ALLENHURST CEMETERY
 


Historical Marker Dedication
 



Photo courtesy of Billy & Deborah Revis

Allenhurst Cemetery is an African-American cemetery located on Allenhurst Road  (CR 142) in Matagorda County, Texas.

From the intersection of HWY 35 and FM 457 in Bay City, travel 3.9 miles on FM 457 to Allenhurst Road. Turn left (North), proceed 3.1 miles and the cemetery is on the right.

It can also be reached from the intersection HWY 35 and FM 2540 at the traffic light in Van Vleck. Turn south on FM 2540 and travel 2.7 miles to Allenhurst Road. Turn left, proceed 1.7 miles and the cemetery will be on the right. The cemetery is still in use.

The primary survey for this cemetery was completed in the Spring of 2003. Pictures were taken in April, 2005 by Penny Boris and the list was updated in June, 2005.
 


Allenhurst Cemetery

As with most communities, a cemetery soon became a necessity in Allenhurst. It was established near the church and across Allenhurst Road. Like many African American cemeteries in Matagorda County, the cemetery was located on the bank of Caney Creek on Allenhurst Road (County Road 142)

The earliest recorded burial in the Allenhurst Cemetery was John Jackson who died September 21, 1915. The cemetery is still in use in 2022 with most burials being family members of those already buried there. As of February 2, 2022, there are 86 recorded burials with eight of those being veterans. The burials include a centenarian that was 111 years old. There were only 15 who died earlier than the age of 40, five of whom were age five or less and 31 people were 70 or older. Longtime family names from the community found on the gravestones include Abbott, Beverly, Campbell, Hayes, Irving, Miller, Moore, Prince, Scott, Stanford and Wiley.

Allenhurst Cemetery was located across the road from Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Number One. Apparently the property was chosen because John Jackson was already buried there. In August 1917, a deed was executed transferring the cemetery property from Louise Holt Mayfield (1876-1954) to Mount Zion Baptist Church No. 1. The property included two acres in the P. Pruitt League. The church paid $50.00 dollars at the time of purchase and a further sum of $50.00 was paid one year later. The church trustees signing the deed transfer were Ike Stanford, Louis Campbell (1884-1958), Calvin Scott (1867-1957) and George Harrison.

The cemetery is now the only reminder of the early Allenhurst Community.

Allenhurst was a station of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad.  Its primary residents were descendants of former slaves who had worked for local plantation owners in pre-Civil War days. Allenhurst was home to these free families. The Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church No. 1 was surely the center of community life. The nearby Allenhurst Cemetery was the burial place for this small farming community, and the school at Allenhurst educated its children until 1938.  As the community dwindled, the church ultimately dissolved and the building was demolished, leaving the Allenhurst Cemetery the only reminder of earlier times.  Allenhurst experienced new growth in the 1980s which has continued until 2022.  New homes have sprung up in the area as families locate here. Cattle grazing and turf grass farms are the main uses of the land in 2022.
 


Obituaries        Marker Page 1        Marker Page 2         Allenhurst Community        Allenhurst Cemetery at Find A Grave
 

 

SSDI - Social Security Death Index                TXDR - Texas Death Records

NAME

PIC

BIRTH

DEATH

INSCRIPTION

VET

Abbott, Leala

  

14 Mar 1918
SSDI

22 Jul 2008
SSDI

    

Abbott, Tommy

  

03 Oct 1915

07 Sep 1966

    

Alliniece, Inez

   age 20 09 Oct 1918

[Daughter of Isom Hayes & Mary Amy]

  

Alliniece, John, Sr.

PIC

  

1952

 

  

Aliniece, Walter L.

PIC

01 Aug 1917

29 Aug 1978

PFC  US  Army WWII

V

Beverly, Calvin

PIC

01 Jun 1912

25 Jan 1970

 
Texas Tec5 Co D 376 Engr Bn WWII

V

Beverly, Calvin (s/o Calvin & Jo Ann Taylor Beverly)

  

28 Mar 1958

30 Mar 1958

 

  

Beverly, James Ray

PIC

19 Mar 1974

14 Jul 2005

"Farewell My Twin"  Mom, Always in Our Hearts

  

Beverly, Jessie

  

01 Feb 1909

08 Nov 1966

 
[unmarked; dates from death certificate]
  

Beverly, Jim (h/o Jane Beverly)

 

c1837

06 Oct 1932

About 95 years [information from death certificate]
Son of William Beverly (b Africa0 & Shower Bush (b Africa)

 

Burton, Lula

PIC

[12 Apr] 1932

[20 Feb] 2004

[birth from SSDI & death from obituary]

  

Campbell, Alice

 

c1867

13 Dec 1943

Age 76
Informant on death certificate Lewis Campbell
 [information from death certificate]

 

Campbell, Alice Mae

 PIC 13 Feb 1908 27 Dec 2002

In God's Care, Beloved Sister, Always in Our Hearts

  

