Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries ======================================================== [NOTE - Many people looking at newspaper articles confuse New Hope Cemetery in Freestone County with the New Hope Cemetery in neighboring Limestone County near Jewitt. There are also two different New Hope Cemeteries in neighboring Anderson County. There is also another New Hope Baptist Church in Freestone County near Winkler/St. Elmo area.] ======================================================== New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (near Cotton Gin) Freestone County, Texas This cemetery probably began with New Hope Primitive Baptist Church (that was later moved to Shanks). The community of New Hope was about a mile northwest of Cotton Gin. The farms in the area are drained by Willow Creek that flows into Tehuacana Creek. The school at New Hope had 47 students in 1887 and 28 pupils in 1891-2. Modern directions: Go northwest from Teague down Highway 84. Turn right going northward on County Road 971 before reaching the Limestone county line. Go past a little past the "T" intersection with County Road 977. New Hope cemetery is on the right side. New Hope is located about 9 miles northwest of Teague as the "crow flies". This cemetery lies west of Cotton Gin and SW of Kirvin. Cemetery Association The New Hope Cemetery Association meets May 19 at the cemetery. Latitude: 31.702N; Longitude: -96.412W ======================================================== Abbott, Leta Blanche Cain 06/28/1926-09/19/2006 w/o Lloyd; *O* Abbott, Lloyd Olen 01/11/1921-03/13/2006 h/o Leta; *O* Abbott, Martha 01/11/1843-08/28/1853 d/o Wm. & Mary Abbott, Mary E. 04/07/1798-06/07/1864 w/o Wm. Abbott, William 09/06/1776-04/05/1870 h/o Mary Adams, Bettie 07/29/1893-12/18/1896 "Little Bettie"; d/o C. & V. Adams, Cynthia 07/03/1815-09/11/1873 w/o William; Adams, Elizabeth 09/07/1844-12/06/1915 point shaped Adams, Infant ?-07/20/1869 d/o Elizabeth; Our Babe Adams, Mary E. 08/12/1876-10/08/1881 c/o of W.L. & S.E. Adams, Nancy 01/12/1840-11/01/1865 d/o Wm. & Cynthia Adams, Stella Pearl 09/24/1879-10/28/1882 c/o of W.L. & S.E. Adams, W. B. 01/26/1881-10/25/1898 s/o B. & W.; only footstone remains with W.B.A. Adams, William Adam 12/20/1811-09/05/1857 h/o Cynthia Adams, W[illiam] L. 07/14/1837-03/19/1914 point shaped Adamson, Ernest 1912- 1934 small marker Adamson, Genie 02/22/1873-07/23/1961 w/o Johnnie Adamson, Hannah 1819-07/04/1857 "Mother's Grave", "Aged about 38 years" Adamson, Infant Dau. ?-? d/o Johnnie & Genie Adamson, Johnnie 08/27/1869-07/23/1927 h/o Genie Allee, Kenneth Ray 11/18/1929-02/27/1991 h/o Jane Breaker Allen, Mabel 03/27/1885-09/27/1886 d/o A.P.W. & L.L. Bains, Ernest 1912- 1934 Bains, Genie 02/22/1873-07/23/1961 w/o Johnnie Bains, infant daughter ?