/1846 - 11/23/1904)
WHITWELL, Allen
YORK, Frances M.: (1846 - 1898) Buried Hooker Ridge Cem in unmarked grave.Since Rains County was not formed until 1870 and was taken from parts of Wood, Hunt, Hopkins, and Van Zandt Counties, much of the ancestry is directly linked to these counties. Visit the Wood County, Texas, site for information about the 12th Brigade, Texas Militia. The 8th Co. with J.J. Montgomery as Capt. was designated "Springville", the early name for Emory.
