Kaufman Burials A- C

Burial Sites in Kaufman County of
African - American Persons Born Prior to Emancipation

Information Gathered from Cemetery Records and Death Records

Submitted by Kathey Hunt and Linda Harwell
Donated by: Kathey Hunt, Co-Coordinator of

*UN - denotes Grave is Unmarked by any transcribed stone - there may be rocks or other items marking grave

Birth dates in Parenthesis (_) denotes an estimated age by years on death records Information in Parenthesis (_) under the column "Inscriptions,", etc. denotes that it was taken from the Death record

KCC - Kaufman County Clerk's office. All Bk & Pg info comes from Kaufman County Death Records.

***The Pyle's Prairie Cemetery is a known Caucasian burial ground, however Pyle family members and others who lived in that community did own slaves, and many slave owners considered their servants to be family members. It was not unheard of to bury persons of color in family cemeteries. It is also very possible that an unknown graveyard of persons of color lies adjacent to the marked cemetery.

*** The Jiba Cemetery ( Wilson 's Chapel) is a known Caucasian burial ground, however

those who lived in that community did own slaves, and many slave owners considered their servants to be family members. It was not unheard of to bury persons of color in family cemeteries. It is also very possible that an unknown graveyard of persons of color lies adjacent to the marked cemetery.

NOTE: This theory can be proven with the interment of T J Johnson, who was the son of slave , which was primarily a burial site of Caucasian persons.

NOTE concerning " EGYPT ":

Those burials marked "Buried Egypt" are probably interred at Ayers Chapel or at Flat Rock, however, some may be interred in an area between the Caro Cemetery and the Fox Cemetery , which was first known as the Slave Graveyard of the Fox & Spikes families.

NOTE concerning "ELMO"

Those burials marked "buried Elmo" are probably interred at Fairview / Trinity Cemetery, however, some may be at Shady Grove, which was also known as Cobb Colored at one time, and as Frog Graveyard.

NOTE concerning "BACHELOR"

Those burials marked "buried Bachelor" are most probably interred at what is now Mt. Hebron .

NOTE concerning "died at Terrell". Burial of those persons were probably made at Old Oakwood Cemetery , however, it is known that some persons buried their slaves at what is now called the Terrell Pioneer cemetery.

This page could not have been possible without the diligent research of Linda Harwell.