-? Bains, Johnnie B. 08/27/1869-07/23/1927 h/o Genie Bains, Louis A. 03/10/1871-01/11/1949 [s/o Benton B. & Sallie Johns] Baker, Irene Talley 08/18/1928-12/20/2015 w/o Merle Baker, Merle Eugene 01/07/1927-12/11/2012 *O*; h/o Irene Baldwin, Annie 1895- 1939 flat marker Baldwin, Bill R. 02/04/1917-05/23/1945 Texas Tech. 5 Med. Depot Barrett, Henry W. 12/07/1917-10/21/1968 Beeman, G[eorge] W[ashington] 1869- 1894 h/o Zuela Beeman, [Vene]Zuela Portwood 1871- 1952 w/o G. W. Bell, Alexander 08/21/1880-10/11/1885 s/o G. W. & N. F. Bell, Annie Lue [Whatley] 12/10/1871-02/02/1896 w/o R. W. Bell, Archie 11/19/1901-10/11/1902 s/o J. W. & Della Bell, Ella 03/06/1877-08/26/1881 d/o G. W. & N. F. Bell, Infant Daughter 1897- 1897 d/o T. C. & Ollie Bell, Mattie 03/??/1893-06/??/1894 d/o R.W. & A. L. Bell, N[ancy] F[rancis Hulon] 01/12/1846-12/08/1932 At Rest; [w/o George W.] Bell, Ollie 07/19/1869-08/14/1897 w/o T. C. Bell, Riley W. 01/13/1896-06/12/1896 s/o R.W. & A. L. Bell, Roger W 10/22/1902-04/13/1909 s/o R.W. & V. A. Bell, Willie D. 07/04/1897-06/22/1902 s/o R.W. & V. A. Black, Grandmother ?-? no date or name Black, James J. Jr. ?-? no dates Black, James J[efferson Sr.] 04/19/1853-04/13/1945 h/o Mary Black, Mary Jane [Townsend] 09/18/1863-07/01/1937 w/o James Sr. Black, Talmadge Elworth 09/17/1906-07/24/1992 Blakley, Lucy Lee [Blackwell] 08/17/1861-04/20/1881 d/o W.H. & M.M. Blackwell; w/o Wm. Blakley Boatman, Robert 01/03/1925-04/04/1925 s/o R. C. & Oma Booth, Eliza Dell [03/19/]1881-[03/03/]1968 [d/o Isaac Henry & Angie Sturdivant] Bradshaw, Donald 10/10/1915-02/04/1916 s/o Ray & Jennie Bradshaw, Roy 11/04/1891-06/11/1921 Bradshaw, W[illia]m L. 02/14/1861-05/16/1930 Breaker, Bernarda Emma Braddick 10/10/1900-08/22/1995 w/o William Breaker, William Henry 07/27/1900-08/17/1982 h/o Bernarda Brock, Pearl 04/19/1928-12/27/2012 [no stone found, obit exists] Brown, Maggie (Cain) 09/12/1900-02/05/1982 [w/o William] Cain, Albert Thomas 01/01/1860-05/03/1945 [h/o Carrie] Cain, Carrie Robertson 07/16/1869-12/18/1927 w/o A.T. Cain, Clifford 04/10/1893-08/08/1962 TX Pfc. Btry. E., 344 FA, 90th Div., WWI; [s/o A.T. & Carrie] Cain, Fannie Bet 07/01/1903-05/30/1929 "Forever Missed; Always Loved"; [w/o Lee]; *D* Cain, Kyle D. 10/17/1923-12/19/1959 Texas Cpl. U.S.A. Korea Cain, Mary Florence [Gregory] 07/30/1902-09/04/1976 [d/o Gregory & Julie Sikes] Cain, Ora May 1895- 1927 Callaway, James I[saac] 07/26/1848-08/28/1934 Callaway, Sarah A[nn Tolson] 01/03/1857-10/23/1898 Carlton, ? 11/08/1894-01/05/1895 s/o J. P. Carpenter, John Richard 02/21/1917-07/19/2006 Cecil, Billy Bob 11/10/1926-04/06/2001 S1 US Navy WWII Cecil, JoAnn Tisdale 02/20/1941-05/21/2011 Chambers, Jennifer 10/27/1976-10/29/1976 "Baby" Chancellor, Grace N[ovell] [01/10/1914]-[03/21/1917] [d/o James & Beatrice, no dates] Chancellor, Infant Daughter 11/01/1912-??/??