COATES CEMETERY, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contact at Txtammy@hotmail.com for information on this file. ************************************************************************ COATES CEMETERY UTLEY COMMUNITY BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS LOCATION: From the town of Bastrop, go west on Hwy 71, turn right on FM 969, turn right before the store that is on the left onto Lower Elgin Road, about 2 miles down the road on the left inside a chain link fence, before crossing Wilbarger Creek Bridge. Surveyed 7/31/98 The Old Coates Slave Cemetery is located on this same property. There are no headstones marking these graves. Blair, Martha Margaret 1/4/1877 1/12/1877 Blair, Thomas Joseph 2/2/1875 12/27/1876 Children of J.W. & A.E. Blair (share headstone, broken) Gresham, J.G. 8/22/1816 ?/15/1862 Husband of M.L. Gresham McGinnis, Anna M 10/1/1833 11/13/1869 Age 36 yrs 1 mo 12 days Wife of O.H.P. McGinnis Riverse, J.R. 10/26/1861 11/25/1865 Age 1 yr 27 days Son of W. & S.E. Riverse Sandifer, Willie 1875 1902 Wilson, Martha J. 7/15/1849 12/5/1872 Wife of J. M. Wilson