Interment Places of African-Americans

Barrow Plantation Cemetery

Near the Kaufman-Hunt County Line In the North Gossett Community

History: This site was given to the Black plantation workers as a place to inter their dead. Many of them lived full time on the plantation, and many were freed slaves who once were the property of the Barrow family. When the site was inspected it was apparent that there are at least twenty graves here, where the land has sunken in, yet very few markers.

Surname	Given Name	Born	Died	Notes:
MORRIS	Lizzie	None	None
MORRIS	George	None	None
ROYAL	Mack	1861	1939	FORMER SLAVE
ROYAL	Lavinia “Vinnie”	None	None	Temp marker

There are 4 bois d'arc stumps marking graves and a large piece of metal which may mark another. Under the tree line to the west of the Royal gravestone there are 2 broken vases with faded silk flowers marking another gravesite. Enumeration March 10, 1999 by Harold O'Neal & K K Hunt

Caro Cemetery in the Rand Community

History: Started by the Caro family as a burial site for the areas black residents and Caro family members.

Condition: Well-kept, in a nice setting with many large trees, fenced.

Enumerated Feb 19, 1999 by K K Hunt

Alister Alexander	May 4, 1957 - Dec 7, 1982	SP. 4 U S Army
Pamela Linwood Alexander	Feb 3, 1954 - Sep 7, 1986	Inscription: "In Loving Memory- My Beloved Wife"
Joe Dell Armstrong	June 10, 1957 - Sept 25, 1981	Spec. 4 U S Army
Baby girl Caro	Died June 8, 1977	(no other info)
Ruth Caro	May 9, 1914 - Dec 16, 1967
Jewell E Caro	Oct 10, 1939 - Nov 5, 1995	~Double Marker~
Robert L Caro	Jul 27, 1942 - __________
Milton Lewis	Feb 22, 1933 - Aug 9, 1985	Pfc. U S Army Korea
Mrs. Lillie R Lewis	Oct 15, 1936 - June 12, 1992
Fred Mitchell	Oct 24, 1906 - May 1, 1978	"Father"
Lincy Mitchell	Oct 17, 1883 - Mar 26, 1973	"Grandmother"
Dick Moore	Aug 10, 1901 _ Nov 14, 1983	Inscription: "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Fred J Moore	Jun 6, 1918 - May 6, 1980	Pvt. U S Army WWII
Virgil Moore	Jul 30, 1914 - Nov 10, 1987	"Big Daddy"
Virgil Mackie Moore	Aug 16, 1941 - Jun 22, 1979	Inscription: "My Trust is in God"
Evelyn Prince	Mar 1, 1899 - Oct 7, 1985
Mary M Wilson	May 1, 1900 - Sep 3, 1983	"We Love You" Inscription: "A Loving Mother & Grandmother"
Littie Mitchell	Dates unreadable	Temporary marker Pinkston Funeral Home

Cedar Grove Black Cemetery

Located in the Old Cedar Grove community

CONDITION: very bad

LOCATION: Northeast section of Kaufman County , Texas in the Cedar Grove Community.

HISTORICAL: History of the cemetery is unknown but the residents of this community had slaves and it appears they chose a place just north of their own burial site to bury their slaves. First marked burial is 1856. This cemetery was enumerated by the Arlene and Wilbert Jurgens in July 1990 and again by Cheryl Vaughn and Linda Feagin Harwell, October 03, 2001 . The cemetery was overgrown with Johnson grass and many of the stones on the first enumeration were not found, some were added to this enumeration. Asterisk (*) indicates those that were not located in the last enumeration. These stones are probably there, but the weeds were so tall, unable to locate. Perhaps about an acre in size. Enumerated by Kenna Leseman & K K Hunt March 22, 1999