/1912 [d/o James & Beatrice, no dates] Chancellor, Infant Son 1920- 1920 [s/o James & Beatrice, no dates] Chancellor, James Gaultney 03/15/1892-12/11/1951 h/o Mary Bea Chancellor, Juanita 02/17/1919-03/19/1919 [d/o James & Beatrice, no dates] Chancellor, Mary Bea[trice McGaw] 07/31/1895-04/29/1988 w/o James Chappell, Ben[jamin] L[ee] 05/29/1892-05/26/1972 h/o Minnie Chappell, Billie Louise 10/21/1958-? w/o William R. Chappell, James M. 11/14/1930-09/15/2001 SSgt US Air Force Korea; m 02/03/1956; h/o Nell Chappell, [Muriel] "Minnie" E[dwards] 07/06/1895-05/29/1978 w/o Ben Chappell, Nell Commander 05/28/1936-? w/o James; m 02/03/1956 Chappell, twin d/o Ben & Minnie 04/24/1936-04/24/1936 Chappell, twin s/o Ben & Minnie 03/28/1935-03/28/1935 Chappell, William Charles 07/13/1916-04/06/1991 Pvt US Army WWII Chappell, William Ray 03/03/1955-11/11/2005 h/o Billie; m 08/25/1976 Cleveland, Jonnie Marie 02/16/1956-07/24/2013 Collins, J. H. 03/28/1844-06/22/1930 Collins, Mary G. Adamson 03/06/1850-03/26/1936 w/o J. H. Crawley, Willie Ervin 03/20/1896-04/02/1966 *D* Dillard, Clay 04/07/1861-06/09/1872 s/o E.M. & H.B. Dillard, Edward M 07/10/1833-09/13/1876 [h/o Hypathis] Dillard, Emma 08/26/1856-04/09/1870 d/o E.M. & H.B. Dillard, Hypathis Beatrice 08/29/1837-12/11/1919 w/o E. M. Dillard, infant d/o E. M. & H. B. 03/7/1871-3/10/1871 "Aged 3 days" Dillard, infant d/o E. M. & H. B. 01/23/1873-1/24/1873 "Aged 1 day" Dillard, James Q 05/17/1855-01/03/1862 s/o E.M. & H.B. Dunlap, Velma E. [Asher] 03/13/1905-12/09/2002 w/o Wm; m 09/29/1923 Dunlap, William Newt 04/29/1899-09/30/1965 h/o Velma; m 09/29/1923 Farris, Kevontre Lee 11/10/2003-11/10/2003 Finch, Rudelle Patton 10/27/1906-05/01/1988 Forrest, James H. 11/11/1922-09/16/2009 h/o Yvonne Forrest, Yvonne 09/23/1926-11/21/1984 w/o James Frodelious, Chet A. 05/31/1940-04/12/2014 Gillen, Baby Boy 10/04/1925-10/04/1925 Haddick, Bettie [Frances Kerley] 01/08/1870-08/28/1951 w/o D.A. Haddick, D[rew] A[llen] 01/17/1865-04/02/1954 h/o Bettie Haddick, Dan M. 09/12/1898-05/11/1961 flat marker Haddick, Harvey T. 1895- 1911 flat marker Haddick, infant son 10/18/1921-10/18/1921 s/o D. M. Haddick, Lyda F. 11/22/1903-02/13/1935 Haddick, Max Ray 11/24/1922-04/26/1986 PFC US Army WWII; h/o Mildred Haddick, Mildred L[ouise Brust] 02/25/1920-03/17/2010 w/o Max; *O* Harrison, Audie Mae 07/09/1924-02/04/2006 Harthcock, Martha R. 1837- 1912 Henderson, Diane Tull ?-? no dates Henderson, Richard D 02/14/1943-10/06/2007 *O* Henderson, Warren E. 06/20/1824-10/23/1894 Herring, Anna Jane [Moore] 1844- 1927 [w/o M.H.] Herring, Ara Jewel 02/07/1895-08/18/1896 Herring, infant son 06/04/188?