Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Burleston County TX ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of thefile. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit  orpresentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations  desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain  the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of  the submitter, and contact the listedUSGenWeb archivist with proof of  this consent. Gloria B. Mayfield, LadyTexian@tcainternet.com TX Tombstone Project Manager Submitted by Linda Houck lindalee@txcyber.com ************************************************************************ Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Burleston County TX Shiloh Baptist Cemetery, located behind the Shiloh Baptist Church, which is just off Farm to Market Road 908. This is / was a cemetery and church for people of color. There are many unmarked graves in the cemetery and many people buried here, who lived to be an advanced age. Most markers are homemade. Baby grave, metal marker, not readable Mary Janette Richmond March 11, 1966 - Feb. 13, 1981 Several unmarked graves Lucy Buttler July 15, 1861 - Jan. 25, 1953 Rev. Harry Mile Nov. 16, 1904 - Aug. 23, 1987 Saran Jackson No date Leesa Moore No date Several unmarked graves Jessie Lee Douglas TX STM1 USNavy, WW II Jan. 15 1924 - Nov. 11 1973 Unmarked graves L. D. Moore US Army WW II Aug. 28, 1909 - Aug. 27, 1998 Several unmarked/or unreadable graves/stones Double stone for Benson Robert & Eliza no dates Unreadable headstone Double stone for Gates Rev. S. L. [no dates] & Ollie F. ~ 1880 – 1978 Rev. Riley Williams Jan. 6, 1812 – Jan. 7, 1912 Harriet, wife of Rev. Riley Williams 1827 – April [marker buried in dirt] Sam Mack, Jr. PFC Army WWII March 26, 19?? – April 14, 1982 Thular Merida Sept. 7, 1889 – Aug. 10, 1979 Walter Merida Feb. 7, 1887 – July 8, 1973 Roseanna Davis March 5, 1904 – Nov. 18, 1972 Fellie B. Haynes Nov. 8, 1915 – Dec. 7, 1966 Squar Newton No dates Agnes Newton No dates Buck Newton March 10, 1903 – July 14, 1981 Bettie Batiste Died Jan. 20, 1963, aged 11yr? [hard to read] Several unmarked graves James Batiste, Jr. July 27, 1928 – March 10, 1989 Ike Newton No dates Silva Newton No dates Will Newton Died March 1, 1959, aged 74 Lender Veron James Batiste Died Jan. 4, 1963, age 1y, 7m, 18d Ike Raymond Newton, Jr. Sept. 4, 1952 – May ?, 1991 Charles Newton April 30, 1914 – Oct. 8, 1993 Several unmarked graves Vassor Newton Jan. 15, 1906 – Feb. 22, 1997 Viola Middleton Nov. 23, 1894 – June 1, 1924 Alfred Douglass, Sr. Oct. 1, 1869 – Aug. 23, 1914 Olevia Douglass March 12, 1870 – March 20, 1971 Tempe Moore Feb. 10, 1874 – May 20, 1974 Prince Williams, Jr. Jan. 10, 1912 – Nov. 19, 1968 Lillie Lee [last name?] March 8, 1915 [birth? – death?] Several unmarked graves Jessie E. Ward 1884 – Dec. 28, 1976 Robert E. McBride Stone hidden in ground Double stone for Jones Mabel Powell Jones, April 26, 1901 – May 5, 1983 Rufus Sr., May 13, 1900 – March 14, 1987 Rhoba Jones June 1876 – Nov. 16, 1960 Horace Howard Rivers Aug. 21, 1931 – Sept. 11, 1991 Age 60 y Mrs. Nettle Townsend June 4, 1895 – Dec. 3, 1997 Henry Townsend CPL US Army, WWI Nov. 16, 1888 – June 20, 1984 Rev. J. P. Williams Feb. 28, 1885 – Oct. 20, 1978 Mary Colouitt March 19, 1879 – Nov. 23, 1977 Willie Butler May 24, 1892 – May 5, 1993 Sellie Butler Jan. 15, 1887 – May 15, 1970 Leroy Butler 1931 – 1965 L. W. ? [last name?] Dec. 1927 [born? died?] Jerry Williams June 11, 1908 – Jan. 13, 1986 Ada Watson Mathews 1893 – 1983 J. E. Townslee Dec. 27, 1912 [born? died?] F. W. Williams Jan. 1, 1912 – Jan.10, 1913 Several unmarked graves CTO on marker, can’t read anything else. More unmarked graves. ~ End ~