Cemetery Records of Smith Co, TX, Vol III, Information ***************************************************************** Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 5 Dec 2000 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS VOLUME III - SOUTHWEST 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 1984 by THE EAST TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY All Rights Reserved Second printing 1986 Printed by THE EAST TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O.Box 6967, Tyler, Texas 75711 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This book is dedicated to SALLY McADAMS GARNER of the East Texas Genealogical Society Sally was born in Houston, Texas and married there to Glenn Edward Garner. She holds a B.A. degree from U.T. Arlington, with graduate work at T.E.U. in English, Speech and Criminal Justice. She has been a very dedicated worker in the East Texas Genealogical Society for many years. She has especially spent a lot of time in copying cemeteries all over Smith County. She served as Assistant Cemetery Chairman when it was first begun. For her many hours of untiring work and diligence, we would like to dedicate this book to her. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CEMETERIES - Southwest Quarter - NUMERICAL LISTING No. Cemetery Name Location Page 1 Pleasant Retreat . . . . C-4 171 2 Hudson . . . . . . . . . C-4 188 3 Memorial Park . . . . . C-4 39 4 Rousseau . . . . . . . . B-5 119 5 Fitzgerald . . . . . . . B-5 119 6 Galilee (Black). . . . . B-5 213 7 Seven Leagues . . . . . B-5 194 8 Dean Baptist . . . . . . C-5 144 9 Springhill (Black) . . . C-5 215 10 Midway . . . . . . . . . C-5 189 11 Old Saint Louis (Black) D-5 8 12 Saint Louis (Black) . . D-5 4 13 Goss (Black) . . . . . D-5 1 14 Kendrick . . . . . . . . D-5 201 15 Garrett (Black) . . . . D-5 205 16 Cathedral in the Pines . D-5 120 17 Smith . . . . . . . . . D-5 193 18 Hawthorne . . . . . . . B-6 195 19 Vandergriff Grave . . . B-6 216 20 Springhill M.E. Church . B-6 188 21 Noonday . . . . . . . . C-6 176 22 Lee Springs (Black). . . C-6 206 23 Bethlehem (Black) . . . C-6 209 24 Flint . . . . . . . . . C-6 153 25 Gore Grave . . . . . . . C-6 192 26 Wilkins Grave . . . . . D-6 216 27 Rather . . . . . . . . . D-6 199 28 Bowie (Black) . . . . . D-6 200 29 New Hope (Black) . . . . D-6 33 30 Loftin (Teaselville) . . C-7 197 31 Bullard . . . . . . . . D-7 8 32 Hocutt Grave . . . . . . C-7 170 33 Scott Grave. . . . . . . B-7 217 34. Wyatt Graves . . . . . . C-7 217 ----------------------------------------- CEMETERIES ALPHABETICAL LISTING Map No. Cemetery Name Location Page 23 Bethlehem (Black) . . . C-6 209 28 Bowie (Black) . . . . . D-6 200 31 Bullard . . . . . . . . D-7 8 16 Cathedral in the Pines D-5 120 8 Dean Baptist . . . . . C-5 144 5 Fitzgerald. . . . . . . B-5 119 24 Flint . . . . . . . . . C-6 153 6 Galilee (Black) . . . . B-5 213 15 Garrett (Black) . . . . D-5 205 25 Gore Grave. . . . . . . C-6 192 13 Goss (Black). . . . . . D-5 1 18 Hawthorne . . . . . . . B-6 195 32 Hocutt Grave. . . . . . C-7 170 2 Hudson. . . . . . . . . C-4 188 14 Kendrick. . . . . . . . D-5 201 22 Lee Springs (Black) . . C-6 206 30 Loftin. . . . . . . . . C-7 197 3 Memorial Park . . . . . C-4 39 10 Midway. . . . . . . . . C-5 189 11 Old Saint Louis (Black) D-5 8 30 Old White Settlement (see Loftin) 29 New Hope (Black). . . . D-6 33 21 Noonday . . . . . . . . C-6 176 1 Pleasant Retreat. . . . C-4 171 27 Rather. . . . . . . . . D-6 199 4 Rousseau. . . . . . . . B-5 119 12 Saint Louis (Black) . . D-5 4 33 Scott Grave . . . . . . B-7 217 7 Seven Leagues . . . . . B-5 194 17 Smith . . . . . . . . . D-5 193 9 Springhill (Black). . . C-5 215 20 Springhill M.E.Church . B-6 188 30 Teaselville . . . . . . C-7 197 19 Vandergriff Grave B-6 216 26 Wilkins Grave . . . . . D-6 216 34 Wyatt Graves. . . . . . C-7 217 ------------------------------------------ PREFACE This is the third in 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. Volume II, published in 1983, covered the Northwest Quarter of the county defined as being bounded on the east by State Highway No. 14 running through Tyler to the county line on the north, and bounded on the south by State Highway No. 64 running through Tyler to the county line on the west. This Volume III covers the Southwest Quarter of the county defined as bounded on the north by State Highway No. 64, running through Tyler to the county line on the west, and bounded on the east by State Highway No. 69 running through Tyler to the county line on the south. This volume also includes additional cemeteries in the City of Tyler falling within that area. We have made every effort to reproduce the inscriptions accurately, and we will welcome any corrections or additions that a reader may call to our attention. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We wish to express our appreciation to the following individuals, without whose efforts this book would not have been published. 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. Adams, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . 20 Andrews, Nancy (Satterwhite) . . . 1, 16, 21, 27, 30 Baker, John . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Baker, Mattie Alice (Scroggin) . . 18 Beene, Sarah (Duncan) . . . . . . . 3, 21, 27, 30 Brooks, Oden R. . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34 Burks, Janet (Baker) . . . . . . . 3, 16 Burleson, Sally (Matthews) . . . . 3 Calvert, Tracy . . . . . . . . . . 