CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY, VOL II, INFORMATION Submmitted by THE EAST TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 6967, Tyler, Texas 75711 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS VOLUME II NORTHWEST QUARTER Copied and Compiled by The East Texas Genealogical Society Published by The East Texas Genealogical Society P.O.Box 6967 Tyler, Texas 75711 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1983 by THE EAST TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY All Rights Reserved Second printing 1984 Third printing 1994 Printed by THE EAST TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 6967 Tyler, Texas 75711 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This book is dedicated to Mrs. James T. (Lorene WEST) CONAWAY of the East Texas Genealogical Society Lorene is a native of East Texas, having been born in Smith County. Evidently this gives her an inordinate interest in the genealogy of this area. Since she has been a member of the East Texas Genealogical Society, she has been one of the strongest pillars of that organization. Although she has never held an office, other than director, she has been Chairperson of many committees and is always ready to work on whatever needs to be done. When the Cemetery recording project was started, Lorene be­came one of the foremost workers. She has worked in cold weather and hot; in wet weather and dry. This Society is most fortunate to have such a determined worker. For her great help and dedication in keeping the East Texas Genealogical Society going and especially for all her work in recording cemetery records of Smith County, we fondly dedicate this book to this fine lady. ---------------------------------------------------------- CEMETERIES - NUMERICAL LISTING No. Cemetery Name Map Location Page 1 Mt. Sylvan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 1 2 Damascus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 14 3 Bethesda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 24 4 Sabine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 32 5 Flewellen-Thweatt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 38 6 Lindale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 39 7 Harris Chapel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 70 8 Carmel (White) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 75 9 Carmel (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 80 10 Hopewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 84 11 Ahavath Achim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4 98 12 Westview (Black; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4 102 13 Union-Chapel & Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 112 & 208 14 Garden Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 141 15 Potter Grave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 150 16 Sitton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 151 17 Jamestown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 152 18 Smith-Eby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 161 19 Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 162 20 Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 170 21 Lukenbill (Old Union) . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 180 22 Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 180 23 Flewellen (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 181 24 Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 184 25 Hopewell #2 (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 184 & 253 26 Village Creek (Bowman) (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . A-1 184 27 Clear Springs (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 185 28 Old Myrtle Springs (Mallory) . . . . . . . . . . C-2 186 29 Beaird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4 187 30 New Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 193 31 Verner (Black Fork) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 202 32 Red Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2 205 33 Mechanicsville (Robbs) (Bauman) . . . . . . . . A-3 207 34 Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 207 35 Tate (Bundy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 208 36 Hopewell #1 (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 209 37 Erwin (Black) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 215 38 Evergreen Memorial (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . D-4 216 39 Galena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 233 40 Walnut Springs (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 234 41 Sand Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 235 & 253 42 Spring Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 235 43 Sand Flat (Antioch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3 236 44 Gimble (Breese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 247 45 St. Mary's (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 248 46 Fairview (Nebo) (A. A.). . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 249 47 Jones Valley (Mims) (A. A.). . . . . . . . . . . D-4 250 48 Hassell (Jones) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 251 49 Unnamed (small at Garden Valley) . . . . . . . . A-2 251 50 Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 252 51 Lang Grave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 252 52 Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 252 53 Bunkley (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 252 54 Sugar Hill (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4 253 Cemeteries Added since book was published 55 Glasscock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Map 11 ----------------------------------------- ALPHETICAL LISTING No. Cemetery Name Location Page 11 Ahavath Achim . . . . . . . . . C-4 98 43 Antioch (Sand Flat) . . . . . . D-3 236 33 Bauman (Mechanicsville)(Robbs). A-3 207 29 Beaird. . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4 187 3 Bethesda . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 24 31 Black Fork (Verner) . . . . . . B-4 202 26 Bowman (Village Creek)(Black) . A-I 184 52 Boyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 252 44 Breese (Gimble) . . . . . . . . B-4 247 35 Bundy (Tate). . . . . . . . . . B-2 208 53 Bunkley (A. A.) . . . . . . . . A-2 252 9 Carmel (A. A.). . . . . . . . . B-2 80 8 Carmel (White). . . . . . . . . B-2 75 24 Castle. . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 184 27 Clear Springs (A. A.) . . . . . A-3 185 2 Damascus. . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 14 19 Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 162 18 Eby-Smith . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 161 37 Erwin (A. A.) . . . . . . . . . B-4 215 38 Evergreen Hemorial(A. A.) . . . D-4 216 46 Fairview (Nebo)(A. A.). . . . . B-3 249 23 Flewellen (A. A.) . . . . . . . B-1 181 5 Flewellen-Thweatt . . . . . . . B-I 38 39 Galena. . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 233 14 Garden Valley . . . . . . . . . A-2 141 44 Gimble (Breese) . . . . . . . . B-4 247 7 Harris Chapel . . . . . . . . . B-2 70 48 Hassell (Jones) . . . . . . . . A-1 251 10 Hopewell. . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 84 36 Hopewell #1 (A. A.) . . . . . . C-3 209 25 Hopewell #2 (A. A.) . . . . . . C-3 184 & 253 34 Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 207 17 Jamestown . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 152 48 Jones (Hassell) . . . . . . . . A-1 251 47 Jones Valley (Mims) (A. A.) . . D-4 250 51 Lang Grave . . . . . . . . . . A-32 52 6 Lindale . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 39 21 Lukenbill (Old Union) . . . . . A-3 180 28 Mallory (Old Myrtle Springs). . C-2 186 33 Mechanicsville (Robbs)(Bauman). A-3 207 47 Mims (Jones Valley) (A. A.) . . D-4 250 50 Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . C-32 52 1 Mt. Sylvan . . . . . . . . . . B-3 1 46 Nebo (Fairview) (A. A.) . . . . B-3 249 30 New Harmony . . . . . . . . . . B-4 193 28 Old Myrtle Springs (Mallorv). . C-2 186 21 Old Union (Lukenbill) . . . . . A-3 180 15 Potter Grave . . . . . . . . . A-1 150 20 Providence . . . . . . . . . . A-1 170 32 Red Springs . . . . . . . . . . D-2 205 33 Robbs (Mechanicsville) (Bauman) A-3 207 4 Sabine . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 32 43 Sandflat (Antioch). . . . . . . D-3 236 41 Sand Springs . . . . . . . . . B-3 235 & 253 16 Sitton . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 151 18 Smith-Eby . . . . . . . . . . . C3 161 42 Spring Creek . . . . . . . . . B-4 235 45 St. Mary's (A. A.). . . . . . . C-2 248 54 Sugar Hill (A. A.). . . . . . . C-4 253 35 Tate (Bundy). . . . . . . . . . B-2 208 22 Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 180 5 Thweatt-Flewellen . . . . . . . B-1 38 13 Union Chapel & Supp . . . . . . A-2 112 & 208 49 Unnamed (small at G. Valley). . A-2 251 31 Verner (Black Fork) . . . . . . B-4 202 26 Village Creek (Bowman)A. A.). . A-1 184 40 Walnut Springs (A. A.). . . . . B-2 234 12 Westview (A. A.). . . . . . . . C-4 102 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PREFACE This is the second of a series of publications projected by The East Texas Genealogical Society to transcribe and publish all the cemetery inscriptions in Smith County, Texas. Volume I, published in 1981, covered Oakwood and Rose Hill Cemeteries in the City of Tyler. This Volume II covers cemeteries in the Northwest Quarter of the county defined as being bounded on the east by State Highway No. 14, running from Tyler to the county line on the north, and bounded on the south by State Highway No. 64, running from Tyler to the county line on the west. This includes additional cemeteries within the Tyler city limits. Work on the Northwest Quarter was initiated under the chairmanship of Gene Davenport, who was followed by Sally Garner as chairman. The publica­tion was finally completed under the chairmanship of Sarah Beene. Many persons contributed timee and effort to complete this volume, and we have listed in the acknowledgments all those who are shown by our records to have worked on this book. If anyone has been omitted we extend our apologies. Some of the cemeteries in the Northwest Quarter are in extremely poor condition, being overgrown with grass and weeds and with broken stones or obliterated inscriptions. In some of the cemeteries there are obviously many unmarked graves with only a small percentage having legible inscrip­tions. Because of this, the fact that this book does not list an inscrip­tion for a person does not necessarily mean that he or she is not buried in a particular cemetery. We have made every effort to reproduce the inscriptions accurately, however, we know that perfection is not possible, and we will welcome any corrections or additions that a reader may call to our attention. ------------------------------------------------------------------- We wish to express our appreciation to the following individuals, without whose efforts this book would not have been accomplished. Cemetery Marker Copiers The numbers following the names indicate the cemetery number (as shown on the map) of the cemetery which that individual assisted in copying. Andrews, Nancy (Satterwhite). . . . 23,30,31,32,34,43,53 Beene, Elizabeth Anne . . . . . . . 5,26,27 Beene, John Lloyd . . . . . . . . . 27 Beene, Melissa Jane . . . . . . . . 27 Beene, Meredith Leigh . . . . . . . 27 Beene, Sarah (Duncan) . . . . . . . 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13,14,21,23, 25,26, 27,30,31,32,34,40,43,45,47, 51,52,54 Boultinghouse, Greta . . . . . . . 43 Burleson, Sally (Matthews). . . . . 2,6,10,13 Cammack, Cecil . . . . . . . . . . 8,13,36,38,43,50 Conaway, Lorene (West). . . . . . . 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1l,12,13,14, 17,19, 20,21,23,25,26,29,30,31,32, 34,36,37,38,39,41,43,45,47,48,49, 51,52,53,54 Conaway, Karma Lynn . . . . . . . . 29 Davenport, Anna and Gene. . . . . . 5,14,21,22,33,34,35 Dickens, Martha (Spikes). . . . . . 25, 38, 46 Duncan, Eunice (Schwartz) . . . . . 27 Fitzgerald, Imogene (McCreight) . . 11,12 Garner, Sally (McAdams) . . . . . . 11,12,17,18,19,20,23 25,32,36,37, 38,39,40,41,43,45,46,47,48 Garretson, Carolyn (Wright) . . . . 11,12,17,18,19,20,23 25,32,36,37, 38,39, 40,41,43,45,46,47,48 Glover, Martha Ann . . . . . . . . 33 Kirkley, Mr. & Mrs. S. R., Jr.. . . 16 Lasater, Louise (Gimble). . . . . . 29,30,31,44 Lindsey, Ineva (Gimble) . . . . . . 29,31 Mallory, Thomas Earl . . . . . . . 28 Metcalf, Geneva & James B.,Jr.. . . 14,43 Neilson, Ruby (Renfro) . . . . . . 12,36,38 Peevy, Ann (Smith). . . . . . . . . 13,23,32,43 Perry, Klema . . . . . . . . . . . 17,19,20 Pollan, Howard . . . . . . . . . . 6,l0,13,28,36,37,39,40,41,42,43 Radney, Oleta (Oglesby) . . . . . . 