Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Harrison Chapel Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGS Map: Lanely Quadrangle [Notes by Eric Wood: History of Freestone County, Vol II lists two Harrison Chapel cemeteries with different occupants, yet Dr. Louis lists one cemetery. Both cemeteries in Vol II seem to be Anglo.] Contributed by: Louis Shone, III, MD GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.565, Longitude: -96.0997 Status: Inactive (since about 1935) Background: Rev. George Washington Harrison gave 10 acres in a deed dated 8 Jan 1856 for Methodist Church, Harrison Chapel, that was later organized with twelve members that quickly grew. Benjamin Blair Black's family was one of five that formed the church in the fall of 1851. The cemetery land was given by Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ruso Harrison. Many Confederate veterans and early settlers are buried here. The area's post office was Keechi in 1860. In 1870, the church moved to Dew. Harrison Chapel still had a voting precinct in 1878 and the 1893-1894 school year enrollment stood at 27. Location: Southeast of Dew. Southwest of Lanely. Northwest of Concord. North of Buffalo. Directions: Take CR 489 East from Hwy 75 from Dew and go about 4 miles. Turn right on CR 461. Continue down CR 411. Follow the dirt road on back. Go past where County Road 410 feeds in. You will go over about three cattle guards and will be in someone's pasture. The cemetery is to the right at where another unnamed dirt road hits CR 411. This is a very old cemetery and not very well maintained. Oldest Marked Grave: Biddy A. Richards died Aug 29, 1857. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acuff, B[arton] W[arren] [08/26/1828]-05/21/1870 Acuff, E[mma] O[uenia] [03/05/1869]-03/14/1871 Anderson, J.H. 10/10/1861-11/20/1861 Anderson, Mary Linnie 03/04/1884-10/19/1887 Anderson, Telitha Belle 12/12/1882-04/10/1883 Bishop, Infant Son 11/05/1897-11/16/1897 Black, Aggie May 09/22/1890-06/18/1896 Black, Benjamin [Blair] 10/27/1808-08/25/1889 Black, Ben[jamin] 04/27/1855-07/14/1875 s/o W.A. & M. E. Black, Benjamin F[ranklin] 04/03/1856-01/31/1885 Black, Jane [Little] 02/13/1819-11/18/1891 w/o Benjamin Blair Black, Margaret E[vans Green] 02/06/1838-08/25/1913 w/o W.A. Black Black, Rufus 10/05/1846-07/14/1868 Black, W[illiam] A[nderson 'Dick'] 06/20/1834-01/03/1909 Burrows, George W. 11/22/1817-08/04/1861 Burrows, John P. 01/13/1859-08/11/1876 Burrows, Mary J. ?-10/27/1898 Carter, James T. 09/17/1865-02/02/1867 [hidden in pine tree] Chandler, Dicy 03/29/1818-01/24/1884 Chandler, Maude I. 01/20/1873-09/18/1874 1 yr. 7 mos. 28 dys Chandler, James R. 03/06/1878-05/23/1880 2 yrs. 20 mos. 17 dys Childs, Kirven 12/10/1889-06/15/1890 Childs, Little May 07/07/1884-08/06/1885 Childs, M.J. 11/04/1855-03/04/1890 Conaway, Palmira [Walker] 09/13/1830-09/03/1906 w/o James Conaway, Willie Oscar 09/23/1889-01/05/1892 s/o J.E. & S.F. Conniway, James 11/04/1788-01/25/1863 [broken]; "Farewell" Donaldson, W[illiam] C[alvin] 03/17/1856-02/08/1900 Epps, Eddie 01/20/1881-08/17/1900 Epps, Edwin 02/28/1847-07/02/1906 Epps, H.E. Cheney 11/18/1854-10/27/1883 Eubank, Rev. A.M. 12/02/1849-11/13/1897 Eubank, Biddie 08/13/1886-07/14/1888 Eubank, Elizabeth B. 11/07/1874-06/02/1882 d/o A.M. & M.N. Eubank, Mary N. ?