Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Oak Island Cemetery ----------------------------------------------------------------- This cemetery is near the county line separating Freestone and Limestone counties. Named "Oak Island" for a grove of beautiful huge old oak trees that stand on a hill top in lovely rolling countryside. Many of its old stones are broken or obscured by trees. Status: Inactive (since late 1940s), but still well kept by descendants. Most of the markers have broken over time (perhaps from vandals). Background: The Oak Island church was organized Sept 11, 1848 by five charter members: Mrs. Mary Archibald, Samuel K. Archibald, Thos. W. Archibald, Eloisa Patton, and Mrs. Mary S. Patton, whose husband, William Patton, donated land for the Presbyterian church and adjoining cemetery. A physical building was erected before or during 1850. The Rev. John Limber was the first pastor. The church was located in Limestone County, and later was in Freestone County when they formed the county in 1850. This is believed to be the oldest church in Freestone County. According to the account in the "A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas" written in 1893 this was an "old-school Presbyterian church". By 1873, the church had 102 members and 88 children in Sunday School, but the congregation declined after the railroad came through Mexia in the 1870's as many moved to Mexia. In 1899, the church was discontinued. Many of the area's early pioneers are buried in the church cemetery. Historical marker was dedicated in 1972. Directions: 6 miles west of Teague on US 84, then about .3 miles north on CR 925, west .2 miles on CR 924 to cemetery Driving instructions: Off U.S. 80 between Mexia and Teague. Turn on C.O. 925, it will "T" with 924. Turn left, the road will dead end, cemetery is there on the left. Location: Oak Island Cemetery, 8 miles west of Teague, then 300 yards north of US 84 via local road. Close to Cotton Gin, west about 1 1/2 miles. Oldest Marked Grave: Feb 19, 1858 E. L. Patton Decimal degrees: N 31.676293 W -96.373005 Degrees, minutes: N 31 40.578 W 096 22.380 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 749041, Northing 3507555 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Oakes Memorial 2010 Oakes Cemetery Association will host its annual Memorial Service, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 12. The celebration will open with a business meeting and memorial services at 11 a.m. Lunch will follow at 12 p.m. The church is located on Hwy. 39 near Donie. Donations may be made to the Oakes Cemetery Association, c/o Glenda Stallings, 295 Limestone County Road 840, Donie, TX 75838. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Adamson, [blank stone next to Mary] Adamson, Blueford W[ells] 11/07/1841-11/15/1904 [h/o Mary] Adamson, Mary M. [Robinson] 01/16/1839-01/08/1928 [w/o Bluford] Alexander, Rev. Thos. [04/08/]1799-03/26/1864 age 65; broken stone Bailey, ???? 07/??/1889-??/??/1899 s/o H.K. & M. Balch, Sarah Ruth [Blackmore] 05/05/1819-05/07/1900 Barrington, J. H. 06/01/1821-06/05/1871 h/o H.J. Blackmore, Andrew J. 05/04/1864-03/06/1866 s/o J.A. & C.E.; broken stone Blackmore, Charlotte [Elizabeth Patton] 11/11/1833-09/14/1864; w/o J.A.; broken stone Bounds, William F. 06/28/1858-04/24/1866 s/o T.D. & N.A. Bussey, Ben ??/??/1850-??/??/1852 s/o J.E. & Mc. Carroll, James Allen ??/??/1821-??/??/1895 s/o Absolom & Elinor; born Jones County, Miss. Daniels, Lizzie E. 09/27/1874-03/12/1899 w/o Gus; in the trees Deming, Lewis [S.] ??/??