Kemp Black Cemetery

Interment Places of African-American Persons in Kaufman County, Texas 

Donated by: Kathey Hunt, Co-Coordinator of Kaufman Co., Texas TXGenWeb Project

 

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

Kemp Black Cemetery

 

Enumerated by Hazel Foster in 1987 with additions made by Kathey Kelley Hunt in 1999.Enumeration: May 18, 1999

Donald & K K Hunt. Located on the SW corner of the town of Kemp.

ENUMERATION:

 

Adkins, John  

16 Jun 1903 - 03 Dec 1945

Texas Pvt. 445th. Res. Labor Bn.

Allen, Lloyd Haywood

15 Oct 1926 - 24 May 1991

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Blackmon, James      

15 Apr 1925 - 19 Apr 1955

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Blackmon, Patrick  

1900 - 1975

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Blackmon, Pearl    

1907 - 1975

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Blackmon, Texana

28 Nov 1903 - 12 Apr 1970

-

Britt, Marie E.  

17 Feb 1934 - 10 Feb 1944

-

Brookins, R. G.   

06 Mar 1933 -  29 Jul 1960

California Pfc. HQ Co. 540th

Brown, Corine

16 Nov 1913 - 16 Apr 1969

-

Brown, Eliza

11 Aug 1909 - 16 May 1982

US Army, WW II

Brown, Gregory Thomas 

08 Jan 1968 - 22 Nov 1983

-

Brown, Kanzetta Bynum

27 Mar 1923 - 13 Aug 1982

-

Brown, Laura  

1876 - 1960

-

Brown, Bessie, Mrs.

06 Mar 1887 - 23 Oct 1952

-

Brown, Robert

1878 - 1972

-

Brown, Eli, Jr. 

03 Aug 1916 -14 Jul 1981

Cpl. US Army, WW II

Bryant, Edgar

08 Mar 1898 -12 Feb 1981

-

Bryant, Sarah 

09 Oct 1903  - 30 Sep 1969

-

Burley, L. H.

13 Jul 1921 - 19 Jul 1972

TX Sgt. Co."B", 686th Engr. Bn.WW II

Chambers, Johnnie Mae 

14 Feb 1925  - 07 Apr 1988

-

Cumbry, John Edward

02 Feb 1949  - 16 Aug 1968

TX Pfc. US Army, Purple Heart,Vietnam

Daniels, George

(No Dates) 03 Mar 1940

-

Daniels, Ira 

15 Sep 1913  - 20 Nov 1966   

Texas Cpl., 3182nd. QM Service Co., WW II

Daniels, Naomi 

03 Oct 1916 - 06 Jul 1988

-

Davis, Clara M.

11 Jun 1915 - 15 Sep 1990

-

Davis, Levi 

27 Sep 1910 - 01 Oct 1986

S/Sgt. US Army, WW II

Dennis, Hazel D.

25 Feb 1923 - 16 Feb 1970

-

Edmerson, Ruth

1871  - 1954

-

Eldridge, Aggie Mathis 

1899 - 1985

-

Eldridge, Elasker 2   

4 Jan 1921  - 08 Jun 1969 

TX Pfc., 233rd. Base Unit, A.A.F., WW II

Eldridge, J. W. 

1926 - 1992

-

Eldridge, Zimmie   

1898 - 1947

-

Emerson, Lou    

1823 - 1926 

**FORMER SLAVE

Fearance, Robert Earl

31 Oct 1954 - 07 Jan 1973

-

Freeman, Arles Lee 

1943 - 1984

-

Freeman, Coretha 

15 Aug 1915 - 24 Dec 1986

-

Freeman, Etta   

12 Apr 1893 - 21 Apr 1979

-

Freeman, Jackie Ray "Bubba"

08 Jan 1967 - 18 Jan 1990

-

Freeman, L. V. Davis  

28 Dec 1921  - 14 Nov 1967

-

Freeman, Minnie N. 

22 Mar 1925 - 05 Feb 1990

-

Freeman, William

18 Jan 1890  - 18 Mar 1966

-

Freeman, William, Jr.

1930 - 1989

-

Garrett, Clotiel 

11 Aug 1928  - 19 Jul 1982

-

Garrett, Helen  

(No Dates)

-

Garrett, Jimmie L.

18 Dec 1919  - 28 Apr 1964

Texas Pfc. WW II

Garrett, Joseph L.

14 Apr 1912 27 Oct 1983 

Pvt. US Army, WW II

Garrett, Mandy

15 Dec 1876 - 20 Jan 1952

-

Griffin, Jessie 

07 Feb 1907 - 09 Jan 1964

-

Hammonds, Annie 

20 Mar 1870 - 20 Dec 1994

-

Hammonds, Baby   

26 Feb 1912 - 26 Feb 1912

-

Hammonds, Charley 

10 Aug 1885 - 13 Sep 1928

-

Harris, Ethel Lee  

1915 - 1981

-

Harris, Ivery D

05 Jun 1915 -  05 May 1967

Michigan Pfc. 882nd Port Co. TC., WW II

Hightower, John Z.  