3, 20 Cammack, Cecil . . . . . . . . . . 21 Campbell, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 21, 22 Cheek, Mrs. Jack . . . . . . . . . 31 Conaway, Lorene (West) . . . . . . 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 Cravy, Thelma . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 Davenport, Gene . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dickens, Martha (Spikes) . . . . . 27, 28 Dickens, Richard . . . . . . . . . 27, 28 DuPree, Mrs. Chas . . . . . . . . . 31 Garner, Sally (McAdams) . . . . . . 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Hart, Pat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Leath, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 18, 20 McAdams, Polly (Craft). . . . . . . 24 Neilson, Ruby (Renfro) . . . . . . 3 Pollan, Howard . . . . . . . . . . 3, 11, 12, 13 Ratliff, N. Hughes . . . . . . . . 3 Scroggin, Mary C . . . . . . . . . 18 Snow, Mrs. Dolphus . . . . . . . . 31 Sorrels, Evelyn . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sorrels, Gary (and members of Boy Scout Troop 369) . . . . . . 14, 15 Thedford, Billie . . . . . . . . . 18 Thedford, Gladys . . . . . . . . . 7 Thedford, Retus . . . . . . . . . . 7 Thresher, Sharon (Pruit) . . . . . 17, 27 Tidwell, Linda (Brett) . . . . . . 21, 27, 30 Typing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Glover, Cecil Cammack, Glen Johnson, Ruby Neilson, Brenda Springfield, Mathilda Underwood Proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Hughes Ratliff Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Cammack, Mathilda Underwood Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Cammack, Hughes Ratliff --------------------------------------------------------------------- HISTORICAL SUMMARIES BETHLEHEM - George W. and Boley McMinn sold five acres to Jack Dewberry, Miles Logon, Robert Dewberry, William Williams, and Claiborn Dewberry for church, school and burial purposes in 1890. BOWIE (BLACK) - (Same as for Rather) BULLARD - Land for the original cemetery was given by William Pitt Douglas before 1870. The oldest marked grave is A. S. Gilchrist, buried in 1870. During the days of Etna, a Baptist church stood on the present cemetery site. The earliest deed found was 1895 when W. P. & L. C. Douglas deeded one-half acre to the citizens of Bullard and vicinity for "purpose of a cemetery." CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES - Land bought by Dunwood Cemetery Service of San Angelo, Texas in 1960. DEAN BAPTIST - On land bought by Major John Dean in 1863. He sold one acre for a graveyard to the trustees of Dean Baptist Church in 1894. FLINT - S. E. and Mollie L. Oglesby sold one acre to W. C. Henderson, E. Campbell, and P. A. Pagett, as trustees for a cemetery in 1900. GALILEE Mrs. Mary A. Selman, Joseph L. Selman, and John T. Selman sold three acres to Marcus Johnson and Alex Hicks, trustees of the Church of Galilee "for purposes of a church and burial purposes" in 1898. GARRETT (BLACK) - T. J. Ingram sold one acre to Louis, Ingram, and Watson, trustees of cemetery, in 1899. GORE - On land bought by Jeff L. Gore in 1903. HAWTHORN - On land bought by William Hawthorn in 1867. HOCUTT - On land bought by Jacob P. Clements in 1878. KENDRICK - On twelve acres deeded by William Ashford to E. F. Shackelford, D. A. Nelson, William Greenep William J. Smith, John H. Payne, and John W. Ashcraft, trustees of Hickory Grove School in 1859. LEE SPRINGS - W. S. Herndon sold two acres to Rainbow Hollow School Community #112 in 1885. In 1889 he sold five acres including above two acres, to John Branham, Levi Thompson, G. B. Jackson, E. D. McCuen, and John Alexander, trustees for Lee Springs Church, Cemetery and School Community. LOFTIN (TEASELVILLE) - On land bought by Jeremiah W. Loftin in 1860, heired by his son William Pitt Loftin in 1864, then heired by his daughter Anna Maria Loftin (married Hezekiah Witcher) in 1892. MEMORIAL PARK - On land bought for cemetery in 1933. MIDWAY - A private cemetery located on land purchased by S. B. Dingler in 1912. NEW HOPE - Zach and Martha Moseley and G. B. Bowie sold four acres to Mark Bowie, J. W. Taylor, and Alex Walker, trustees for New Hope Church, for "Baptist Church and Cemetery" in 1891. NOONDAY - J. W. and T. E. Butler deeded 7/10 acre and Ed W. and Jonnie R. Smith deeded 1/4 acre to W. I. Green, John D. Butler, and Ed W. Smith, deacons of Noonday Baptist Church, in 1890. PLEASANT RETREAT - John Jones deeded 2 acres to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1877. RATHER - On land bought by James B. Rather in 1851, heired by his son Hewitt M. Rather in 1876, then heired by his son Claud B. Rather in 1899. ROUSSEAU - On land bought by P. W. Rousseau in 1869. SEVEN LEAGUES - Located at site of Seven Leagues Baptist Church, organized about 1866. SMITH - Located on land granted by the State of Texas to Mary M. Long in 184., which she deeded to her son Richard B. Long in 1852. Long sold the surrounding land in 1881, reserving one acre for a cemetery. SPRING HILL METHODIST - On two acres deeded to Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1877. SPRING HILL (BLACK) - S. B. Dingler sold 57/100 acre to Tom Reed, trustee of Jackson Spring Hill Cemetery Association in 1917. WILKINS - On land bought by Bernard Arlington Wilkins, Jr. and Nina M. Wilkins in 1977. The East Texas Genealogical Society is very gtateful to Mr. Andy Leath for spending many hours researching the Smith County deeds in order to find all of the above records.