/1811-04/25/1870 age 59 years Deming, Linda 07/27/1858-02/15/1860 d/o A. & N. Evans, George McTaylor Jr. 10/27/1849-02/27/1894 Foote, Brigley H. 07/25/1889-09/12/1891 s/o H.K. & M; very worn Gamble, Elliott Ross 05/04/1826-10/11/1889 d/o Wm & Mary Ross Gibson, Charles E. 09/30/1894-08/13/1898 Gibson, E. H. 12/01/1836-01/??/1899 h/o Hiram; CSA Gibson, [Walter] Earnest 12/21/1890-08/02/1891 s/o R.A. & M.E. Gibson, "Johnny" [John R.] 01/31/1889-09/11/1890 s/o R.A. & M.E. Gibson, Leora 03/06/1903-09/05/1903 Gibson, Walter Earnest 12/21/1890-08/02/1891 s/o R.A. & M.E. Graham, Nancy ?-09/10/1876 Griffith, Lilena 09/06/1880-??/??/1881 d/o M. & M.C. Henson, T. B. ?-06/15/1875 *I*; 15 months old Hill, John J. ?-11/05/1935 *I* Kennedy, James M. 08/11/1826-02/28/1879 CSA Kennedy, Julius B. 11/15/1874-12/17/1890 Kennedy, Mrs. N[ancy] F[lorine Wilder] 08/03/1835-12/8/1908 age 73y 3m 27d Kennedy, R. T. 05/31/1862-08/07/1870 broken stone Kennedy, Rev. Thomas 1799-03/26/1864 age 65 Kennedy, Willie 10/24/1878-11/03/1910 w/o S.L. Manns, Harmon ?-12/10/1889 Manns, Mattie 12/13/1883-07/07/1905 d/o Harmon Manns Manns, Rachell L[ouisa] 1853-04/??/1925 Marney, W. D. 03/14/1819-02/19/1885 Born Boone Co., Mo.; Died in Limestone Co, Texas Martin, David 03/03/1824-02/12/1877 McChord, Mary E. 01/19/1827-11/14/1873 McCracken, Catherine [Roark] 04/07/1818-02/07/1887 age 68y 10m [married E.A. on 24 Nov 1853 in Freestone County] McCracken, E[zekiel] A[rmstrong] [03/15/1809]-12/27/1876 67y 9m 12d. [was an attorney and later judge.] Mason symbol McCracken, H[enry] Clay 08/21/1854-07/04/1864 broken stone; only s/o E.A. & Catherine McDonald, "Bussey" [Lucinda E.] 05/20/1850-02/03/1872 w/o J.E. (James Edgar) McDonald, Mary (Logan) 07/04/1811-07/14/1877 broken stone; w/o Daniel McTaylor, Evans George 10/27/1849-02/27/1894 Means, Eloisa J[ane Patton] 02/22/1840-09/18/1905 [d/o Edwin Leroy & Louise Scott Patton]; w/o Dr. W[illiam] P[atton] Means, Eloisa J[ane Patton] 02/18/1799-07/14/1868 [w/o James, d/o Thomas & Margaret] Means, Fred 07/29/1876-02/21/1900 s/o W.P. & E.J. Means, James 01/16/1796-06/21/1866 [h/o Eloisa Jane Patton] Means, "Jas." [James] M[organ] 03/31/1855-01/31/1886 s/o J.G. & R.J. Means, "Little Eddie" 09/19/1866-09/02/1867 s/o W.P. & E.J. Means, Luella ?-10/17/1865 *I*; d/o T.L.C. & J.A. Means, [Mary] Lula [02/02/]1869-[06/15/]1948 Means, Rebecca [Jane Storey] 05/19/1831-04/11/1885 w/o J.G. Means, Sarah E[lizabeth] 12/20/1852-07/05/1879 d/o J.G. & R.J. Means, [Dr.] W[illiam] P[atton] 10/14/1828-03/01/1914 Asst. Surgeon TX 13 Cav. CSA; [h/o Eloisa Jane Patton] Means, William D. 06/22/1861-04/18/1881 s/o W.P. & E.J. Oliver, R. L. 03/17/1833-08/05/1863 *I* [pure white stone] Parker, John Marshall 08/05/1843-11/03/1878 born in Monroe Co, Alabama; died in Limestone Co, Tx. Patterson, D.M.P. *I* Patterson, F.L.P. *I* Patterson, H.P. *I* Patterson, J.P.P. *I* Patterson, M.P.P. *I* Patton, Charlie D[avid] ??/??/1868-??/??/1936 [s/o T.M. & N.E.] Patton, E. Julia 09/02/1824-05/03/1903 Patton, E[dwin] L[eroy] 09/21/1826-02/19/1858 [s/o George Ross & Mary Patton] [h/o Louise Scott] Patton, Elizabeth (Denning) ??/??/1866-[02/25/]1924 w/o T.J. Patton, G[eorge] R[oss] Jr. 05/03/1836-01/12/1863 Patton, George R[oss Sr.] 01/09/1797-04/26/1885 CSA J.C. Mean's Company Patton, Gertrude [B.] 02/28/1894-04/28/1918 Patton, Mary I[sabelle] 12/08/1830-09/12/1866 Patton, Mary Ora 03/22/1895-08/22/1895 d/o G.R. & M.P. Patton, Mary (Simpson) 12/18/1797-11/01/1857 w/o G.R. Patton, Mrs. N[ancy] E[lizabeth Douglas] 11/21/1829-07/26/1911 81y 8m 5d; [w/o Thomas Monroe Patton] Patton, Perry Steele 03/22/1854-05/18/1873 s/o T.M. & N.E. Patton, T[homas] J[efferson] [04/??