Milam County TX - Cemetery - CAMERON REST CEMETERY FORMERLY KNOWN AS CAMERON COLORED CEMETERY CAMERON, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS ******************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Milam County Genealogical Society Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************************* CEMETERY RECORDS - INTRODUCTION THIS BLACK CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON FM 1600 ABOUT 1-MILE FROM THE CENTER OF CAMERON, TEXAS IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS. TO GET TO THIS CEMETERY FROM DOWNTOWN CAMERON, TAKE STATE HIGHWAY 36 TO FM 1600 AND TURN LEFT. GO PAST THE WILSON-LEDBETTER PARK AND THEN A GRAVEL ROAD WILL APPEAR IN A SHORT DISTANCE. THIS ROAD DIVIDES THE OLDER PART OF THE CEMETERY FROM THE NEW PART. THE OLDER PART IS BETWEEN THE CITY SWIMMING POOL AND THE GRAVEL ROAD AND HAS GROWN UP AND THE STONES ARE BARELY VISIBLE. THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEW PART OF THE CEMETERY IS PAST THE GRAVEL ROAD AND IS ON THE LEFT FACING FM 1600. THE HERNANDEZ CEMETERY IS BEHIND THE NEWER SECTION. THERE ARE OVER 1,000 NAMES RECORDED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES. A NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH OBITUARIES AND/OR DEATH CERTIFICATES. THE ORIGINAL PARCEL OF LAND WAS PURCHASED FROM IDA POWELL AND JULIA FISHER FOR $1,000 DOLLARS IN 1922 AND A SECOND PARCEL OF LAND WAS PURCHASED IN 1926 FROM WILLIAM ROGERS FOR $500 DOLLARS. THIS IS A STUDY OF SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY. THIS IS NOT A FULL LIST OF ALL BURIALS, MARKED OR UNMARKED. THIS IS DESIGNED TO HELP IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION THAN JUST THE NAME OF THE PERSON IN THIS CEMETERY. AT TIMES THIS WILL CONTAIN ONLY INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE CEMETERY RECORDS. BUT EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO GATHER FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE PEOPLE. ALL DATA CAME FROM THE CEMETERY, THE MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE, OR THE CENSUS RECORDS AT THE CLAYTON GEN. LIBRARY, HOUSTON, TEXAS = = = = = ALEXANDER, LIZA - D. 11-30-1916 - AGE 13 - BLACK FEMALE NO GRAVEMAKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 2270, VOL. 2, P. 8 CAUSE OF DEATH: THROAT INFECTION ALEXANDER, DENNIS - D. 12-14-1918 - AGE 74 - BLACK MALE - WIDOW MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 2898, VOL. 2, P. 23 CAUSE OF DEATH: UNKNOWN BORN: ALABAMA ANDERSON, EULA A. B. 5-20-1877 - D. 4-2-1914 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE WIFE OF: BOSE ANDERSON ANTHONY, CHARLES - D. 7-7-1918 - AGE 22 - BLACK MALE - SINGLE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 2631, VOL. 2, P. 16 CAUSE OF DEATH: BLOOD POISON OCCUPATION: COOD AYCOCK, HARRIS - D. 11-18-1909 - AGE 1 YR, 6 MONTHS - BLACK MALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 1064, VOL. 1, P. 3 CAUSE OF DEATH: HEART FAILURE; PARALYSIS BAKER, WITT - D. 11-29-1903 - AGE 35 - BLACK MALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 179, VOL. 1, P. 9 CAUSE OF DEATH: INSANITY BARKER, CLARA - D. 3-27-1912 - CHILD - BLACK FEMALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 1357, VOL. 1, P. 15 CAUSE OF DEATH: UNKNOWN BELCHER, WILLIE - B. 12-14-1877 - D. 4-16-1900 - BLACK MALE SON OF S.B. AND BOSA BELCHER BENFORD, ALLEN - B. 1875 - D. 4-22-1905 - AGE 30 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE BLACK, SARAH - D. 9-14-1910 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE BOLTON, BOSLEE - D. 8-30-1923 - AGE 7 MONTHS - BLACK FEMALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 741, VOL. 3, P. 48 CAUSE OF DEATH: MALARIAL FEVER BOWERS, JESSIE - D. 6-9-1916 - AGE 1 - BLACK MALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY GRAVEMARKER NO. 2198, VOL. 2, P. 6 CAUSE OF DEATH: FLUX BOYD, JOSEPHINE - B. 8-18-18? - D. 8-1911 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE JOSEPHINE GRIFFIN MARRIED ROBERT BOYD ON 4-20-1889 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGES, VOL. 5 P. 26 BRADFORD, MINNIE BELL - D. 8-27-1923 - AGE 18 YEARS - BLACK FEMALE - MARRIED NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 9695, VOL. 2, P. 48 CAUSE OF DEATH: MISCARRIAGE BRADLEY, SORROWFUL - D. 4-9-1922 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE BURTON, CALVIN - BLACK MALE HUSBAND OF: TEMPIE BURTON, TEMPIE - B. MARCH OR MAY 12-1820 - D. 6-3-1909 - AGE 89 YEARS 2 MONTHS - BLACK FEMALE WIFE OF: CALVIN. CALVIN, TEMPIE, AND THEIR PARENTS WERE ALL BORN IN VIRGINIA. CURREY, JOHNNIE - B. 6-25-1885 - D. 1-1-1908 - BLACK MALE MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 802, VOL. 1, P. 37 - JNO C. CURRY, AGE 23 CAUSE OF DEATH: OPERATION WITH PNEUMONIA ETHERLY, JAMES H. - B. 1874 - D. 1896 - BLACK MALE FOBIN, GARFIELD - B. 3-22-1888 - D. 9-6-1915 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE FURLOW, NAPELEON FURLOW - B. 7-?-1862 - D. 1915 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE GRIFFIN, WILLIE GRIFFIN - B. 11-30-1879 - D. 3-28-1906 - AGE 26 - BLACK MALE MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 592, VOL. 1, P. 87 CAUSE OF DEATH: BURNED; CONSUMPTION HE LIVED AT BAILEYVILLE (MILAM COUNTY, TX) HAIR, GRANVILLE - D. 12-7-1923 - AGE 67 - BLACK MALE - MARRIED MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 9755, VOL. 2, P. 50 CAUSE OF DEATH: UREMONIA BORN: TENNESSEE HALE OR HALL, ANNIE ORA - D. 1922 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE HALE, SANDY - D. 4-22-1933 - AGE 56 - BLACK MALE - MARRIED NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 27, VOL. 4, P. 25 CAUSE OF DEATH: HOMICIDE BORN: ALABAMA OCCUPATION: FARMER HALL, BEN, JR. - B. 1905 - D. 10-7-1933 - AGE 26 - BLACK MALE - MARRIED MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 196, VOL. 4, P. 196 CAUSE OF DEATH: LABOR PNEUMONIA MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 258, VOL. 4, P. 258 CAUSE OF DEATH: PNEUMONIA HALL, CHARLES - D. 8-8-1924 - AGE 2 - BLACK MALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 9884, VOL. 2, P. 53 CAUSE OF DEATH: MENINGITIS HALL, HAROLD L. - B. 11-17-1896 - D. 6-16-1922 - AGE 26 - BLACK MALE - MARRIED MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 9475, VOL. 2, P. 43 CAUSE OF DEATH - TUBERCULOSIS OCCUPATION: PORTER HAROLD WAS BORN IN GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS. HIS FATHER WAS ROBERT HALL, BORN IN GRIMES COUNTY. HIS MOTHER WAS CLARA CHAPMAN, BORN IN GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS. HALL, INFANT OF MARSHALL - B/D 1-7-1921 - STILLBORN - BLACK MALE NO GRAVEMARKER MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 8176, V. 2, P. 35 CAUSE OF DEATH: NO DR. CALLED HAMBOURGH, ELISGHA - D. 8-5-1922 - AGE 35 - BLACK MALE - MARRIED MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 9487, VOL. 2, P. 43 CAUSE OF DEATH: PARALYSIS OCCUPATION: LABORER HENSON, MARY, MRS. - D. 3-6-1906 - AGE 48 YRS. - BLACK FEMALE MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 710, VOL. 1, P. 103 CAUSE OF DEATH: CONGESTION-LUNGS; HEART FAILURE HILL, JERRY / KORY - D. 6/21/1916 - AGE 1 YEAR - BLACK MALE MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 2202, VOL. 2, P. 6 CAUSE OF DEATH: WHOOPING COUGH HURTT, LUCINDA - B. 9-20-1848 - D. 8-15-189? - BLACK FEMALE MOTHER OF MARTIN, HENRY, LOTTIE, JOHN, LUCINDA LOTTIE MARRIED GEORGE WILBURN ON 12-17-1911 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 112, P. 