WHARTON COUNTY CEMETERIES

UNMARKED AND UNKNOWN CEMETERIES

IN WHARTON COUNTY,TEXAS




As I have gone through the papers and old histories at the museum, i keep finding papers which described old cemeteries that are no longer marked. This page will list those cemeteries and the names if described that are in those long gone cemeteries.



BOERGER FIELD CEMETERY, BURR TEXAS

From: History of Lawson by Miss Emma Haynes of Livingston, Texas written in 1942. "Shadrack Cayce lived in this community as early as 1844. A pile of tombstones on the present Boerger field shows one for Shadrack Cayce who died in 1848. Another is Susan Cayce who died in 1848."
Shadrack Cayce Died: 1848
Susan Cayce Died 1848




CANEY CREEK CEMETERY, BURR, TEXAS

From: History of Lawson by Miss Emma Haynes of Livingston, Texas written in 1942. "There is an old graveyard on Caney Creek on the site of the old school ground. There is a tombstone at the grave of Dr. Justus Barret who died in 1849 when 38.He bought land in that community in Februaery 1849. A child of A.E. Thomas

was buried there in 1850 and one in 1856. An Ayres child was buried in 1859; a child of W.T. Stevens in 1859 and a Mrs. W.T. Stevens in 1856, age 17 Her name was Elizabeth and the Stevens child that died had a mother named Sarah.


Dr. Justus Barret died 1849 aged 38

Child of A.E. Thomas died: 1850

Child of A.E. Thomas Died: 1856

Ayres Child Died: 1859

Child of W.T.and Sarah Stevens Died 1859

Elizabeth, wife of W.T. Stevens Died 1856, age 17



CROCKER CHILDREN BURIALS, SANDIES,TEXAS

From "The Murder of The Crocker Family"

"Mr. Crocker then moved them several miles south, near where the Bear Sand crosses the Sandies. There two of the children died. Their remains rest in unmarked graves, not far from the site of their former home."

Crocker Child Died:1898

Crocker Child Died: 1898



MR. DAY BURIAL SITE SANDIES,TEXAS

From "The Murder of The Crocker Family"

"As there had been no site for a cemetery selected, Day was buried at the west section of our land, on the banks of the West Turkey Creek. 1898



CROCKER FAMILY BURIALS COLBURN,TEXAS

From "The Murder of The Crocker Family"

"Mrs. Crocker and son Wesley, about 10 years of age, seeing the predicament of Mr. Crocker, grabbed two muzzle loading shotguns, The Seymour pasture was about five miles from where the family had been murdered. As the men approached the place, they noticed buzzards hovering over a dense thicket. The bodies, in a bad state of decomposition, were found there. The inquest was held; graves were dug beside the bodies, and long forked poles were used to push them into their final resting place. The bodies occupy unmarked graves. For many years a number of us knew their location, but because of the many changes in the country, it is doubtful if anyone can locate them today."


This Headstone was found under "Ruth Harris House"

somewhere in the Egypt,Glen Flora Area

N.W.C.

N.C.

Nancy Wilson

Wife of

Nestor Clay,

Born 30 March 1806

in the state of Ky.

Departed this life

July 11th A.D. 1834

Aged 28 Years 3 mon

& 12 days.



The Wharton Spectator

October 16, 1914

Killed in Runaway

Young Lady Thrown From Un-
manageable Horse, Suffering
Injuries that Cause Death

Miss Maggie Fairfield, living
with her parents in the vicinity
of Pledger, was thrown from a
horse on which she was riding
last Sunday, and sustained in-
juries which caused her death
on Monday night.
In company with a young
man of the same neighborhood
she was out riding, her escort
being mounted on a mule. At
a gate through which they had
passed, the horse rubbed his
bridle off and bolted, while the
young man was closing the gate.
On the mule he was unable to
overtake her. Some distance
from the gate the running horse
collided with a cow in the road
and the rider was thrown, fall-
ing upon her head. Nearby
residents who witnessed the ac-
cident ran out and picked up the
young lady, who was rendered
unconscious, and carried her in
the house. The next morning
she was brought to the Caney
Valley Hospital for treatment
but never regained conscious-
ness and died that night at
about 11 o'clock. The remains
were at once prepared for in-
terment and carried back to her
home for burial.

Miss Fairfield was fifteen
years of age, and in her untime-
ly death her parents have the
sympathy of all who know
them.









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