Dallas County, Texas Horton Family 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** HORTON FAMILY CEMETERY 1500 S. Walton Walker Blvd. Located off Loop 12 Blvd. (Ledbetter Drive) Arcadia Park, Dallas, Texas HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION: Established in 1848, The Horton Family Cemetery was 4 acres square set aside for family burials. The cemetery was part of the original 320 acres James Horton received as a single man as part of the Peter's Colony (Land Certificate 489). At the time of his death, his land holdings had grown to over 4,000 acres. Originally located nearby was his log home and the home he built in the 1850's, a large two story home which burned in 1956. The lane which ran from the house to the cemetery was lined with wild roses. The first burial was James' sister, Martha Horton Horton, wife of William Horton. While her exact death date has not yet been established, we know it was around 1848. James Horton arrived in the Dallas area with his parents and nine of his siblings on November 29, 1844. One married sister remained in Virginia until after 1870. His father, Enoch Horton, established his 640 acres and began a ferry across the Trinity River. He called it "Eagle Ford". James and two of his brothers began their farms, but yielded to the call of the California Gold Rush. James and John returned after some success in their gold seeking. Robert died in California. James established the Eagle Ford Grist Mill in 1857 which was his primary business interest until his death. Since the 1960's, there has been increased vandalism in this cemetery. The cemetery was never abandoned by the family, but because of the vandelism, Family members have been reluctant to be buried there. We always visit the cemetery when we are in Dallas. In June, 2001, a Texas historical marker was dedicated for this cemetery. Some of the information on the marker is not correct, but we are grateful that the cemetery has been recognized as an historic cemetery. The text is as follows: "Enoch and Martha Horton left Virginia with their ten children and settled here as members of the Peters Colony in 1844. Family history recounts that their son, James Horton, set aside this site as a family cemetery in 1848. Enoch (d. 1851) and Martha (d. 1850) are believed to be buried here in unmarked graves. James and his sister, Sarah Horton Cockrell, operated one of the first grist mills in this area, and James donated land for a school and railroad right-of way. Many Horton family members and other early settlers are buried here. The last internment was in 1951." The corrections are as follows: 1) Enoch and Martha Horton left Virginia with ten of their eleven children. Their oldest daughter, Jane "Jenny" Horton was married to John Bradshaw and she lived in Russell Co., Virginia until 1870 when her husband died. She then joined the family in Dallas where her son was working on James Horton's farm. She is presumed buried in this cemetery. 2) James Horton and his sister, Sarah Horton Cockrell, did not own a grist mill together. James Horton established the Eagle Ford Grist Mill in 1857. Sarah later obtained Todd Mills. 3) The last internment was July, 1956 with the burial of Susan Crissa Jane Wright Horton, wife of Enoch "Nuck" Ellis Horton. I have established the inhabitants of this cemetery from multiple sources: physical survey, map drawn by my grandfather Earl Ellis Horton in the 1960's, information from my great grandmother Susan Crissa Jane Wright Horton, a physical survey done by Willie Flowers in 1948, obituaries, family bibles and old letters. While some of the graves are marked with headstones, most of them were marked with a pile of rocks and family members just remembered who was where. There are many children buried here. The cemetery was divided into thirds. The bottom third to the West was where friends and neighbors of the family were buried. The middle third was where the Horton Family and allied family members were buried. The bottom and middle thirds of this cemetery are divided by the cemetery road which ran roughly North to South. Separating the