15 Ranck, Nathan H . . . . . . . . . . 24 Ratliff, Hughes . . . . . . . . . . 36,43 Schaefer, Marilyn (Lindsey) . . . . 31 Terry, Homer Lee. . . . . . . . . . 21,22 Underwood, Mathilda (Fruendt) . . . 14,20 Watson, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Weddington, Algerine (Starnes). . . 50 West, Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,32 Indexing and Typing . . . . . . Mathilda Underwood Proofing . . . . . . . . . . . Hughes Ratliff and Mathilda Underwood Printing . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil C. Cammack and Hughes Ratliff ------------------------------------------------------------------ HISTORICAL SUMMARIES [Not Indexed] AHAVATH ACHIM - Purchased from the city of Tyler in 1947. BEAIRD - On land bought by B.B. and Mary A. Beaird in 1874. BETHESDA - Deeded to the Presbyterian Church in 1882 by U.B. Dobbins and W. D. Henderson. BOYD - E.M. Priest bought the land in 1855 and sold it in 1873 to W.M. Boyd but reserved one-half acre for a cemetery. BUNKLEY - On land bought by W.H. Bunkley in 1853. CARMEL - On land bought by Zachariah and Emily Ellison in 1846, three acres of which were deeded to Carmel Baptist Church in 1877. CASTLE - On land bought by Isaac Castle in 1870. CLEAR SPRINGS - Laura Wideman sold two acres to Squire Taylor, Gabriel Friend, and Caleb Johnson, trustees for Clear Springs Church, in 1887. DAMASCUS - On land deeded to Damascus Baptist Church by Amy Wells in ____ DOVER - W.P. Allen deeded four acres to Dover Baptist Church in 1866. FAIRVIEW (NEBO) - Dock and Julia (Rhome) Lacey sold one acre to Fairview Baptist Church in 1945. FLEWELLEN & FLEWELLEN-THWEATT - On land bought by Thomas Flewellen in 1859. GALENA - On land bought by James Tunnell. When his widow Elizabeth Tunnell sold the land in 1868, she reserved two acres for the church house and graveyard. GARDEN VALLEY - On land bought by James L. Davidson in 1851. GIMBLE (BREESE) - Located on land bought by Jacob Gimble in 1854. His daughter Martha married John Breese. His son William Gimble inherited the place in 1857. HARRIS CHAPEL - Horatio L. and Mary E. Tate deeded four acres to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1877. HOPEWELL - Harvey Yarbrough deeded ten acres to the Baptist Church in 1859. HOPEWELL #1 - W.D. Swann donated four acres to Hopewell Valley Baptist Church in 1859. HUBBARD - On land bought by Richard B. Hubbard, Sr. in 1854. JAMESTOWN - On land bought by J. H. Florence in 1860. LINDALE - John A. Matthias sold one acre to T.J. Oden, W. P. Cannon, and J.M. Starnes as trustees for the cemetery in 1888. LUKENBILL (OLD UNION) - On land deeded by Calvin & Malinda Terry to church in 1859. MECHANICSVILLE (ROBBS) (BAUMAN) - On land bought by A.N. Bauman in 1869. MORRIS - On land bought by Jesse Morris in 1855. MOUNT SYLVAN - On land sold by Felix Miller to Mount Sylvan School in 1867, then deeded to Mount Sylvan Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1886. NEW HARMONY - On land bought by William Gimble in 1857. RED SPRINGS - E.W. and Eva Winters sold the land to Red Springs Baptist Church in 1937. SABINE - J.N. Crow deeded three acres to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1899. SAND FLAT (ANTIOCH) - On land deeded by the administrators of the estate of Frost Thorn to Antioch Baptist Church in 1857. SITTON - On land bought by Samuel Sitton in 1855. SMITH-EBY - On land bought by Aaron S. Smith in 1858. TATE (BUNDY) - On land bought by Zimri Tate in 1855. TERRY - On land bought by Calvin Terry in 1853. UNION CHAPEL - Three acres were deeded by Amplias Smith to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the Methodist Protestant Church in 1873. VERNER (BLACK FORK) - John Lollar deeded land to the trustees of Black Fork Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1855. VILLAGE CREEK (BOWMAN) - W.P. and Ellen R. Hammond deeded one and one-half acres to Village Creek Community Cemetery in 1894. WALNUT SPRINGS - Judge Williams bought the land in 1877 and sold it in 1891, reserving one acre for a cemetery. WESTVIEW - Purchased by the city of Tyler in 1888. The East Texas Genealogical Society is very grateful to Mr. Andy Leath of the Smith County Historical Society for spending many hours researching the Smith County deeds in order to find all of the above records.