Campbell, Earnesteen "Lola"

 PIC 08 Apr 1915 02 Dec 2000

 

  

Campbell, Estella

 PIC  22 Jan 1897 26 Mar 1921

Gone But Not Forgotten

  

Campbell, Green (h/o of Alice Campbell)

   Jun 1848 27 May 1938

Age 90
Son of Peter & Ann Campbell
 [information from death certificate]

  

Campbell, Hannah Scott

 PIC 12 Mar 1889 24 Jun 1954 
Beloved Mother
  

Campbell, Henry

 PIC 24 Jul 1930 12 Jul 2001

PFC US ARMY KOREA

 V

Campbell, Lee Earl

   12 Aug 1949 15 Mar 1975 Son of Louis Campbell, Sr. & Dorothy Daniels  

Campbell, Louis

 PIC 11 May 1884 02 Aug 1958

Father

  

Campbell, Louis, Jr.

 PIC 17 Jan 1922 21 Dec 1968 
PFC 3113 QM Svc Co WWII
 V

Campbell, Melvin Robert

 PIC 22 Mar 1910 31 Dec  2021    

Cartwright, Andrew

 PIC 1893 [3 Jan] 1977
TXDR

U S Army

 V

Davis, Idesia Franklin

   Sep 1899 02 May 1948
TXDR

 

  

Davis, Iris (s/o Timothy & Idesia Franklin Davis)

   22 Feb 1922 11 Aug 1959 
[death certificate says Van Vleck Cemetery, but mother is buried at Allenhurst]
  

Davis, Vivian Gee

 PIC 29 Jan 1955 04 Nov 2017

 

  

Gross, Amy

 PIC 15 May 1898 02 Oct 1957

 

  

Harkless, Louvenia

   09 Oct 1869 03 Feb 1927

 [information from death certificate]

   
Harrison, Burdy Harris
   06 Sep 1896 28 Apr 1975

 

  

Harrison, Curtis Virginia

   25 Jan 1884 21 Dec 1921

Daughter of John Pinkard & Couzella? Crosby
 [information from death certificate]

  

Hayes, Devan Hiram

   06 May 1875 21 Feb 1961

[information from death certificate]

  

Hayes, Henry Maxwell

   18 Sep 1875 09 Aug 1950 
[information from death certificate]
  

Hayes, Lela Gray

 PIC 12 Jul 1880 13 Aug 1927

Asleep In Jesus

  

Hudgins, Elizabeth

 PIC 11 Jun 1922 20 Sep 1965 
A Loving Mother
  

Irving, Dixie Pinkard Pea

 PIC 09 Nov 1864 01 Oct 1926

Asleep in Jesus

  

Irving, Willie

 PIC 18 Jul 1893 15 Dec 1958

Pvt Co L 369 Infantry WWI

 V

Irving, Willie Gray

 PIC 20 Jul 1914 
__ Oct ____

 

  

Jackson, John

   ???? 21 Sep 1915 
70 yrs [information from death certificate]
  

Kennedy, Marion (h/o Mildred Kennedy)

 PIC 1910 1979

 

  

Kennedy, Mildred (w/o Marion Kennedy)

 PIC 25 Sep 1915 11 May 1993 
 Precious Lord Take My Hand
  

Mangum, Susan Pinkard

   unknown 16 Feb 1946

age c 55  [information from death certificate]

  

Mayberry, Oscar Lee III

 PIC 30 Oct 1975 28 Sep 2015

In Loving Memory

  

Mayberry, Tony L.

 PIC 21 Feb 1962  03 Aug 2000 
A Loving, Son, Brother, and Faithful Friend
  

Miller, Catherine Nixon (w/o Leon Eunice Miller)

          

Miller, Earnestine (w/o Leon Eunice Miller)

          

Miller, Ezell

 PIC [16 Apr] 1918 [14 Dec] 1990 
 PFC  US  Army WWII (birth & death from SSDI)
 V

Miller, Herman Lee

 PIC 06 Apr 1930 20 May 1999

Brother, In Loving Memory       U S Army

 V

Miller, Isabell

 PIC 17 Sep 1896 14 Dec 1972

Mother

  

Miller, John

 PIC [8 Mar] 1894 [25 Feb] 1967

[birth from SSDI & death from TXDR]

  

Miller, Leon Eunice

   24 Sep 1926 15 Aug 2018    

Moore, Hattie Scott

 PIC 30 May 1898 12 Mar 1956

Our Beloved Mother

  

Moore, Oscar Ray

 PIC 1939 04 Oct 2017

Age 78

  

Moore, William L.

   04 May 1890 23 Dec 1973 
[information from death certificate]
  

Pea, Colonel

  1884 03 Jan 1958

[death certificate says Van Vleck Cemetery]

  

Prince, Bernice

   28 Jul 1931 11 Nov 2021    

Prince, Joe, Jr.