middle and upper third to the East was a small fence. The upper third was established as a burying ground for the Negroes in the area. Except for the Horton's, all persons buried in this cemetery received permission from James Horton (until about 1879), Enoch "Nuck" Horton (until 1906) or Earl Ellis Horton (d. 1968). FAMILY AND ALLIED RELATIVES: (Middle section) Enoch Horton (probable - family cemetery was already established when he died) (Original Peter's Colony settler) Born 3/22/1786 Horton's Valley, Russell Co (Washington Co), VA Died 3/21/1851 Eagle Ford, Dallas Co., TX Martha Stinson Horton (probable - family cemetery was already established when she died)Born 1788 Russell Co. (Washington Co), VA Died 4/07/1850 Eagle Ford, Dallas, TX Rachel Horton d/o Enoch and Martha Stinson Horton Born 1832 Horton's Valley, Russell Co., VA Died After 1850 Eagle Ford, Dallas, VA Martha Horton Horton d/o Enoch and Martha Stinson Horton, w/o William Horton (Original Peter's Colony settler) Born Abt 1829 Horton's Valley, Russell Co., VA Died Before 1848 Dallas Co, TX John Horton s/o Enoch and Martha Stinson Horton (Original Peter's Colony settler) Born 1816 Horton's Valley, Russell Co., VA Died April, 1870 Dallas Co., TX Elizabeth Margaret Hopkins Horton - 1st w/o John Horton D/o John and Margaret Fox Hopkins - (Peter's Colony settlers) Born 1828 Williamson, TN Died 1853 Dallas Co., TX John Hopkins - father of Elizabeth Hopkins Horton (Peter's Colony settler) Born 2/13/1799 Died 1/15/184 Dallas Co., TX Margaret Fox Hopkins - mother of Elizabeth Hopkins Horton Born 1804 Died 7/23/1881 Dallas Co., TX Orlena Alice Horton Bast - d/o John and Elizabeth Hopkins Horton W/o Charles A. Bast Born 1/31/1852 Dallas Co., TX Died 1/05/1879 Dallas Co., TX John T. Horton - s/o John and Clarinda Young Horton (2nd wife) Woodsman of the World marker Born 9/24/1862 Dallas Co., TX Died 10/13/1913 Dallas Co., TX Andrew Young Horton - s/o John and Clarinda Young Horton (2nd wife) Born 10/22/1866 Dallas Co., TX Died 4/12/1867 Enoch I. Horton - s/o John and Clarinda Young Horton (2nd wife) Born 9/15/1870 Dallas Co., TX Died 1/09/1872 Dallas Co., TX Jane "Jennie" Horton Bradshaw d/o Enoch and Martha Stinson Horton (Came to Texas after husband died in 1870. Her son was working on James Horton's farm. It is probable she is buried here with her parents and siblings) Born 1809 Horton's Valley, Russell Co., VA Died Abt 1881 Dallas Co., TX James Horton s/o Enoch and Martha Stinson Horton and original land owner (Peter's Colony settler) Born 8/04/1816 Horton's Valley, Russell Co., VA Died Abt 1879 Dallas Co., TX Jane C. Phillips Horton - 1st w/o James Horton Born Abt 1830 KY Died Abt 1870 Dallas Co., TX Alexander Horton - s/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 10/01/1852 Dallas Co., TX Died 4/16/1853 Dallas Co., TX Luticia Horton - d/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 1/01/1855 Dallas Co. TX Died 6/06/1856 Dallas Co., TX Infant Son Horton - s/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 6/05/1862 Dallas Co. TX Died 6/05/1862 Dallas Co. TX Ada Horton - d/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 5/06/1866 Dallas Co., TX Died/11/1868 Dallas Co., TX John Horton - s/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 1867 Dallas Co., TX Died August, 1870 Dallas Co., TX Nimrod Timothy Phillips - father of Jane Phillips Horton Born Abt 1806 Died 1/29/1869 Ellis Co., TX Mary "Mollie" Morton King Horton - 2nd w/o James Horton Born 1841 KY Died Unknown Dallas Co., TX Kaiser Horton - s/o James and Mary Morton King Horton Born Abt 1872 Died Abt 1872 Shulia M. Bowen King - w/o Sul Ross King (s/o Mary Morton King Horton) Born 1871 Died 1907 James Edward Horton - s/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 8/13/1856 Dallas Co., TX Died 9/21/1911 Dallas Co., TX Lucy Laura Carter Horton - w/o James Edward Horton and d/o Woomly and Lucy Anderson Carter, original Peter's Colony settlers Born April, 1858 Died unknown Lucy Laura Horton Gerloff - d/o James and Lucy Carter Horton Born May, 1893 Dallas Co., TX Died 1913 Dallas Co., TX James Horton, Jr. - s/o James