Freestone County, Texas
Cemeteries


Stroud Cemetery (a.k.a Oakwood Colored Cemetery or 
                       Daniel Cemetery or
                       Haze Daniel Cemetery)
(at Rocky Mount Community)

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by Eric Bonner Wood

Status: Active

Background:  
  African American Cemetery established during slavery that continued to be used 
by family members through the 20th century. Currently difficult to access and 
overgrown, although stones are said to exist they cannot be seen.
  Please note: These two cemeteries are located in a community called Rocky Mount, 
which is clearly denoted in the 1950 US Census as being located between Butler 
and Oakwood, along Rocky Mount Road, County Road 300 and County Road 331. Plum 
Creek community is several miles to the west.
  Rocky Mount is a community located between the "Plum Creek" community and the 
town of Oakwood.  (Oakwood is in adjacent Leon County).  Founded by Beeton 
Stroud and other family members.  The farm lands around Rocky Mount is drained 
by Keechi Creek.  Rocky Mount was about a mile west of the Liberty community
and about two miles north of Oakwood.  
  Rocky Mount school existed in 1887 until consolidated in the 1930s.

Directions:
  Go about 2 miles north of Oakwood on Rocky Mount Road/FCR 331. Cemetery is about 
˝ mile west down a private dirt road, through a pasture, under the powerlines, 
to a chain link fence.

[Totally Reworked 2/17/2014]
[NOTE - Many graves are unmarked. ]

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KNOWN GRAVES: [Source - death certificates]

Cannon, Margaret         02/15/1870-05/25/1950 *D*; d/o Ben & Marrie Daily Cannon

Daniel, Victoria (Henry) ??/06/1856-06/01/1941 [*D* says buried in "Haze Daniel Cem"]
Daniel, Williford O'Neal 06/05/1972-07/09/1972 s/o Etra Daniels
Daniels, Albert          08/04/1892-01/09/1971 s/o Jim & Victoria Henry Daniels; WWI
Daniels, Alonzo          02/14/1900-07/22/1960 s/o Jim & Victoria Henry Daniels
Daniels, Dave S. Sr.     11/27/1952-02/10/2015 s/o Charlie & Etra Mae (Anzley) Daniels
Daniels, David                 1919-12/29/1934 s/o Dave & Mattie Releford Daniels
Daniels, Jim Jr.         05/03/1890-08/25/1962 *1*; s/o Jim & Victoria Henry Daniels

Echols, Elizabeth “Lizzie”     1910-04/23/1928
          
Hamilton, Callie         10/17/1917-01/14/1920 [*D* says buried in "Daniel Cemetery"]
Henry, Elizabeth (Daniel)      1848-08/01/1939 
Henry, Sam                     1873-02/06/1947 s/o Mose & Elizabeth Daniel Henry
Hunt, James Murphy       06/18/1894-11/30/1962 s/o Joe & Lizzie Henry Hunt 
      
McAfee, Lela (Daniels)   02/04/1935-05/17/1955 d/o Charlie Jr & Susie Baker Daniels

Strain, Bettie Murray          1877-01/21/1918 d/o Ephriam and Francis Butler Murray

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*1* = 
Name: Jim Daniels
Death Date: 25 Aug 1962
Death Place: Oakwood, Leon, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: Negro
Death Age: 72 years
Birth Date: 03 May 1890
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: 
Father's Name: Jim Daniels
Father's Birthplace: 
Mother's Name: Victoria Henry
Mother's Birthplace: 
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Precinct #3, Freestone, Texas
Cemetery: Stroud Cemetery
Burial Place: Freestone County, Texas
Burial Date: 30 Aug 1962

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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.
*U* = Unmarked grave
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; SAW = Spanish American War
f.h. = funeral home marker
h&f = husband & father
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