A - C D - I J - Z

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	INSCRIPTIONS / NOTATIONS / SOURCES	CEMETERY
NO SURNAME Miss Bettie -	1819	1906	TOMBSTONE "Born A Slave"	Kaufman City
NO SURNAME Charity	1846 Arkansas	30 Apr 1926	Bk 4 & KL pg 90	Flatt Rock
NO SURNAME Uncle Cole	NONE	NONE	TOMBSTONE	Ayers Chapel
NO SURNAME Mary	(1845)	15 Jan 1910	Bk1, pg 256 (buried Terrell)	UNKNOWN
NO SURNAME F.E.B.	1818	1889	TOMBSTONE	Old Trinidad
Adams , Bell	March 4, 1860	Oct 14, 1924	TOMBSTONE	Old Oakwood
Adams, Carrie	( 1855 )	May 23, 1927 Age abt 72 yrs -	KCC Bk 4 & KL pg 28 d/o Wilson Roberson	Lawrence Black *UN
Alexander, John	( 1864 )	4 Nov 1904 age 40 yrs	KCC Vol 1, pg 69	Rosser *UN
Allen, Oliver C	7 Jul 1853	31 Aug 1934	KCC Bk 34, pg 321 s/o Samuel & Martha Marfard Allen	UNKNOWN
Allman, Janie	1849	16 Jan 1918	KCC Bk 4&KL, pg 7 d/o Henry & Mary Ann Dillard Gilford	UNKNOWN
Anders, Wes	( 1840 )	Mar 16, 1913 Age 73 yrs -	KCC Bk 2, pg 197	Ayers *UN
Anderson, John N	Sep 27, 1843	Nov 08, 1915	CT Bk 1915 - 1916,	Rosser *UN
Andrews, Charlote	Mar 10, 1864	Mar 11, 1929	CT Bk 1929, pg 44	Cedar Grove *Un
Archie, Henry	( 1864 )	17 Mar 1929 Age 65 yrs	CT Bk 1929 - pg 68	Old Oakwood *UN
Arradonda, Julia	5 Jul 1851	17 Jun 1877	TOMBSTONE	Kaufman City
Ausborn, Marriah	1846 -	Aug 12, 1919 Age 85 years	CT Bk 1929, pg 112 d/o Joe & Amanda Avery Buer	Lawrence Black *UN
Ayres, Fannie	(1819)	12 Jul 1904	Vol 1, pg 52	Bachelor *UN
Banks, Mose	(1852)	27 Dec 1932	Bk 5, pg 141	Kemp *UN
Battle , A E	(1846)	1 Dec 1909	Bk 1, pg 252	Terrell *UN
Beatty, Catherine	( 1857 )	Aug 22, 1924 Age 67 yrs -	CT Vol 2, pg 29	Lawrence Black *UN
Beaver, Ben	Jul 04, 1831 -	Aug 29, 1933	KCC Bk 34, pg 13 s/o Jeff & Gonah Fegans	Prairie View *UN
Beavers, Sarah	Abt 1854	- Oct 11, 1938	KCC Bk 38, pg 210 d/o Jesse Beasley	Prairie View *UN
Bennett, Eliza	( 1864 )	Jan 16, 1949 Age 84 yrs -	KCC Bk 49, pg 933	Terrell State Hospital
Booth, Polly	1844 -	Jul 21, 1943	KCC Bk 43, pg 225 d/o Henrietta Fegin	Prairie View *UN
Bowlden, Amanda	Aug 1836	15 Dec 1911	TOMBSTONE "Gone But Not Forgotten"	Shady Grove
Bowlden, J B "Jerry"	20 Jan 1840	5 Aug 1905	TOMBSTONE "Gone But Not Forgotten" Bk 1, pg 208	Shady Grove
Boyd, Fannie	1864	1944	TOMBSTONE	Red Bank Old
Brashear, Annie A	5 Jun 1838	14 Oct 1912	TOMBSTONE W/o S A Brashera	Fairview / Trinity
Brazier, Oliver	(1854)	13 Dec 1904	Vol 1, pg 75	(Terrell)
Brewer, Hubbard	( 1864 )	Jun 21, 1934 Age Abt 70 yrs -	KCC Bk 34, pg 250 s/o Hubbard Brewer	Prairie View *UN
Broughton, Allen	1863	- Jul 09, 1933	CT Bk 1933, pg 401 s/o Jim Broughton; h/o Angie Broughton	Lawrence Black *UN
Brown, Alex A	Jul 04, 1864 -	Aug 02, 1922	KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 55 s/o Avin & Ann Davis Brown. Born Tennessee	Prairie View *UN
Brown, Charly	Dec 25, 1864	May 03, 1936	KCC Bk 35, pg 144 s/o Henry & Eliza Scaggs Brown	Flat Rock *UN
Brown, Germina	( 1858 )	Jan 27, 1904 Age 46 yrs	KCC Vol 1, pg 29	Rosser *UN
Brown, Susan	(1833)	26 Jan 1904	Vol 1, pg 29 (Lived at Tiger)	UNKNOWN
Bunch, Perry	( 1836 )	Apr 13, 1936 Age Abt 100 yrs	KCC Bk 36, pg 143	Prairie View *UN
Burley, Cloves	1859	1900	TOMBSTONE	Mt Pilgrim
