Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Miller Family Cemetery near Wortham, Freestone County, Texas: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGS Map: Wortham Quadrangle Original compilation by Linda Miller Messer (gillj1@airmail.net) This file may be freely copied for non-profit purposes. Later transcription by Linda Mullen (guineamamma79@yahoo.com). Photographed 38 headstones with 7 of those being double headstones for a total of 45 marked graves. Will Shelton is wanting to document it for the Library of Congress Historical building survey. Translation from Linda Mullen's MS-Excel to text as required by the USGenWeb done by Eric Wood. Any transcription errors are my fault. This is the family cemetery for the descendants of Fredrick Haro Miller (b 1811). The first known burial was his son, Rufis May Miller, who died in 1867 at the age of 13. Latitude: 31.8090528 31° 48' 32.6" N Longitude: -96.3835898 96° 23' 00.9" W Directions: From Wortham, go east on FTM Road 27. Turn left on County Road 995. Go past Red Cemetery. County Road 995 takes sharp turn to left. Turn right on Private Road 994 until reach end of private road. The Miller Cemetery is 5 miles east of Wortham "as the crow flies". Old house is still intact in January 2013, however Mr. Miller is wanting to sell the old house and have it moved. The cemetery is in the area of the modern Freestone County Raceway dirt track race course. Sign: Modern metal sign says "Miller Cemetery Est. 1867" in white letters. Cemetery is enclosed with modern chain-link fence. Oldest Marked Grave is Rufis May Miller who died in 1867. is/o = "Infant Son of" (tend to be born and died on same day) id/o = "Infant Daughter of" (tend to be born and died on same day) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Names: Born: Died: Location/Notes: Last First Middle Suffix Maiden MM DD YYYY MM DD YYYY Plot Inscription Notes 1) Miller, Hewitt David 09/13/1896 12/31/1958 Grave 1 In our hearts you live forever 2) Miller, H[ewitt] D[avid] 10/06/1863 01/15/1901 Grave 2 Rest in peace 3) Miller, Fred F. 02/13/1889 04/29/1964 Grave 3 "TEXAS, PVT CO H55 INF 7 DIV, WWI" 4) Miller, Ben 12/29/1928 02/15/1929 Grave 4 5) Miller, Herbert Hamptom 10/12/1936 11/01/1936 Grave 5 6) Miller, Minnie Arvizine 10/25/1890 08/19/1960 Grave 6 7) Miller, James Ben 08/13/1893 04/02/1966 Grave 7 8) Burleson, S[alathiel] A[lbert] "Sonny" Jr 01/03/1917 ?????????? Grave 8a 9) Burleson, Grace W. (Hammond) 07/15/1921 06/19/2001 Grave 8b Married 02-14-1942 10) Miller, John Lewis Boyd 11/10/1869 06/16/1944 Grave 9 11) Miller, Mamie Vinson 02/02/1878 03/06/1909 Grave 10 w/o John Boyd Miller 12) Miller, is/o J.B. & Mamie 05/19/1900 Grave 11 13) Vincient, is/o Robert & Sallie 05/20/1903 Grave 12 14) Vincent, Mrs. Sallie 10/12/1880 05/25/1903 Grave 13 15) Burleson, is/o S.A. & Eda 12/11/1915 Grave 14 16) Burleson, Salathiel A[lbert] 06/22/1894 10/31/1956 Grave 15a 17) Burleson, Eda Vesta (Miller) 01/17/1897 09/18/1964 Grave 15b Married 05-01-1915 18) Coates, Mayme Jo 1919 1984 Grave 16a 19) Coates, William R. "Bill" 1913 1986 Grave 16b 20) Holmes, Martha M. Miller 12/25/1858 11/24/1878 Grave 17 21) Miller, Fredrick Haro 04/04/1812 05/16/1879 Grave 18a 22) Miller, Mary Sloan Boyd 08/08/1836 11/26/1878 Grave 18b His Wife 23) Miller, Rufis May 05/??/1854 1867 Grave 19 24) Miller, Loranso Dow 1875 1875 Grave 20 25) Miller, Homer Barton 10/26/1900 02/14/1971 Grave 21 26) Terry, Susie M. 02/08/1899 12/26/1997 Grave 22 Beyond the sunset 27) Samuel, Carl Ray 02/18/1923 11/11/1944 Grave 23 Co. K 137th Inf. 28) Miller, id/o F.F. & Addie 10/09/1907 Grave 24 29) Miller, Fred F. 12/16/1860 02/03/1930 Grave 25a 30) Miller, Addie J. 08/17/1866 08/08/1956 Grave 25b 31) Miller, Allie C. 04/24/1903 07/??/1904 Grave 26 Dau. of W.C. & Alice 32) Miller, Walker Carter 12/13/1856 04/30/1934 Grave 27a 33) Miller, Alice Elizabeth 09/12/1862 10/31/1936 Grave 27b 34) Miller, Branford Huntington 02/11/1886 11/02/1964 Grave 28 35) White, Henry 07/23/1894 05/28/1966 Grave 29a Asleep in Jesus 36) White, Velma Miller 01/10/1899 04/18/1983 Grave 29b 37) Cargile, Carl Edward "Bubba" 06/21/1963 04/29/1982 Grave 30 Beloved son of Linda Miller 38) Miller, id/o W.H. & Dovie 02/27/1910 03/22/1910 Grave 31 39) Miller, is/o W.H. & Dovie 02/03/1917 03/25/1917 Grave 32 40) Miller, Robert R. 1914 1927 Grave 33 Happy shall be thy awakening 41) Miller, W. Sneed 1911 1954 Grave 34 Happy shall be thy awakening 42) Miller, Lillie Dovie 10/18/1892 Grave 35 Happy shall be thy awakening 43) Miller, William Haro 09/13/1884 06/09/1958 Grave 36 Happy shall be thy awakening 44) Miller, is/o Mr. & Mrs. John K. 04/14/1937 04/14/1937 Grave 37 45) UNK, UNK Son Grave 38 no marker blue flowers/toy trucks MAP: GG = front gate X = gated perimeter mt = empty number = graves (7 are x2 headstones) Front Gate- West XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGGXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X 38 mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt 37 mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt 36 35 34 33 32 31 mt X X mt 30 mt mt 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt 20 19 18 17 mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt 16 15 14 13 mt 12 11 10 09 mt 08 mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt 07 06 mt mt 03 02 mt 01 mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt 04 mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt 05 mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X X mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt mt X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Back Fence - East