-06/04/188? Herring, Iowa 06/22/1869-09/14/1884 Herring, Dr. I[saiah] H. 10/28/1879-01/18/1915 Woodmen of the World marker Herring, M[iles] H. 01/23/1826-06/23/1888 [h/o Anna] Herring, Miles H. 04/01/1876-01/16/1928 Holladay, Dandridge "Daud" 1864- 1906 Holladay, Felix Edward 1902- 1903 Holladay, Fowler 1893- 1894 Holladay, Joseph 1824- 1897 Holladay, Kate Keys 1868- 1902 Holladay, Mary A. Draper 1830- 1898 Holladay, Wallace Conrad 1899- 1919 Holloway, Joseph 04/05/1813-01/15/1894 Howe, son 02/06/1893-08/28/1893 s/o A. P. Howeth, T. J. 1851- 1922 (stone broken) Hurley, E[ligah] B. 01/08/1876-09/30/1913 Hurley, Myrtle B. 1891- 1918 Jackson, Alvin F. 04/16/1917-04/30/1955 Sgt Co B, 143 Inf. Div. WWII BSM Jackson, Beulah Faye 10/14/1894-02/17/1968 w/o Harvey Jackson, Edward Ray 05/04/1931-02/06/1935 "son" Jackson, Frank Bratton 01/11/1889-02/17/1977 h/o Linnie Jackson, Harvey C[laude] 09/24/1892-06/15/1944 h/o Buelah Jackson, Harvey Odell 12/24/1922-11/15/1987 Pvt US Army WWII Jackson, Linnie Mae [Tolbert] 03/20/1896-07/19/1883 w/o Frank Jackson, Ruben 12/19/1921-12/19/1921 s/o B. F. Kelley, James W. 03/31/1892-02/09/1923 x3 stone Kelley, Milas R. 01/06/1862-04/28/1917 x3 stone, h/o Sarah Kelley, Sarah Jane Antinette "Nettie A." Pierce 06/12/1867-03/08/1951 x3 stone Key, Alvira Ann [Graham] 1853- 1916 w/o Owen Key, Barna 11/23/1885-08/04/1913 "brother"; *D* Key, Edna I[mogene Rogers] 01/09/1888-01/24/1973 w/o R.B. Key, Horace 03/26/1894-06/23/1975 "brother" Key, James Lee 10/21/1883-03/02/1943 h/o Lizzie Key, Lizzie 07/01/1895-08/19/1926 w/o James Key, Owen Denton 1848- 1929 h/o Alvira Key, Rev. R. B. 10/02/1876-11/30/1948 flat marker, "at rest" King, John W. 07/26/1881-12/09/1881 s/o J. and P.A. Laird, James W. 1846-01/05/1888 Leach, Mary E. ?-09/09/1888 w/o L.L.; stone broken Lee, John Edward, Jr 10/11/1952-07/04/2009 Liles, Ceclia M. [Anne Story] 08/07/1847-05/22/1933 w/o C. E. Liles, Charles Edward 10/04/1837-04/20/1921 h/o C. M. Liles, Virginia Harding 01/02/1917-03/24/2002 Mathias, A. E. 03/07/1889-08/23/1889 Mathias, D. C. 04/01/1852-08/13/1889 h/o Permelia Ada Brooks Walston Mathias, Edith 01/12/1885-08/16/1923 w/o B.C.; Mathias, Infant Dau. 08/16/1923-08/17/1923 shares stone with Edith Mathias, Mary 03/17/1888-08/23/1889 Mathias, P. R. 07/22/1849-07/13/1893 McGaw, S[amuel] C[lark] 06/04/1861-03/30/1926 McGaw, Texas L[uciretta Mathias] 03/03/1856-03/26/1922 McKinney, Arthur ?-? no dates McKinney, Bennie ?-? no dates McKinney, Clyde ?-? no dates McKinney, J[ohn] C[alvin] 1856- 1936 h/o Katie McKinney, "Katie" [Amanda Catherine Mouser] 1858- 1927 w/o J.C. McKinney, Lonie ?-? no dates McKinney, Twin Infant A 08/22/1920-08/22/1920 i/o Henry Clay McKinney, Twin Infant B 08/22/1920-08/22/1920 i/o Henry Clay Moore, Anne Y. 12/12/1879-09/01/1881 d/o John A. & Benira Moore, Benita V[iola Brooks] 07/05/1848-03/27/1933 w/o John Moore, Clyde 06/09/1887-06/24/1976 s/o John M. & Benita Moore, Guy Alton 08/18/1896-01/10/1897 s/o S.D. & Allie Moore, Huey 08/??/1881-11/??