Burley, Susan	Feb 11, 1857 -	Nov 21, 1947	KCC Bk 47 - 48, pg 315 d/o George & Martha Crouch	Flat Rock *UN
Burton, Albert	1850	1926	TOMBSTONE	Ayers Chapel
Burton, Harriett	(1842)	1 Jan 1916	Bk 3, pg 2	**Pyle's Prairie UN
Bynum, Mary Jane	(circa 1829)	4 Jan 1929	Bk 3, pg 113	Kaufman City *UN
Cager, Mabel	(1840)	17 Aug 1905	Bk 1, pg 107(lived at Forney)	UNKNOWN
Cairo, John	(1837)	14 Mar 1907	Bk 1, pg 163 (lived & died at Ola)	UNKNOWN
Campbell, Hannah	Dec 24, 1854	Sept 18, 1912	TOMBSTONE	Old Oakwood
Campbell, Alex	( 1864 )	Jan 27, 1930 Age Abt 66 yrs -	KCC Bk 3, pg 147	Flat Rock *UN
Campbell, Ben	Nov 10, 1845 -	Sep 24, 1910	KCC Vol 2, pg 66	Lawrence Black *UN
Carroll, Exaline	10 Jun 1857	30 Dec 1928	TOMBSTONE Colored Aid Member	Lawrence
Carter, Isabella	1845	1895	Bible records (W/o Dick Johnson)	Love Family *UN
Chappell, Joe	Dec 10, 1853 -	Sep 07,1928	CT Vol 2, pg 113 s/o John Chappell	Lawrence Black *UN
Chappell, Pliner	1864	16 May 1907	TOMBSTONE Age 42	Fairview / Trinity
Childress, Sam	( 1845 )	Apr 27, 1912 Age 67 yrs -	CT 1911 - 1912, no pg#	Fairview / Trinity *UN
Christwell, H	1811	23 Sep 1897	TOMBSTONE	Cedar Grove
Claiborne, Hannah	(1838)	1 Sep 1903	Vol 1, pg 9 (Lived & Died at Kaufman)	UNKNOWN
Clemmons, Lou	(1858)	9 Sep 1908	Bk 1, pg 217 (lived Terrell)	UNKNOWN
Coffee, Mingo	March 1, 1841	May 3, 1911	TOMBSTONE	Old Oakwood
Cogburn, Clara	(1853)	30 Aug 1903	Vol 1, pg 7 (lived Kemp)	UNKNOWN
Cole, Jake	1854 -	Jun 20, 1936	CT Bk 6, pg 96	Fairview / Trinity *UN
Cook, William P	Mar 01, 1865 -	Aug 16, 1941	KCC Bk 40 - 42, pg 278 s/o Ben Cook	Prairie View *UN
Cooper, Jefferson	(1853)	26 Oct 1903	Vol 1, pg 16 (lived Terrell)	Prairie View *UN
Cooper, Lucinda	( 1861 )	Oct 09, 1931 Age Abt 70 yrs -	KCC Bk 5 & 9, pg 15 d/o _ & Clacy _ Saulter	Prairie View *UN
Criswell, H	Jan 1811	23 Sep 1897	TOMBSTONE	Cedar Grove Black
Crittenden, Andrew	05 Mar 1865	10 Aug 18	TOMBSTONE	Cedar Grove
Crittenden, Angie A.	18 Feb 1862	18 Feb 1879	TOMBSTONE d/o S. & Ellen Crittenden	Cedar Grove
Crittenden, Ellen	1840	1905	TOMBSTONE 'Mother'	Cedar Grove
Crittenden, Sol	1825	1910	TOMBSTONE Father	Cedar Grove
Crittendon, Angie	18 Feb 1862	18 Feb 1879	TOMBSTONE	Cedar Grove Black
Crittendon, Ellen	1840	1905	TOMBSTONE "Mother"	Cedar Grove Black
Crittendon, Sol	1825	1910	TOMBSTONE "Father"	Cedar Grove Black
Crouch , Hannah (Hanner)	( 1851 )	67 yrs - Feb 15, 1918	KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 9 d/o Cook & Clara Irby	Flat Rock *UN
Crouch, Charity Hill	1846 - born Arkansas	Apr 30, 1926	KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 90 d/o Jim & Eliza Still	Flat Rock *UN
Crouch, Charly	( 1845 )	Jun 23, 1923 Age 78 yrs -	KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 63 s/o Apron & Lizier Crouch	Flat Rock *UN
Crutcher, Amanda J	1862	26 Jan 1931	TOMBSTONE Colored Aid member	Prairie View/ Forney
Culpepper, Robert	Jun 07, 1855 -	Jul 28, 1927	KCC Bk 4 & KL, pg 100	Lawrence Black *UN
Culpepper, Emma	Nov 16, 1839 -	Feb 19, 1949	KCC Bk 49, pg 985 d/o Andrew Freeman	Lawrence Black *UN
Cumby, Wilson	14 Jun 1855	22 Jun 1911	Vol 2, pg 114	Kaufman City *UN

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