534 JOHN MARRIED MATTIE ETHERLY ON 2-6-1907 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 10 P. 563 MARTIN MARRIED MONICA McCULLOUGH ON 4-23-1907 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 10 P. 606 ROBERT MARRIED MATTIE HUDDLESTON ON 10-15-1936 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 22 P. 134 HENRY MARRIED RACHEAL SHEPPARD ON 1-4-1918 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 15 P. 398 NAME ALSO FOUND SPELLED AS: HURT OR HIRT JACKSON, CARRIE - B. 12-31-1898 - D. 5-20-1919 - AGE 21 - BLACK FEMALE MILAM CO. DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 3056, VOL. 2, P. 27 CAUSE OF DEATH: BAD HYGENE - NEYCHITIS - SINGLE DAUGHTER OF MANDIE HOPERWOOD. HER DAD WAS ALLIE JACKSON BORN IN WALLACE, TEXAS. HER MOTHER WAS BORN IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. CARRIE LIVED TO BE 21 YRS. 4 MOS. 19 DAYS. SHE LIVED IN CAMERON, TEXAS KELLEY, ROSENA - D. 6-22-1921 - AGE 39 - BLACK FEMALE - MARRIED MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 9297, VOL. 2, P. 38 CAUSE OF DEATH: PREGANACY (WAS HER HUSBAND WILLIAM H. KELLEY?) MACKEY, LEWIS - B. 8-7-1897 - D. 4-16-1917 - AGE 20 - BLACK MALE - SINGLE MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE NO. 2318, VOL. 2, P. 9 CAUSE OF DEATH: GUN SHOT-HEAD OCCUPATION: CHAUFFEUR HIS PARENTS: JESSE & FRANCIS MACKEY THEY WERE ALL BORN IN TEXAS. MATTHEWS, ARTHUR H. - B. 1861 - D. 1-18-1916 - AGE 55 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE McGREW, ALEXANDER MARTIN - B. 7-4-1829 - D. 7-7-1913 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE ALEXANDER AND HIS FATHER WERE BORN IN ALABAMA. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN KY. MOTLEY, MOSES - B. 10-29-1880 - D. 9-26-1914 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE PASCOL, EULA MAY - B. 12-28-1890 - D. 12-9-1922 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE TOP OF STONE READS "S.M.T." WIFE OF: IRA PASCOL DAUGHTER OF: MRS. I. B. LEWIS PRICE, LUCI - B 1869 - D. 12-12-1921 - AGE 52 - BLACK FEMALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE LUCI SMITH MARRIED JAMES PRICE ON 4-25-1886 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 3 P. 434 PROVO, DUNCAN - B. 12-4-1890 - D. 8-2-1899 - BLACK MALE SON OF: M. L. & P. A. PROVO PROVO, G. - B. 1888 - D. 1899 - BLACK FEMALE DAUGHTER OF: M. L. PROVO PROVO, INFANT DAUGHTER OF M. L. & P. A. - B. 12-5-1894 - D. 12-14-1894 - BLACK FEMALE PROVO, M L. (MERITY) - BLACK MALE M. L. MARRIED FIRST MRS. RENA HARDY ON 12-25-1879 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 2, P. 301 M. L. MARRIED SECOND ALICE SIMMONS ON 9-23-1883 - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 3, P. 131 ROBERTSON, E. M., PROFESSOR - B. 12-9-1908? - D. 6-14-19?? - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE A MASON CENTRAL LODGE #1348 (EARL ROBERTSON) MARRIED CORNELIA PITTMAN ON 10-18-1936 VOL. 22 P. 131 IT IS NOT CERTAIN THAT EARL ROBERTSON IS THE E.M. ROBERTSON BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY. ROBINSON, ANNIE BEATRICE - B. 1822 - D. 5-23-1942 - BLACK FEMALE A WIDOW AGE 49 YRS. 4 MOS. 22 DAYS HER FATHER WAS BAWLEY FIFER, BORN ALABAMA HER MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH WILSON, BORN IN TEXAS ANNIE LIVED AT 1302 W. 15TH IN CAMERON, TEXAS TURNER, TOM - B. 1827 - D. 9-7-1912 - AGE 85 - BLACK MALE NO MILAM COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE MARRIED MAGGIE MORSE - MILAM COUNTY MARRIAGES, VOL. 6 P. 373 (WAS HIS SON THOMAS TURNER OF MILAM COUNTY, AGE 30 IN 1880? THOMAS' WIFE WAS NAMED LYDIA, BORN IN LA. THOMAS WAS BORN IN MARYLAND. HIS PARENTS WERE ALSO BORN IN MARYLAND; HIS CHILDREN WERE: JAMES, CHARITY, AND LENORA. THESE WOULD BE TOM AND MAGGIE TURNER'S GRANDCHILDREN.)