/1881 3 months; broken stone Moore, John A[llen] 08/17/1844-11/20/1916 CSA Moore, John Clifford 03/24/1895-12/18/1896 s/o J. T. & S. E. Moore, Ruby 08/17/????-11/??/1891 d.o John & Beneta Mouser, David 1821- 1863 Pvt Co A, 25 TX Cav, CSA Norris, A[mos] D[aniel] 09/23/1833-12/06/1908 Pvt. Co. K, 12th TX Inf. CSA Norris, Christhania [Poland] 11/28/1837-04/12/1917 w/o A. D. Norris, Rachel Louise Daniels 03/28/1809-10/11/1872 w/o Robt Norris, R[obert] L[incoln] 03/28/1809-10/11/1892 [CSA; h/o Rachel] Norris, Rosa Key 08/08/1891-10/23/1966 "sister" Norris, Sarah Frances [Jones] [01/18/1849]-02/08/1926 Norris, William Thomas 09/12/1840-11/08/1929 Pvt, Co D, 12th TX Inf CSA Norton, Kenneth G. 08/20/1923-06/01/2000 h/o Irene Norton, V. Irene C. 11/23/1921-12/13/2009 w/o Ken Owens, Fred Ural 07/08/1890-04/15/1966 Arkansas Pvt. US Army WWI Patton, Finus W[ill] 06/15/1909-09/20/1987 Patton, M. Florence Sturdivant 02/11/1884-07/07/1910 w/o Joies Paul, Ernest E[dward] 02/01/1934-12/08/2002 father Paul, Oma Lee [Chappell] 01/17/1943-09/11/2007 mother; *O* Phillips, Dulcie L. 11/24/1905-06/19/1987 Routon, Angie [Opal] Sturdivant [07/08/]1904-[07/14/]1929 Rowell, Jim "Little Jim" 12/12/1914-01/22/1915 Sartor, Callie C. 12/23/1923-04/20/1987 w/o George B. Scroggins, Ellie L. [Myers] Selvidge [04/13/]1872-[01/02/]1961 mother Selvidge, C[harles] W[illiam] 09/04/1860-06/04/1901 Woodman of the World Shanks, Sarah [A. Herring] 04/16/1867-11/01/1844 w/o H. B. Smith, D. A. 12/13/1854-01/02/1901 w/o A. Sparks, L. J. 12/??/1892-07/12/1894 d/o RWL & M. Stanford, Emmet 06/03/1876-09/??/1880 s/o J.T. & C.M. Stanford, Lizzie Terretha 11/08/1879-11/17/1881 d/o J.T. & C.M. Story, Elizabeth Watson 03/22/1824-02/26/1895 w/o N.B. Story, N[apoleon] B. 05/25/1823-02/07/1907 Sturdivant, Essie L[enora Sanford] 03/09/1928-? w/ James Sturdivant, Iris Joy 1925-10/25/1972 age 47 Sturdivant, Isac Henry 10/10/1837-10/27/1919 Co G, 38th Regt Tenn Inf. CSA Sturdivant, James J[oseph] 10/27/1921-11/27/2005 h/o Essie; PFC US Army Air Forces, WWII Sturdivant, John 03/??/1886- 1925 Sturdivant, John T. 09/04/1919-04/15/1993 Sturdivant, Joseph T. 11/22/1901-10/07/1902 s/o Joe & Annie Sturdivant, Maggie 1896- 1936 Sturdivant, [Martha] Belle Baldree 1887- 1930 Sturdivant, Mary E. 10/16/1879-07/05/1891 d/o J.H. & J.A. Sturdivant, Ruby Nadine 1910- 1928 Sturdivant, Samuel Thomas 12/??/1876- 1928 Sturdivant, Susie Mae 05/08/1916-12/30/1938 Sturdivant, Thankful Angie [Holloway] 09/23/1844-12/17/1929 d/o Joseph & Eliza Holloway; w/o Isac Tackett, Mrs. M[artha] J[ane Holt] [07/26/]1853-[08/17/]1933 "Asleep in Jesus" Tackett, T[homas] J[efferson] 05/12/1847-05/25/1922 Thornton, H[arley] O[lander] W[illiam] 04/20/1893-06/13/1894 s/o M. & L. N. Tisdale, David 08/14/1902-06/25/1977 Tisdale, David Lloyd 03/25/1936-03/09/1940 Tisdale, Etta Pearl 01/09/1907-01/02/1916 Tisdale, Irene 