and Lucy Carter Horton Born Feb., 1886 Dallas Co. TX Died 1907 Dallas Co., TX Mary Horton - d/o James and Lucy Carter Horton Born August, 1890 Dallas Co., TX Died Unknown Dallas Co., TX Enoch Horton - s/o James and Lucy Carter Horton Born April, 1880 Dallas Co., TX Died Unknown Dallas Co., TX Enoch "Nuck" Ellis Horton - s/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born July 2, 1858 Dallas Co., TX Died 11/06/1906 Dallas Co., TX Susan Crissa Jane Wright Horton - w/o Enoch Ellis Horton and D/o John William and Susan Watson Maulding Wright. (John W. Wright was a Peter's Colony settler. Susan Watson Maulding Wright came to Texas about 1836 at age 10 settling in Bowie Co. TX) Born 7/23/1858 Dallas Co., TX Died 7/07/1956 Dallas Co., TX (last burial in this cemetery) James Edward Horton - s/o Enoch Ellis and Susan Wright Horton Born 11/03/1880 Dallas Co., TX Died 2/27/1881 Dallas Co., TX Alzadie Estelle Horton Craddock - d/o Enoch Ellis and Susan Wright Horton and W/o F. W. Craddock Born 8/04/1880 Dallas Co., TX Died 8/02/1904 Dallas Co., TX Clyde Horton - s/o Enoch Ellis and Susan Wright Horton Born 1886 Dallas Co., TX Died 1890 Dallas Co., TX Osa Clevela Horton - d/o Enoch Ellis and Susan Wright Horton Born 1888 Dallas Co., TX Died October, 1890 Dallas Co., TX Francis "Fanny" Horton Scripture - d/o James and Jane Phillips Horton Born 1031/1860 Dallas Co., TX Died unknown Dallas Co., TX Charles Reginald Montgomery Scripture - h/o Francis Horton Scripture Born 1/06/1850 Saline Co., MO Died Unknown Dallas Co., TX Reginald Scripture, Jr. - s/o Charles R. M. And Francis Horton Scripture Dates unknown Francis Scripture - d/o Charles R.M. And Francis Horton Scripture Dates unknown Plus 2 more Scripture children (names and dates not known) ALSO BURIED IN THE FAMILY SECTION, BUT NO KNOWN RELATION: Henry "Harry" D. Brannon Born 11/24/1840 Died 5/27/1869 Dallas Co., TX James Brannon Born 1811 Died 12/18/1866 Dallas Co., TX FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS (WEST SECTION) William Stone "John" Haskell Born 1850 Died 1936 Dallas Co., TX Lillian Elizabeth Whittaker Haskell Born 1873 Died 1951 Dallas Co., TX Mr. Butcher Born England Died unknown Dallas Co., TX Mrs. Davis - w/o Jack Davis Dates unknown L.H. Roberts Dates unknown Will Ransom Dates unknown Thomas J. Ransom - s/o Will Ransom Born 5/24/1864 Died 11/21/1918 Dallas Co., TX Mary J. Archer Born 8/20/1851 Died 11/25/1909 K.B. Archer (Cremation urn) Born 11/07/1845 Died 7/13/1915 Clarence Archer - s/o K.B. And Mary Archer Dates unknown Lillie May Hutchings Born 1876 Died 1929 Dallas Co., TX Edna Newton Born 1904 Died 1910 Dallas Co., TX Ernest Newton Born 1870 Died 1909 Dallas Co., TX Lula Newton Born 1884 Died 1913 Dallas Co., TX Eddie Dickshot - s/o H.R. And Mrs. Dickshot Died 10/25/1914 Willie McNelly - s/o James and D.A. McNelly Born 9/11/1901 Died 5/29/1908 Dallas Co., TX Oscar L. Daniels - father of Mark Shephard Born 1857 Died 1926 Dallas Co., TX John Coverston Born 4/13/1846 Died 5/27/1894 Dallas Co., TX Lucille Huggins Age 7 yrs. Shot by another (accident) Date unknown Clovis Huggins Born 1903 Died 1920 Dallas Co., TX J. Parrish - s/o W.S. And M.E. Smith Born 12/23/1881 Died 9/17/1882 Dallas Co., TX Charles C. Layton Died 11/10/1875 Ella V. Cook Born 12/01/1888 Died 3/11/1912 Dallas Co., TX Bess McCoy - d/o owners of the McCoy Dairy, Eagle Ford, TX Born 11/09/1890 Died 2/03/1912 Dallas Co., TX BLACK SECTION - EAST SIDE OF CEMETERY Alma McCoy 1895-1948 Charles Hight 1880 - 1956 Loubirta Hight 1887-1960 Lillie White 1877 - 1920 Monnie Bougess Died 1933 A. Gillespie 1874 - 1932 Ruben Cook 1870 - 1941 Research continues to try to identify others who may have been buried in this cemetery. This documents the majority of the graves. Compiled and transcribed by Susanna Clark-Smith who is the 3rd g-granddaughter of Enoch and Martha Stinson Horton, the 2nd g-granddaughter of James and Jane Phillips Horton, the g-granddaughter of Enoch "Nuck" and Susan Wright Horton. If you have additional information and/or documentation concerning this cemetery, please contact Susanna at susannarick@earthlink.net.