The following are all known marked burial sites that contain
the remains of African-American persons buried in Kaufman
County Texas. The words *FORMER SLAVE on any of the
Kaufman County
cemetery records denote persons proven to have lived a
portion of their lives in bondage. We have so noted them as
to pay homage to those individuals and as a reminder to all
who see these pages that they will never be forgotten.
**NOTE: These burials all have tombstones or some type of
inscribed marker – those graves of persons in Unmarked
Graves are in another section.
NAME |
DATES |
OTHER INFO |
General E Dabney |
Jun
11, 1882 -
Feb 19, 1966 |
"Father" |
Gertrude Dabney |
Apr
12, 1892-
Aug 9, 1963 |
"Mother" |
Deon
A Edinbyrd |
1984
- 1984 |
|
Ben
Boy Haynes |
Jun
21, 1908 -
Mar 15, 1983 |
|
Willie Hickman Jr |
Died Jun 22, 1956 |
Age 2
yrs, 1 day |
___
Hickman |
(dates unreadable) |
Temporary Marker - rusted |
Willie Pollard |
Dec
25, 1917 -
Aug 22, 1991 |
Pfc.
U S Army World War II |
Louisa Roberson |
Dec
21, 1895 -
Apr 29, 1990 |
|
Russell Roberson |
May
24, 1869 -
Jan 14, 1968 |
|
Gayle
Hickman |
1952-1997 |
Temp.
marker |
Tyrus
Malone |
1932
- 1998 |
Temp
marker |
Old Freedman's Graveyard / Club
House Burial Site
In the old Peeletown Community
There are three large handmade stone crosses on the
property - all more than 4' in height. One is standing,
the other two are laying flat. There is an old iron
infant's crib that has been made into a grave marker -
it has a large 20" cross welded to it's headboard. There
are four separate sections of old iron fencing - all now
in pieces. Old colorful bottles hang in the trees, as
do animal bones, feathers, and one old, 6” porcelain
doll. Tin cans and tin can lids hang from trees and are
littered on the ground. There are more than 30 graves
marked by bricks or stones or stumps.
History: It is believed this is part of the land
given to ex-slaves by Anna Love Carter, for use as their
burial ground, after the Civil War.
Enumeration:
Baby Boy Dowell |
10-29-75 to 10-29-75 |
son of Frank & Ora Dowell |
Metal Temporary Marker |
|
Brown's Mortuary-Malakoff Tx |
Baby John Lopez |
no dates |
|
Metal temporary marker |
|
Weever Mortuary-Ennis |
Dozens of temporary markers, some on graves, but many
stacked in piles all through the cemetery. Known burials
at site, per L Q Myles
Oliver Haynes |
1937 |
grave is on far west side of cemetery on the
fenceline |
Marshall Jones |
1930's |
|
Pete Lopez |
1930's |
|
There are probably other stones in the area, but the
brush is very thick and hard to maneuver through, and
there is more than a foot of leaves covering the ground.
Abstracted & Photographed by Kathey Kelley Hunt in
February 1999