Fannin Co. TX Coontown Cemetery SE of Savoy ***************************************************************** 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. Susan Hawkins, Texas Tombstone Project Coordinator hawkins@texoma.net ***************************************************************** Also known as Caney Creek Cemetery and Coonrod Cemetery, Coontown Cemetery is nicknamed after the Coonrod family who lived in the vicinity. It was called the Caney Cemetery originally. There was a School & a blacksmith shop in the area by 1860. The Caney Methodist Church which was organized in 1854 stood near the Coonrod Cemetery. (It was also referred to as Coonrod but records will be in Caney name) The Cemetery is on the Banks of Caney Creek near Cr4020 SE of Savoy. The area was a favorite hunting ground for game. Today the cemetery lies in ruins and was reported as over half eroded and washed away before the 1950's. Records are being assembled to reconstruct the census of the cemetery if you have family buried there please contact the Fannin County CC. Please see: for more info and for photographs http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/coontown.html Stone with these letters visible : Wern..died 1887 If you have an idea of whom this could be please email us Martha F. (Frances) Bettus wife of William 23 May 1850 Sumner Co .,TN) died -23 Sept 1872 ( wed 19 Jan 1870 ) W.H. Blythe 1841-1897 C.M. Caldwell 1862-1871 W. Carter ,son of J.W.& S. 1874-1897 W.P. Christian b c.1820 and died c. 1878/9 in Fannin Co, Texas E.A. Coonrod 1861-1866 H.H. Coonrod 1831-1862 S.E.(Sarah Elizabeth) Coonrod 20 Feb.1839-d. 22 Sep. 1869 wife of Thomas J. Thomas J. Coonrod hus. of Sarah b. 1841- June 1869 Hannah H. (Lackey Campbell) Deatherage wife of John E. 15 December 1819 -14 July 1909 John English Deatherage 28 September 1817 -14 August 1871 John Gabriel Deatherage 26 Sep.1855-14 May 1908 John Lee Deatherage son of L.O. & M.J. 19 Aug.1862-30 June 1880 Julia Deatherage b.14 May 1846- 6 Feb. 1864 Robert A. Deatherage 1842-1866 Dooley, 7 brothers died in Epidemic Unmarked graves early 1870's ( one was Wm.T.Dooley) G.H. Dorsey 20 Jan.1823-27 Nov.1874 Mary Dorsey 1819-1890 T.P. Dorsey (18 Feb.1861-25 Jun.1882 ?)Son of G.H.& Mary Dorsey Mahulda (Gunter) Fowler wife of John 1831-1876 Sarah Fowler Jun.1851-1877 Randolph Gibson 25 Dec. 1808-13 Jul. 1886 Elizabeth Gunter wife of George 1803-1875 W.H.G. Haggard 23 Sept.1823-10 Nov.1886 Alfred Tyler Hodges son of F.H.& E. b. 7 Feb 1842 Sumner Cy TN d. 29 July 1861 Fleming H. Hodges 17 April 1817 Fountainhead,Sumner Cy,TN- died 2 April 1888 wed 7 March 1841to Emerine. Hattie Omega Hodges 14 Dec. 1887 - 17 Sept. 1888 dau of George Washington Hodges and Harriet Brazier Dyer Hodges. Margaret Jane(Gearhart )Hodges wife of W.H. 1846-1883 (Margaret Jane Gayheart? ) William Henry Hodges 27 May 1844 Sumner Cy, TN d. 4 Jan 1886 Ravenna TX. (also cited in F.H.Book) Elizabeth Horne consort of Rev.William Horne 1794-1869 F.E. Horne 1850-1890 P.H.Horne 9 Sep.1838-10 ...1892 Rubert Barton Horne 17 Feb.1872- 1882 son of F.E.& P.H.Horne Mary Ann Horsley died 22 Jan 1888 Buried in Coontown Cem. Hodges family Bible : Mary Ann was the Mother of Elizabeth Ellen Horsley Dyer Hodges. James H. Hundley & Sarah Hundley 1851-1902 The Hundleys were moved to Carson Cemetery many years ago. Lewis Hutchins 25 Aug.1838-6 Feb.1917 Mary Hutchins dau. of Lewis & Phoebe 1872-1874 Phoebe Hutchins wife of Lewis 15 Feb.1840-25 Feb.1921 Samuel Kirkpatrick (Killed in Savoy by Lightning in 1870 ,husband of Mary Taylor Kirkpatrick) Eliza Mahurin 13 May 1814- 8 Aug.1893 Priddy Mahurin 19 Mar.1808-29 Jan.1856 Margaret Marlow died 4 Nov.1901 aged 94 years Reubin Marlow 25 Nov.1808-4 May 1883 Aquilla C. Melugin 10 Sep.1849-27 Dec.1899 Samanthe E. Mahurin Melugin wife of A.C. 28 Apr.1852-26 Apr.1894 George W. Mullins age 40 Mary Adelyn Ray Mullins 1848-1875 wife of George ;dau. of J.W.Ray E. A. Ray 23 Apr. 1840-17 Aug.1915 wife of J.W.Ray James Alice Ray 12 Sep.1873- 4 Oct.1874 Rev.James Wilson Ray 24 Feb.1821-aft.1884 Maggie O'Daniel 1858-1901 Sallie O'Daniel 21 Oct.1848-12 Oct.1905 wife of Sam'l Samuel O'Daniel Elizabeth Ann Ray 1840-1915 James Wilson Ray February 24, 1821-October 23, 1896 J.J. Roberts 25 Sep. 25,1814- 7 Sep. 1883 S.P. Short R.E.Mahurin Short wife of S.P.Short Simon W. Short 1862-1863 Sintha A. Stevens March 5, 1853-October 30, 1887 Wife of J.B. Stevens Georgia Etta Stobough wife of W.T. 18 May 1855-12 Jan. 1870 W.T. Stobough 1855-1876 Joseph Taylor (father in law to Samuel Kirckpatrick) W.E. Thomson wife of F.A. d.1879 Wiley Green Waldrum 27 Dec.1833-27 Jan.1891 & Highly Ann Massegee Waldrum 19 Jan.1833-22 Jun.1872 AElmerine Ethel Watwood 2 August 1825 in TN - 27 March 1864 Cynthia A. White wife of G.W. White January 8, 1885 aged 42 years J.R. White August 1866-April 14,1894 Ransom White died December 1,1882 aged 78 years Wrenn, Jesse S. 5 Jan 1819 - ca 1880 Wrenn, Patsy A. Mahurin Short 1834 -ca 1884 (Priddy and Eliza Mahurin were her parents.)