Bastrop County, TX - Gazley Cemetery ************************************************************************ 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. ************************************************************************ GAZLEY CEMETERY BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS SMITHVILLE AREA LOCATION: This cemetery is also known as Gazley Hill Cemetery, Thompson Hill Cemetery and Dog Thompson Cemetery. It is located on the southwest edge of Smithville in the T.J. Gazley Survey. From Smithville, go south on Hwy 95 @1 mile toward Cistern, turn right on North Street and go @.5 miles. The street dead ends at the foot of Thomson Hill. The cemetery is through the barbed wire fence and up the hill on a long narrow curving ridge. The cemetery is named after Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley from Dutchess County, NY. His tombstone is located at the state cemetery in Austin. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence 1836. The Thompson's owned the land later and are buried here also. Bennett, Irice M 8/6/1889 8/11/1895 Dau of J.W. Bennett Blakely, Anna E x x Mother. Wife of J.S. Brewer, Lela R 8/19/1895 9/5/1895 Dau of C.R. & M.E. Casey, George Marris 08/21/1909 03/05/1913 Son of C & M.J. Casey Clamp, Phoebe Nixon 9/20/1869 12/21/1892 Wife of J.D. Clamp Haines, Stephen W 2/2/1823 2/18/1880 age 57 yrs 16 days Jones, Elisha C 6/20/1863 8/21/1866 Jones, Fay 9/8/1893 6/9/1894 Jones, William H 1/28/1874 12/29/1894 Lard, George W 8/31/1858 12/30/1866 Lard, Sharah E 10/14/1833 2/22/1868 Lard, Thomas P 6/15/1835 2/22/1868 Lard, William Y 5/22/1864 12/7/1881 Son of T.P. & Eliza Lard Mason, Henry A.C. 10/16/1869 12/10/1889 Mason, Lillie A 8/16/1887 6/12/1889 Dau of J.M. & M.E. Mason Nixon, Carrie 11/16/1873 10/16/1893 Dau of William & Phoebe Nixon Rovilla, Lucille 09/03/1900 11/12/1900 Dau of E.C. & Katie Rovilla Saunders, Calley P 2/3/1877 9/11/1877 Son of B.T. & P Saunders Saunders, Cerena E 5/26/1866 10/23/1873 Dau of B.T. Saunders Saunders, Cerena Lard 2/4/1840 11/19/1873 Wife of B.T. Saunders Saunders, Ludie 4/28/1877 10/15/1880 Dau of R.A. & A.L. Saunders Saunders, Joseph 7/27/1807 4/3/1877 Saunders, Joseph T 11/26/1842 1/12/1871 Saunders, Joseph T 7/14/1857 2/18/1881 Son of B.T. & Seranie Saunders. Age 23 yrs 7 mos 4 days Saunders, Malissa L.A. 5/10/1872 10/20/1873 Dau of B.T. Saunders, Mary A 10/8/1814 4/8/1870 Saunders, R.A. 12/1/1853 11/16/1879 Wife of A.L. Saunders Saunders, S.L. 3/23/1848 7/8/1880 Saunders, Vincent C 11/11/1879 11/22/1879 Son of Samuel L & Mary T Saunders Smith, Mary J 2/25/1838 3/10/1868 Smith, Rose Altha x 11/16/1881 age 23 yrs Stagner, J.L. x 9/17/1896 52 yrs Thompson, Maggie J 1889 1940 Thompson, Sarah 9/11/1848 09/11/1934 Thompson, William M. 5/17/1846 10/29/1923 Thompson, Walter 5/17/1841 10/29/1923 age 57 yrs 2 mos Wesson, Chester H 5/26/1893 12/10/1895 Son of J.P. & Bertha Wesson, L.H.J. 9/27/1898 9/24/1899 Son of J.P. & Martha Wesson Wesson, Parthene 1/3/1844 2/3/1897