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FLAT PRAIRIE BLACK CEMETERY

Take US Hwy 287 west from Groveton, Texas, to FM Road 1280.  Turn left and proceed to cemetery sign.  Turn right and continue three and one-half miles.  The cemetery is on the left.

Mr. L. D. Smith of Diboll, Texas, copied the markers 9 SEP 1973 and Mrs. Aaron Andrews of Friday, Texas, updated the list 25 JUL 1977.  Mrs. Lucille McQueen Jones made an update May 1990.  Ms. Mary Mitchell furnished the information on the unmarked graves. A new update was submitted to the Trinity County Historical Commission by Mr. Tommy Moore in 2004.

Letty Harrington survey May 27, 2002. Updated: January 3, 2005 from survey submitted by Tommy Moore/pc

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Other
BAKER	Monroe	1956	1976	Age 20
BUTLER	W.C., Sr.	Sept. 17, 1921	Oct. 10, 1983
BUTLER	Will		1963	Lost
CHAPMAN	Creola	1908	1998	Metal Marker
CONNER	Lottie	1890	1933	Monument
DAVIS	Claudie B.	1952	1992	Metal Marker
DAVIS	Melba (Butler)	1898	1970	Lost
DAVIS	William Richard	1912	1976	Monument
ELLIS	Mary Ella	1909	1968	Monument
FRANKLIN	W. C.	1878	1950	Monument
GUNNELS	Pearl	1895	1943	Mother Monument
HAYES	Baby Ruth Marie	1976	1976	Monument
HENRY	Millie Denise	1982	1984	Monument
JOHNSON	Dorothy Faye	1949	1982	Monument
MILLS	George			Concrete Slab
MILLS	Lemons			Concrete Slab
MITCHELL	John B.	1892	1975	Lost
SADLER	Aug.a Mills			Lost
SADLER	Jake			Lost
WILMORE	Ida	1906	1974	Monument
WOMACK	Bo			Metal Marker
WOTH	Lula	1913	1968	Lost

For the compiled list, both Trinity County Cemeteries ©1980 and the second edition Trinity County Texas Cemeteries © 1992 both published by Trinity County Historical Commission (TCHC) were consulted.  

The information has been submitted and is offered free to all who visit. The ownership/copyright stays with the submitter Trinity County Historical Commission.

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