Freestone County, Texas
Cemeteries


Hendrix Cemetery
a.k.a. Winters Cemetery
a.k.a. Cottonwood Terrace Cemetery

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 Contributed by:  Michael Edd Bonner.

Status:  Inactive (since 1892), but recently Lynnie Wayne Long was buried there
  in 2013.

Background:  
    An obituary in a 1892 Fairfield Recorder issue, describes "graveyard on the 
old Champion Echols place, three miles north of town... " as "one of the oldest 
family grave yards in the [Freestone] County."  Hendrix Cemetery is on the old 
Dr. Pleasant Winter's place (1812-1879) (and thus was called Winters Cemetery). 
This is the family cemetery of James Albert Hendrix. Also the Rev. Champness 
Terry Echols (1805-1878) owned the property at one time. John Watson (1798-1859, 
who was married to Martha Echols who was the aunt to James Hendrix's wife) was 
buried here.  The cemetery is on private property whose current land owner is 
Columbus Wayne Long.  The only modern burial is Columbus's son, Lynnie Wayne Long.  
There is no known family connection of the Long family with the original Hendrix 
pioneers buried here.  
  Sometimes the cemetery is referred to as "The Winters Place." It has also been 
called "Cottonwood Terrace" and "The Hendrix Cemetery."  

Location:  
   The Hendrix Cemetery is between I-45 and Hwy 75 a few miles north of Fairfield 
city limits.  From Fairfield, travel Hwy 75 out of town and The cemetery is near 
Cottonwood Creek on the H. Shepherd A-34.        
   The Hendrix Cemetery is near the old Talley cemetery, but is likely further
away from Hwy 75.

Oldest Marked Grave: Doreathe Lee Hendrix - Nov. 4, 1859

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[Information in brackets by Michael Edd Bonner, except where initialed EBW]

James A[lbert] Hendrix
Husband of M. C. Hendrix
Born April 27, 1826
Died December 2, 1892
Aged 66 yrs, 7 mos., 7 days
[EBW - Born Henderson Co., TN.  Moved to Freestone County 1852.  Died of cancer 
of throat and mouth. *O*]

Martha C. [Echols] Hendrix
Wife of J. A. Hendrix
Born March 8, 1828
Died Nov. [24], 1889
Aged 61 yrs, 8 mos, 16 days
[Martha C. Hendrix was the daughter of Champness Terry Echols & Agnes W.
Clement *O*]  

Martha Dove
Daughter of J. A. & M. C. Hendrix
Born Dec. 21, 1854
Died Aug. 31, 1864
Aged 9 yrs, 8 mos., 10 days
[one of four children of J. A. and Martha Hendrix] 

Twins of J. A. & Martha C. Hendrix
Born & Died Aug. 4, 1860 
[two of four children of J. A. and Martha Hendrix]

Doreathe Lee
Daughter of J. A. & Martha C. Hendrix
Born Feb. 11, 1858
Died Nov. 4, 1859
Aged 1 yr., 8 mos., 23 days 
[one of four children of J. A. and Martha Hendrix]

In Memory of
John Watson  *1*
Died Dec. 30, 1859
Aged 60 years
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord
[John Watson's wife, Martha D. "Patsy" Echols, was Martha C. Hendrix' aunt. The
Watsons were visiting the Hendrix family when John died and he was buried in
their family cemetery.]

Lynnie Wayne Long     Apr. 17, 1966-May 30, 2013 *O*

[Known Unmarked Graves:
   Samuel Edward Piercy   12/??1861-03/??/1908  h/o Nancy Hendrix (22 Aug 1861-22 Sep 
                                           1918, buried at Greenwood Cemetery in
                                           Teague, d/o James A. Hendrix) *2* ]
 
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NOTES: 
*1* = [John Watson was originally buried in the Winters Cemetery on Hill land 
near Cotton Wood Creek.  The cemetery is on the east side of Highway 45 a few 
miles north of Fairfield city limits on Highway 75 West.

Christine Watson Marsters had John Watson's body exhumed and reburied in 
Fairfield Cemetery. They also put his original tombstone in Fairfield. Then she
erected a memorial marker to him at the Hendrix/Winters cemetery.]

*2* = 
Fairfield Recorder - Mar. 6, 1908
  "It is with sincere regret we chronicle the death of S. E. (Ed) Piercy, which 
occurred Monday night at his home in Teague, of pneumonia. His remains were 
interred in the Winter's graveyard, near his old home north of town. Rev. E. J. 
Brown conducted religious services.  Mr. Piercy was well liked by all who knew 
him."
  
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LEGEND FOR CEMETERY LISTINGS:

*O* = Obituary listed elsewhere on this site
*D* = Death Certificate listed elsewhere on this site
*B* = Biography listed elsewhere on this site
*P* = Photo of tombstone on this website
*S* = Social Security death index listed elsewhere on this site  
*C* = Calculated date based on death date - age given in years and months and days.
y = year; mo or m = month; d = day(s); 
h/o = husband of; h1/o = first husband of; h2/o = second husband of
w/o = wife of; w1/o = first wife of; w2/o = second wife of
m = married to
d/o = daughter of; s/o = daughter of
? = unknown birth date or death date (based on position)
x2 marker = single marker for two graves, typically married couples
TX = Texas; Cav = Cavalry
CO = Company; Reg = Regiment; WWI = World War I; WWII = World War II; 
CSA = soldier in the Confederate States of America
f.h. = funeral home marker
h&f = husband & father