Leon County, Texas  -- Cooper Cemetery

By Cheryl Burks     cburks@glade.net
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COOPER CEMETERY

Leon County, Texas
 
(Cherokee Ridge Area)
Take Highway 79 east out of Buffalo to CR 212W. Turn right on CR 212W 
and go 1.5 miles to CR 270.   Turn left on CR 270 and go 0.7 miles to 
end of road.   Private property on left;  several hundred yards to fenced
Cemetery.  
  This Cemetery is fenced but unkept, tress, underbrush, and dead leaves
cover the area.   There are probably 15 + graves marked by rocks.   
Every thing is in danger of being lost.
 
 
BUYS, C.W.             Jan 30, 1814                Mar 13, 1885
BUYS, George W.        Nov 13, 1873                Mar 2, 1913
BUYS, Rhoenna          May 24, 1833                June 26, 1909
BUYS, Rhoenna          age 8 months                Jan 31, 1867
COOK, Lavara           Jan 5, 1869                 Apr 17, 1892
COOPER, George W.      Sept 28, 1896               Dec 6, 1896
        Son of J.W. & Susie Cooper
COOPER, Homer W.       Aug 16, 1898                Jan 7, 1899
        Son of J.W. & Susie Cooper
COOPER, Infant           b & d                     Dec 14, 1903
        Son of J.W. & Susie Cooper
COOPER, Infant          Nov 3, 1899                Nov 3, 1899
        Dau of J.W. & Susie Cooper  
DAVIS, Piety E.       1 yr, 5mo, 7days             July 30, 1871
        Dau of J.I. & M.S. Davis
DAVIS, Warren L.      5yr, 8mos, 27days            Sept 26, 1882
        Son of J.I. & M.S. Davis
FERGOSSON, W.F.       Oct 26, 1857                 June 1, 1889
GIFFERD, Infant       Feb 26, 1901                 Feb 26, 1901
        Child of G.M. Gifferd
GIFFERD, J.T.         Dec 26, 1897                 Oct 24, 1899
GIFFERD, J.W.         Oct 10, 1896                 Oct 13, 1896
GIFFERD, M.M.         May 12, 1892                 Sept 26, 1895
McKAY, Charles A.     Nov 24, 1824                 Aug 28, 1873
SHIREY, Benjamine I.  Mar 25, 1889                 Sept 7, 1893
        Son of J.W. & S.J.E. Shirey
SHIREY, Sallie        Feb 3, 1852                  Jan 28, 1891
        Wife of J.W. Shirey
WALKER, J.A.          Oct 10, 1854                 Oct 12, 1897
 
Surveyed by Lroy and Wanda Jean Cooper, August 1981
Surveyed February 2000 by Leola Pate and Marjorie Bridges