18 Dec 1898 - 28 Sep 1954

Texas Pvt. US Army, WW I

Hodge, Louis 

13 Mar 1896 - 19 Nov 1967  

Texas Co. ‘F´, 24th Inf., WW II

Hunter, Albert  

05 Jun 1894 - 24 Nov 1970 

Texas Pvt. Co.´A´ 537th Engr., WW I

Jackson, Betty Burley   

29 Oct 1897 - 26 May 1971

-

Jackson, Velary  

19 Oct 1915 - 10 Sep 1988

-

Jenkins, Frank James 

06 Mar 1927 - 27 Oct 1965 

Texas Pvt. US Army, WW II

Johnson, Selenia 

20 Mar 1886 - 26 Sep 1952

-

Jones, Curtis Nathan

04 Jun 1953 - 21 Mar 1991

-

Jones, Donald L.

1956 - 1985

-

Jones, Jimmy R. 

15 Feb 1939 - 18 Aug 1990

-

Jones, N. D.      

1932 - 1974

-

Jones, Sam  

18 Sep 1905 - 15 Oct 19

-

Lofton, Laura

1866 - 1933

-

Lofton, Lush     

1872 - 1932

-

McCartney, Ed   

04 Feb 1888 - 24 Nov 1968 

Texas Pfc. Co. ‘D´ 509th Engr., WW I

McCartney, J. W., Mrs.

16 Jan 1903 - 05 Sep 1980

-

McCollouth, Blanche   

18 Mar 1903 - 05 Mar 1965

-

McQueen, Lorine

23 May 1923 - 14 Dec 1986

-

McQueen, Mason  

25 Aug 1918 - 24 Nov 1989

-

Miller, Alfred

15 Sep 1874 - 12 Mar 1961

-

Miller, Claude  

11 Apr 1895 - 27 May 1968

-

Miller, Claudia Beatrice    

16 Sep 1920  - 16 May 1983

-

Miller, Cleotha  

27 May 1923 - 12 Apr 1991

-

Miller, Da Shaun D.

30 Dec 1977 - 06 Mar 1981

-

Miller, Hazel  

28 May 1944 - 25 Jul 1990

-

Miller, Joeva  

01 Aug 1898 - 14 Oct 1969

-

Miller, Lela 

18 Nov 1900 - 17 Jan 1972

-

Miller, Taylor   

1898 - 1979

-

Miller, Taylor ‘Bobby´

04 Sep 1935 - 08 Nov 1990

-

Nael, Bob 

15 Nov 1871 - 22 Dec 1963

-

Nobles, Abraham

31 Mar 1900 - 20 Feb 1978

-

Pinkard, Bulla        

(No Dates)

-

Pryor, Carter 

12 Dec 1875 - 12 Jul 1954

-

Rider, Early   

1923 - 20 Dec 1988

-

Rose, Henry Ward 

19 Nov 1930 - 15 Dec 1980

-

Royal,__ 

(No Dates)

-

Royal, Cassie  

1906 - 1967

-

Royal, J. Veater  

27 Nov 1900 - 10 Jan 1962

-

Royall, Fonzo      

27 Jul 1910 - 03 Jun 1965

-

Shaw, Steve  

25 Jun 1893 - 05 Jul 1959 

Texas Pvt. WW I

Smith, Dewey 

15 Aug 1900 - 27 Aug 1985

-

Smith, Donie 

31 Aug 1910 - 02 Feb 1983

-

Smith, Evaline   

1857 - 1920 

**FORMER SLAVE

Tabb, Bennie E.

08 Jan 1928 - 04 Aug 1951

Pfc. 7th Cav. Inf., 1st Cav. Div. Inf, Korea

Taylor, Addie Mae 

04 Mar 1915 - 06 Feb 1957

-

Taylor, Robert 

09 May 1910 10 Sep 197___

-

Trammel, Robert 

13 Jul 1909 - 26 Mar 1985

-

Trammell, Carl  

23 Sep 1916 - 21 Mar 1970

-

Trammell, George W. 

06 Mar 1880 - 04 Aug 1967

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Trammell, Lettie    

13 Mar 1896 - 28 Oct 1937

-

Trammell, Liza 

08 Apr 1875 - 27 Aug 1963

-

Trammell, Raymond

15 Mar 1923 - 28 Nov 1989

-

Unknown, Ruth Louise 

04 Dec 1967 - 29 Nov 1969

-

Waddles, Carter

(No Dates)    28 Dec 1939

TX Mess Attendant 1st, Cl., US Navy

Ward, Ocie, Jr. 

31 Aug 1936 - 08 Feb 1958

-

Wilhite, George Carvey

24 Feb 1945 - 03 Jul 1982 

SP/4, US Army, Vietnam

Wilhite, Kelly Miller 

15 Aug 1937 - 10 May 1988

-

Wilhite, Ollie   

20 Sep 1944 - 03 Sep 1992

-

Williams, Charlotte   

04 May 1902 - 23 Mar 1987

-

Williams, Johnnie

22 Feb 1900 - 07 Mar 1986

Pvt., US Army, WW II

Williams, Neal  

04 Jul 1906 - 01 Aug 1988

-

Woods, Joe Lee 

10 Feb 1925 - 17 May 1983

-

Yeager, Pearl 

16 Feb 1875  - Sep 1954

-

Young, Essie 

24 Apr 1913 - 06 Mar 1955

TX Tec/4, Co.‘B´ 1692nd Engr. C. Bn., WW II

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