-04/03/1887 37 yrs 6mos. 4dys. Eubank, Sallie A. 09/06/1875-06/05/1888 Eubanks, Mary Ellen 11/04/1881-11/04/1899 Gilpin, L.B.M. 05/06/1858-02/15/1891 Gilpin, William R. 04/06/1862-01/25/1899 This is an iron headstone with a door on it that opens and the information is inside. The footsone is also iron. Gilspin, Rossie 08/23/1900-03/16/1902 Harrison, [Agnes] Lucretia [Steen] 04/23/1819-12/30/1886 [w/o Vincent Ruso Harrison] Harrison, B.N. & M.E. (twin infants) No Dates Harrison, Callie P. 10/25/1885-12/14/1889 Harrison, Elizabeth Willingham [03/15/]1802- 1860 w/o Rev. G.W. Sr.; *1* Harrison, Rev. George Washington Sr. 12/15/1793-12/24/1857 Co 3 US Inf. War of 1812; *1* Harrison, Infant Son 11/20/1896-02/14/1897 Harrison, Mary E[lizabeth Wallace] 08/14/1844-01/19/1873 [w1/o Robert N.] Harrison, Perminta C[atherine Conaway] 1856- 1900 [w2/o Robert N.] Harrison, Robert N[ewton] [12/11/]1833-[08/03/]1892 Harrison, Vincent [Ruso] 01/09/1820-02/07/1883 [h/o Agnes Lucretia Steen] Holder, B[enjamin] F. 12/02/1837-07/07/1867 Holder, Little Dicy E. 11/20/1866-08/10/1870 Holland, Lizzie 07/07/1875-07/17/1875 [d/o John Andrew & Amanda Owens Holland] Holland, Permintie Elma 01/18/1885-09/11/1885 d/o J[ohn] A[ndrew] & A[manda] O[wens] Holland Holland, Amanda O[wens Harrison] 02/10/1852-03/25/1887 w/o John Andrew Jones, G.J. 10/23/1874-01/25/1913 Jones, N.J. 01/10/1848-01/19/1913 Kissick, Thomas R[ush] No Dates Co. E 27 S.C. Infantry CSA Lane, Maggie [Black] [03/03/]1875-[01/17/]1928 w/o Shelton Lee, M.L. 01/06/1838-01/02/1910 Lee, Rebecca 09/15/1842-09/01/1895 Linson, Rachel 01/31/1808-10/14/1880 Martin, A.W. 06/30/1859-01/23/1917 Martin, Infant Son 04/14/1897-07/??/1897 Martin, Ellen 02/10/1868-01/01/1895 Martin, Infant Daughter 12/20/1892-12/20/1892 Martin, Infant Son 02/01/1891-01/28/1892 Martin, Jack 01/10/1854-08/11/1933 Martin, Mary E. ?- 1879 Oglesby, Archie A. 10/17/1872-01/20/1892 s/o J.P. & S.J. Oglesby, Marshall 05/08/1867-12/31/1891 s/o J.P. & S.J. Oglesby, W.H. 08/16/1875-04/15/1881 s/o J.P. & S.J. Parish, Joeller 08/21/1863-02/14/1881 Parish, Martha L. 09/25/1853-02/15/1870 Porter, M.E. 02/11/1849-01/24/1905 Porter, Jackie E. 10/07/1879-02/04/1905 Richards, Biddy A. ?-08/29/1857 Aged 33 Yrs Richards, Dromica Rebecca 03/09/1871-08/22/1872 Richards, Johnnie A. No Dates Age: 11 Mos. 12 Dys Richards, Lelia A. 03/20/1866-06/26/1867 Richards, Lula T. 06/20/1866-07/05/1867 Richards, M[elkijah] R[ichard] D. 02/12/1819-12/16/1874 Aged: 54 yrs Richards, Mildred M. No Dates age: 3 Mos. 2 Dys Richards, Obedience Ann "Biddy" Wright 1823-08/28/1857 w/o M.R.D.; aged 33 yrs Richards, William E[vans] 03/26/1843-04/29/1870 [Co B, 12th TX Cav] Rigsby, W.L. (2 stones) 08/12/1830-07/24/1881 There is another stone beside this one and it just has Rigsby, W.L. and a Mason emblem on it. The second one appears to be an older one. Rogers, Jimmie D. ?-08/28/1864 Age: 2 Yrs. 7 Mos. 17 Dys. Walker, Phebe I. 08/05/1857-01/21/1867 Weeks, Robert L. 07/11/1888-09/18/1892 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I found 2 petrified wood stones as markers, 1 block marker, an Iron Ore Stone with the Intials B.D.B. on it buried between Permintie Elma Holland and William R. Gilpin, a marker broken with the footstone having the intials A.G. There were what appears to be two infant graves covered in Iron ore rocks and then sea shells. An Iron Ore marker with the footstone having the initials E.T.R. A grave covered in Iron Ore rock with Iron Ore Headstone with initials C.F.U. 2 Graves covered in Iron Ore rock with no markings. There appears to be 102 unmarked graves in this cemetery. There were iron ore rocks for the headstone and a smaller one for the footstone. Now I could be wrong on this but they were layed out like a grave and most went in a row with the readable headstones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary "Mollie" Black was born in 1858, in Freestone County, Texas, near Lanely and Burleson Hill. She was the daughter of William Anderson "Dick" Black (1834 - 1909) and Margaret Green (1838 - 1913). She married George Washington Berry on September 9, 1875. Mollie died before 1897, when George married Katy Peavy and is buried in an unmarked grave at Harrison Chapel Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *1* = Rev. G. W. Harrison and his wife were originally unmarked graves, but had a later marker was placed by descendants.