NAME	BORN	DIED	ADDITIONAL INFO
___, Minnie	11 Jan __	__ ___ ____
___, Mary	Feb 1870	07 Mar 1897
Anders, Little Alice	12 Aug 1880	16 Aug 1881	d/o F. D. & Mary Anders*
Asher? ___	27 Oct 1877	__ Jul 1922
Asher, Horace	01 Jun 1908	17 Jul 1953	PFC 3899 QM GAS SUP Co. WW II*
Asher, Infant	B & D	07 Oct 1963	d/o Bill y & Betty Asher*
Christwell, H.__	__ Jan 1811	23 Sep 1897 *	*FORMER SLAVE
Crittenden, Andrew	05 Mar 1865	10 Aug 1899	*FORMER SLAVE
Crittenden, Angie A.	18 Feb 1862	18 Feb 1879	d/o S. & Ellen Crittenden *FORMER SLAVE
Crittenden, Ellen	1840	1905	'Mother' *FORMER SLAVE
Crittenden, Mae		02 Dec 1882	*FORMER SLAVE (age 90)
Crittenden, Nora		1mos, 3dys	d/o S. & Ellen Crittenden
Crittenden, Nora	28 Jan 1881	17 Dec 1903	d/o T. & J. Crittenden
Crittenden, Sol	21 Oct 1872	11 Dec 1937
Crittenden, Sol	1825	1910	Father *FORMER SLAVE
Darden, F. C. (or S. G.)	18 Mar 1884	13 Jun ___
Davis, Annie		Died 1958
Davis, Charlie		Died 1913
Douglass, Anna A.		21 Jan 1889	39 yrs *FORMER SLAVE
Garrett, Infants			c/o Will & Mattie Garrett*
Garrett, Mattie	1913	1948*
Graham, G. W.	__Nov 1897	28 Dec 1897
Graham, L___	1862-	1942*	*FORMER SLAVE
Graham, Lon	25 Dec 1857	18 May 1909	h/o Lizzie Graham *FORMER SLAVE
Green, Anna		Died 1939
Harden, Ella	stone unreadable		d/o Lizzie Harden
Hickman, Letha	1896	1952
Hicknom (sic), Corine	13 Dec 1863	16 Jun 1943	*FORMER SLAVE
Hickmon, Janie	no dates
Huff, Ada	09 Mar 1878	25 Sep 1885	d/o Sam & Sarah Huff*
Huff, Sam	no dates*
Huff, Neely	no dates*
Huff, Sarah	09 Mar 1878	25 Sep 1885 *
Johnson, Jesse	1900	1962
Jones, Mary	1867	02 Jan 1926
Jones, Roscoe	12 Oct 1900	age 48 years	h/o Mary Jones
Jones, Sanders		only date 10 Aug 1923	Texas Pvt. First Class, 24th Inf. WW I
LeGrand, Dora	02 Aug 1870	02 Aug 1856	Note: the first enumeration had birth date of 1770, but stone read s 1870. Believe that death year be 1956. Stone was home made.
Motley, Calvin		16 Jan 1934	Ala. Pvt. First Class, 10th Cav., W. W. I
Nickerson, Cara Lee	01 Jan 1932	28 Jul 1934	ss/w Walter, Pearlie, Margie. {Kaufman County Death Records has birth year as 1933}
Nickerson, Margie	20 May 1923	28 Jul 1934	ss/w Walter, Pearlie, Cara Lee {Kaufman County Death Records has death dates as Jun 28, 1943 }
Nickerson, Pearlie	1902	1934	ss/w Walter, Cara Lee, Margie {nee Lyons }
Nickerson, Walter P.	13 Mar 1898	25 Dec 1933	Pvt. 165th Depot Brig, W. W. I. s/o Cara Lee, Margie, Pearlie. Walter's sons: Lawrence, Sim & Cubie.
Ryames, Roberta		died 1918
Thomas, Eartie H.	02 Aug 1893	17 Jul 1961
Unmarked Stone			Born Oct & Died July were the only thing that could be read.
Unmarked Graves			Found 11, probably lots more. Several sites located with piles of broken stone as markers.