/]1861 [08/09/]1913 [s/o T.M. & N.E.] Patton, T[heodore] F. 01/04/1857-09/08/1893 s/o T.M. & N.E. Patton, T[homas] M[onroe] 08/14/1822-06/20/1888 CSA; *O* [h/o Nancy Elizabeth] Patton, Walter A. 03/??/1866-10/??/1939 Col 2nd Tex Inf Private; [s/o T.M. & N.E.] Patton, Warrene 05/31/1870-01/10/1889 s/o T.M. & N.E. Patton, William 1859- 1920 [others list birth yr 1850] Patton, William M[ontgomery] 08/12/1828-10/22/1857 [h/o Elizabeth Steele] Riddle, Levi N. 11/11/1852-07/20/1930 Riddle, Lucy (Smith) 10/14/1820-04/24/1891 [others list birth yr 1810] Riddle, Ruth Ann 05/03/1857-10/01/1930 Robinson, Ida 09/28/1887-08/29/1888 d/o C[harles] A[ndrew] & C[ora] E[mmett McElroy Robinson] Robinson, J[ames] J. 06/11/1812-06/07/1888 *O* Robinson, Lila 08/10/1850-12/15/1909 Robinson, Margaret K. 01/15/1815-12/31/1882 w/o J[ames] J. Ross, Benj[amin] Frank 07/30/1851-03/12/1866 born in Talledega Co., Ala.; died in Cotton Gin, Tx; third s/o George and Elliott Ross Ross, Elliott 05/04/1826-10/11/1889 born S. Carolina; d/o William & Mary Gamble Ross; [H of FC, Vol II records as last name Gamble] Ross, [Dr.] George W[ashington] 01/21/1821-07/19/1868 CSA Battle of Mansfield, LA.; born in Lawrence Dist., S.C; Only s/o Dr. George & Sophia S. Ross Simmons, Infant Son 11/30/1881-12/06/1881 *I*; s/o U.F. & Nora [white stone is broken only showing "Simm" portion of the name.] Steele, Agnes 09/22/1886-02/12/1887 d/o A[bner] A[lexander] & May [Scruggs] Steele, Annie [01/14/1863]-06/05/1867 d/o J. & M.R.; 4y 4m 22d Steele, Elihu R. 10/03/1868-11/22/1884 [died from fall from horse at age 19. s/o of R.E. and Josephine] Steele, Hallie J. 1874-??/??/1939 Steele, Infant 02/15/1880-02/28/1880 d/o J.W. & J.A. Steele, Infant 06/09/1875-06/16/1875 d/o J.W. & M.E. Steele, Irene 11/01/1871-07/16/1882 d/o J.W. & M.E. Steele, James [10/6/1820]-02/15/1865 CSA J.C. Mean's Company; 44y 4m 9d Steele, James Hugh 09/05/1867-09/30/1890 Steele, James Warren "Steele" 1844- 1929 CSA; h/o Jennie Steele, Jennie 03/10/1851-10/30/1916 w/o J.W. Steele, Josephus 01/25/1878-09/17/1878 Inf s/o R.E. & Josephine Steele, Maggie 08/03/1846-06/18/1876 w/o J.W. Steele, Margaret R[oss Patton] [10/??/1820]-11/03/1865 45y 1m [w/o James] Steele, W[illiam] G. 11/04/1857-01/24/1888 [Another lawyer J. D. Childs shot him in the southwest room of the courthouse. Brother of James Warren Steele.] Steele, William Joseph [07/13/]1891-[04/28/]1927 Ward, Mrs. Ann (Sloan) (McKee) 02/22/1796-03/05/1873 born in Lincoln, Co., NC. Ward, Mary V. (Wroe) 10/10/1840-12/06/1875 w/o J.C. Whitten, Margaret E. 09/21/1843-12/12/1877 w/o J.G. Williams, Katherine Roark 1818-12/06/1875 --------------------------------------------------- KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES [as recorded in H of FC, Vol II] Evans, George M. Taylor 10/27/1849-02/27/1894 Evans, Elizabeth L. Coulter 11/15/1850-09/25/1881 Evans, Vanilla 01/19/1891-08/25/1881 Oliphant, Ed; his wife; his mother; three of his children. --------------------------------------------------- Known church members who are NOT buried here: James Storey b 1804 d aft 1851 and his wife Jane (White) Julius William Storey b Jan 22, 1830 d Dec 21, 1902 and his wife Angeline Wills Julius was an Elder of the church. Julius was a Captain in the CSA in the Quartmaster Corp. Later a merchant in Cotton Gin and Postmaster there. Moved to Dallas in 1891. Ella (Steele) Bonner was a Sunday school teacher there according to her obituary. --------------------------------------------------- NOTES: *I* = History of Freestone County, Vol II lists. Other more recent sources do not. Perhaps now marker is illegible. ============================================================= 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