Milligan/Millican Chapel Cemetery

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MILLIGAN/MILLICAN CHAPEL CEMETERY

This cemetery is on private property. To find this cemetery, take Hwy 19 south from Trinity until you find FM 1617, turn right. Go about 1 mile after crossing Bell Creek, & immediately start looking to right to find the cemetery. . Go about 1 mile crossing Bell Creek, and immediately start looking to right to find the cemetery.

Rumor has it that the name has been officially changed to Milligan Chapel Cemetery. To quote our 2d edition of Trinity County Cemeteries: According to Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Turner, the name is spelled with a "C", and pronounced by East Texas with a "G". The First Methodist Church was called Millican (as pronounced by East Texans) Chapel.

Milligan Chapel Cemetery is made up of a number of adjoining fenced-in family plots: Brock, Turner, Stanford, and Leggett (Br, Tu, St & Le in the section column). The Sam McWilliams family plot is located somewhere behind the Turner plot, the exact location being unknown. Parents, aunts, and uncles of Mr. Sam McWilliams are buried here. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Stanford describe the Stanford plot as being behind the turner plot but without a fence. One grave possibly marked could be either a Stanford or a Turner. The other graves with markers, but no dates are for Isaac Stanford and his wife, Mary Lloyd Vaughn Stanford.

In the first edition, the French family cemetery was added to this cemetery as a separate listing. For the second edition, the French family cemetery names were merged with the Milligan names. We have separated these two cemeteries. The French family cemetery is now known as the French Memorial Cemetery, and actually down a different road from the Milligan Cemetery. Both cemeteries are located south of Trinity, Texas.

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. This cemetery was surveyed by Virginia Buckle Arnold, Mary Mason Abshier on 17 April 2003. The back part was not surveyed due to poison ivy and heavy vegetation. Additions were found on October 6, 2004 by Chris Dyer, Ruth Tullos, Dee Dee King and Virginia Arnold. In this newly found back section in front of the Stanford and McWilliams fenced part is a very old, approximately 6’ x 6’ fenced area, no stones found inside.

List compiled: April 17, 2003 by Trinity County Historical Commission. Updated October 13, 2004/pc