04/04/1907-08/22/1993 Tisdale, Martha E[lenor Key] 03/04/1877-08/28/1952 w/o Wm. A. Tisdale, William A[lfred] 03/09/1873-02/20/1920 h/o Martha Tolbert, Doyle A[rnett] [08/12/]1902-[09/24/]1926 "at rest" Tolbert, Francis [K. Turner] 02/04/1860-03/02/1924 w/o P.A. Tolbert, P[hillip] A[lexander] "Bud" 10/15/1860-05/01/1942 h.o Francis Tribble, W. M. 04/07/1873-05/03/1874 s/o M. & B. A. Vestal, George W[ashington] 02/18/1824-08/29/1908 84 yrs. Ware, infant son ?-? s/o John, no dates Ware, Nancy Ann ?-? no dates Watson, Alvis 11/09/1895-07/26/1939 w/o Vick Watson, Kitty 1924- 1928 Watson, Pearl Haddick 10/13/1893-03/02/1924 Watson, Raymond R., Sr. 03/15/1900-10/12/1970 Watson, Raymond Ray, II 03/08/1930-10/19/1992 US Army Korea Watson, Sallie 1909- 1986 Watson, Sue B. 09/06/1883-11/25/1976 "We love you" Watson, Vick 09/09/1872-03/07/1952 h/o Alvis Webb, Vera P. 12/13/1893-10/02/1915 w/o R. M. Webb, Infant 12/11/1910-12/11/1910 i/o Roger & Vera Webb, Vera P. 12/13/1893-10/02/1915 West, George 1868- 1910 West, Thomas 02/15/1850-05/17/1917 West, Zada [Mae Yarbrough] [12/07/]1868-[02/02/]1941 Williamson, Judge 09/22/1842-03/19/1922 "awaiting the resurrection"; h/o Ollie Williamson, Ollie 11/20/1846-04/29/1925 [w/o Judge] Windland, Neil Edward 02/08/1942-02/08/2010 HT1 US Navy Vietnam; h/o Linda Windland, Randall E. 05/16/1963-11/13/1992 Witt, Mary Sturdivant 02/14/1916-05/12/1987 Woodall, Christine 08/20/1921-05/08/1999 Wright, Elizabeth C. 10/13/1825-08/27/1907 w/o Lewis M. Wright, James W. 1885- 1951 h/o Vessie Wright, John A. 08/17/1873-05/24/1956 flat marker Wright, John Alexander 02/24/1848-03/19/1906 Wright, Lewis W. 07/29/1869-10/30/1937 Wright, Vessie 1891— 1941 w/o James ----------------------------------------------------------------- Most cemeteries in Texas are estimated to be about 50% unmarked graves or where the marker is no longer legible or existed at one time but no longer. However, obviously proving unmarked graves are hard and one usually must rely on obituaries or death certificates. I heavily believe that most people confuse this New Hope with the others so I do not recommend believing people's references without a paper reference. KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES Bell, Eugene ?-03/23/1913 Source: Death Certificate Clark, William C. 09/10/1859-06/04/1949 Source: Death Certificate Herring, Levi Ezekiel 04/28/1872-07/19/1930 Source: Death Certificate King, Lula 6/8/1847-[illegible] Knoff, Nellie Marie 07/??/1906-04/01/1931 Source: Death Certificate Liles, Joseph M. 03/14/1868-12/22/1952 Source: Death Certificate Lummus, Olan 1923-05/27/1931 Source: Death Certificate Tisdale, Martha Eleanor 03/04/1877-08/28/1952 Source: Death Certificate ============================================================= 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