 PIC 21 Oct 1963 03 Nov 1998

Precious Lord Take My Hand-Loving Brother & Son

  

Revis, Jessie Lee

 PIC 06 Nov 1933 29 Sep 1998 
Mother, In Loving Memory
  

Roberson, Martha

 PIC 1877 25 Jan 1922

Gone But Not Forgotten

  

Scott, Benjamin

 PIC 25 Dec 1920 09 Jan 1960

 

  

Scott, Cleadie

   12 Dec 1924 01 Sep 1925

Age 14
Daughter of Nathaniel Scott & Rachel Stanford Scott
[information from death certificate]

  

Scott, Clifford

   c1919 24 Nov 1924

Age 5
Son of Nathaniel Scott & Rachel Stanford Scott
[information from death certificate]

  

Scott, Eddie

   c1920 12 Dec 1924

Age 4
Son of Nathaniel Scott & Rachel Stanford Scott
[information from death certificate]

  

Scott, Eliza

 PIC 1897 [20 Mar] 1985

(death from TXDR)

  

Scott, Henry

   13 Aug 1892 30 Jun 1972

 

  

Scott, James Joseph

 PIC 25 May 1902 11 Nov 2000 
I confessed Christ in 1916, The Lord is My Shepherd
  

Scott, Leutinant

 PIC 09 Mar 1909 12 May 1981

Forever With the Lord

  

Scott, Maria (w/o Culver Scott)

   01 May 1886 05 May 1939

Daughter of Sam Rushel & Susy? Franklin
[information from death certificate]

  

Scott, Nathaniel B.

   19 Jun 1880 05 Jul 1947

informant on dc Ollie M. Harrison
[information from death certificate]

  

Scott, Rachel Stanford

   1878 06 Jan 1924

[information from death certificate]

  

Shaw, Rachel Scott

 PIC 09 Jul 1916 04 Jul 1979

 

  

Smith, Ike

 PIC 14 Aug 1906  08 Jan 1951

At Rest

  

Speed, Roberta Scott

   05 Jan 1905 05 Feb 1955

[information from death certificate]

  

Spencer, Mary Lee Campbell

   19 Apr 1936 17 Oct 2022    

Stanford, Amy

PIC 22 Aug 1896 19 Dec 1955 

 

  

Stanford, Leslie

 PIC 10 Sep 1913 24 Mar 1976 
US  Army WWII
 V

Temple, Elma E. Campbell

 PIC 24 Nov 1906 
05 Oct 1996

 

  

Thibodeaux, Maggie Louise Campbell

 PIC 12 Apr 1913 11 Apr 2012    

Thomas, Lavern

 PIC 1914 1956

 

  

Unknown

 PIC    

 

  

Unknown

 PIC    

 

  

Vandible, Charles Parnell/Ponell

   02 Mar 1952 10 Apr 1952 [son of Charles Vandible & Stella Mae Walker Vandible; grandson of Hannah Scott Campbell; buried in same grave]  

Walker, Elbert J.

 PIC 01 Aug 1960 20 Sep 1965

 

  

Walker, Lannie

 PIC 05 Aug 1919 
20 Sep 1965

 

  

Walker, Mae Etta

          

White, Bertha

 PIC 06 Feb 1896 12 Dec 1920

At Rest

  

Wiley, Brenda Kay

 PIC [10 Aug] 1957
SSDI		 05 Jan 2008

 

  

Wiley, Lela S. (d/o Brenda Wiley)

   22 Aug 1972 27 Oct 1972

[information from death certificate]

  

Wiley, Willie

 PIC 11 Mar 1930 22 Mar 2002

 

  

Williams, Lucille H. Irving

   22 Dec 1898 10 Sep 1951

[information from death certificate]

  

Wright, Peardee Miller

   11 Jan 1922 16 Feb 2021    


 


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Attendees
 
Faye Cunningham
Markel Douglas
Annie Revis
Alphonse Revis III
Alphonse Revis Jr.
Billy Revis
Paula Campbell Mickens
Daryl Wayne Mickens
Carol Sue Gibbs
Dreylin Neil
Fawn Beverly
Esther Hanks
 		 Ronnie Spencer
Charles Vanabile
Carolyn O'Neal
Khloe Spencer
Rosa Crooks
Alice Gatson
Ella Nelson
Linda Jones
Brenda Caldwell
James Campbell
Wilson Campbell
Natria Jones		 Jah Wilson
Rosa Lewis
F. Marshall
Mildred Pierce
Marsha Pierce
La Tanza Caldwell
Deborah Revis
LaKiaha Davis
Linda Cartwright
A. Pierce-Dickson
Telesa Pierce		 Larry Garvin
James J. Williams
Jimmy Temple
Marcus Vandible
Jacob Rodriguez
Frank C. Scott
Adrian D. Crooks
Patricia Kennedy Harris
Vera Rugeley King
Naomi Ewell
Diane Vandible



 



 



 



 



 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 


 

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