*Surname*	*Given Name*	*Birth Date*	*Death Date*	*Other*
BARNETT	Fannie			35 Years Old StSection
BARNETT	J.H.	Dec 29, 1858	Aug 23, 1908	StSection
BELL	W. T., Mrs			Sister of Bettie Tucker French TuSection
BINFORD	Annie Adell Turner	1869	1928	Mother Double stone/ Gideon Thomas TuSection
BINFORD	Gideon Thomas	1864	1943	Father Double stone/ Annie Adell Turner TuSection
BROCK				Area 6 graves marked with large rocks Br
BROCK	Tom Mayo, Mrs.			[Moved from French Memorial listing. Marker not found in either cemetery] Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Mayo, sister of Lee, Sam & Eugene Mayo BrSection
BROCK	Cecil			BrSection
BROCK	Charlie D	1914	1985	BrSection
BROCK	David F.	February 25, 1877	November 9, 1922	Father BrSection
BROCK	Elizabeth			Wife BrSection
BROCK	Green J.	1834	1899	Double stone/ Miranda E. BrSection
BROCK	Lillian		May 3, 1937	Mother Age 46 years, 7 months, 28 days. BrSection
BROCK	Marion			BrSection
BROCK	Miranda E.	1854	1929	Double stone/ Green J. BrSection
BROCK	Thomas Van.	1887	1975	BrSection
CHERRY	Edwin F.	October 20, 1907	April 11, 1981	LeSection
CHERRY	Mary K.	January 21, 1913	December 12, 1971	Wife LeSection
CLAYTON	Ella Lakey	Dec. 1869	Jan 2, 1917	Daus/ John Melvin Outside McWilliams Fence StSection
CLAYTON	J. Ruth			Child/ J. W. & A. I. Clayton Outside McWilliams Fence StSection
CLAYTON	Louise			Child of J. W. & A. I. Clayton; Outside McWilliams Fence StSection
CLAYTON	Winnie			StSection
CLAYTON	Ella			Child of J. W. & A. I. Clayton; Outside McWilliams Fence StSection
CLAYTON	John Melvin	Mar. 1868	Nov 26, 1940	Daus/ Ella Lakey Outside McWilliams Fence StSection
CLAYTON	John W.	Nov 16, 1902	Jan 1, 1963	Outside McWilliams Fence StSection
CUPPS	Jennie Z.	Jul 9, 1846	Feb 28, 1920	Age: 74 yrs, 7 mo, 18 days McWSection
DUNAWAY	Mary Etta Brock Wood	1871	1944	Next to William Lyle Wood BrSection
ELLIOTT	Callie E.	Apr 22, 1856	Dec 10, 1886	Age 53 yrs, 7 mo, 27 da (Outside Fence) StSection
LANEY	William Richard	1943	1992	In loving memory BrSection
LEGGETT	James Wesley.	December 17, 1922	October 12, 1974	Cpl Army Air Force LeSection
LEGGETT				Area 7 graves marked with large rocks LeSection
MAYO	Claudia Brock	1886	1973	Mother BrSection
MAYO	Odell		November 13, 1913	Twins died at birth[Double stone/ Odis] BrSection
MAYO	Odis		October 6, 1913	Twins died at birth[Double stone/ Odell] BrSection
MCWILLIAMS	Sam’s			Parents, aunts & uncles of Sam [Unknown location behind the Turner plot] McWSection
MCWILLIAMS	Elizabeth E.	Sept 12, 1822	Aug 8, 1905	McWSection
MCWILLIAMS	Florida Ann	Oct 10, 1855	Jul 17, 1886	McWSection
MCWILLIAMS	Nannie	1847	1928	McWSection
MCWILLIAMS	William M.	1854	1929	McWSection
PLATT	Ada Marie	February 7, 1927	July 19, 1979	Wife & Mother BrSection
PLATT	Mary Etta Leggett	September 27, 1897	January 23, 1985	Her star shines in heaven BrSection
PLATT	"Peanuts"	June 1, 1981	October 14, 1995	[pet???} BrSection
RIDDLE	Josephine A.	Sept 3, 1867	Jul 8, 1942	StSection
RIDDLE	Walter J.	Sept 6, 1894	Oct 4, 1936	90^th Div. Texas Cook 344 Field Arty McW
RIDDLE	William Lawson	Jun 9, 1852	Feb 26, 1911	McWSection
STANFORD				Area 13 graves marked by large rocks StSection
STANFORD	Fannie E.	1890	1892	Dau of N.O. & M. L. Stanford StSection
STANFORD	I. O.	1853	1937	Issac ? StSection
STANFORD	Mary L. (Lloyd Vaughn)	Mar 13, 1855	Jun 18, 1920	StSection
THOMPSON	Baby	February 3, 1899		BrSection
THOMPSON	Baby	April 3, 1905		BrSection
THOMPSON	Doshia B.	May 20, 1869	May 31, 1962	BrSection
THOMPSON	Frank W.	December 12, 1901	November 4, 1918	BrSection
THOMPSON	Jesse M.	August 26, 1876	October 19, 1918	BrSection
TURNER				Area 5 graves marked with large rocks TuSection
TURNER	James P.	April 18, 1831	December 23, 1912	TuSection
TURNER	Joe T.	August 24, 1877	March 9, 1939	Double stone/ Pearle E. TuSection
TURNER	Jobie	July 31, 1893	May 24, 1976
TURNER	Margaret J.	August 28, 1838	November 23, 1880	Wife/ J. P. Turner Double stone/ William T. TuSection
TURNER	Pearl E. Stanford	May 1, 1880	July 29, 1951	Double stone/ Joe T. TuSection
TURNER	William T.	December 29, 1874	October 22, 1876	Son/ J. P. & Margaret Dbl stone/ Margaret TuSection
UNKNOWN				20 large stones in Stanford Plot
UNKNOWN				5 large stones in Turner lot
UNKNOWN				6 large stones in Brock lot
UNKNOWN				7 large stones in Leggett
VAUGHAN	Moses	May 25, 1827	Feb 20,1895	Beloved husband of Elizabeth Vaughn; StSection
VAUGHAN	Permalia E.	Jan 26, 1829	Mar 5, 1919	StSection
WOOD	Baby Boy	1898		Born & died BrSection
WOOD	William Lyle	August 28, 1871	January 21, 1900	Mary Etta Brock Wood Dunaway next to him BrSection
WOOD	William		1904	Born in Georgia -- Grandfather BrSection
WOOD	Mary Lyle		1919	Born in Alabama -- Grandmother BrSection

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