Old Oakwood Cemetery

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

Surname	Given Name	DOB	DOD	Genealogical Note
Massey	Allie	1893	October 21, 1938
Mayfield	Isiah	July 14, 1894	March 8, 1895
McAfee	Emma T.	March 24, 1904	March 27, 1936
McAfee	Hannah	December 25, 1865	January 21, 1941
McAfee	Jesse T. Jr.	October 5, 1941	August 22, 1978	HN US Navy Korea
McAfee	Jesse T. Sr.		July 3, 1950
McAfee	Sam	May 17, 1862	February 21, 1948	FORMER SLAVE
McAfee	Vada Banks	1898	May 5, 1978
McDonald	George	December 25, 1827	January 31, 1904	FORMER SLAVE
McGee	Charles	1914	1968
Mckinney	Mabel L.	November 23, 1885	February 28, 1915
Mckinney	Thomas	1873	1909
McMillan	Bell	1868	1913
McMillan	Ben			Tx Cook 435 Labor Bn QM
McNairy	Cora	March 24, 1874	November 7, 1944
McQuinney	Harold	1894	August 27, 1934
McRuffin	Delia	April 20, 1863	February 15, 1921	FORMER SLAVE
McWilliams	Willie	October 11, 1892	April 26, 1977	Pfc US Army WWI
McWilliams	Willie Mae	October 22, 1899	September 24, 1958
Menifee	Ida R.	September 9, 1891	January 14, 1966
Miller	Helen O.	1908	1945
Milliner	Rosa	September 25, 1872	January 6, 1940
Minter	Esque II A.	May 28, 1930	August 13, 1971	Beloved Mother
Monroe	Willie	October 20, 1885	January 14, 1980
Moore	Emily	June 1, 1883	July 9, 1958
Moore	Helen White	1900	1989
Moore	John Henry I	June 6, 1881	November 25, 1948
Moore	Johnny II		January 30, 1940
Moore	Lewis	February 25, 1889	November 28, 1935
Morris	Ray Gene	November 14, 1932	June 9, 1947
Morrison	Mahila
Morrison	Mitchell	1855	November 7, 1947	FORMER SLAVE
Morrow	Karen	February 6, ????	April 1993
Morrow	Kerry	April 16, 1965	December 24, 1965
Mosley	Rebecca	1875	October 1, 1961
Moss	Frank	March 8, 1891	April 1, 1928
Murrell	Louria Hall	October 15, 1900	April 1, 1988
Nabors	Cue Dellous	January 16, 1913	October 1, 1997
Nabors	Esters M.	August 7, 1912	October 31, 1997	Pfc US Army WWII
Nabors	Lola	June 21, 1889	June 8, 1971
Nabors	Ward Dellous	January 16, 1913	December 27, 1971
Nelons	Manuel	August 24, 1892	July 19, 1964	Pfc Co L 24 Inf Regt WWI
Nelson	Alice	March 3, 1886	December 24, 1962
Nelson	Charlie C.	November 29, 1890	1964
Nelson	Christine	1891	1965
Nelson	James L.	1860	1917	FORMER SLAVE
Newman	Ann B.	April 20, 1920	March 14, 1995
Newman	Lewis M.	April 25, 1911	November 15, 1952	Tx Tech 4 2807 Engr Gen Svc Bn WWII
Nickerson	Colvin	June 10, 1910	July 16, 1957	Tx Tec4 695 Ord Ammo Co WWII
Nickerson	Kendrick D.	1989	1999
Nunn	Prince Albert II	November 13, 1924	February 25, 1950
Ollison	Milton II	August 31, 1875	1962
Ollison	Ruth Ann	October 12, 1879	February 20, 1962
Orange	John	January 1865	April 3, 1914	FORMER SLAVE
Page	Carrie	1903	1968
Parker	Alonzo	March 17, 1889	January 30, 1973	Tx Pvt US Army WWI
Parmes	Lizzie	March 1, 1875	September 8, 1951
Patterson	Ples	December 24, 1881	October 28, 1926
Paxton	Leola T.	1899	1972
Paxton	Theo	1900	1958
Perry	Willie	September 9, 1918	July 4, 1958	Tx Tec5 528 Port Co TC WWII
Pett	Ash	1888	Unknown
Pipkins	Raymon P.
Pittman	Clyde	December 23, 1910	March 2, 1945
Pittman	Sam	June 15, 1884	July 15, 1911
Polk	Carrie B.	April 22, 1892	August 25, 1911
Polk	Hattie	1862	February 20, 1885	FORMER SLAVE
Polk	Lucius J.	March 20, 1883	May 8, 1932
Pollard	Frank	December 24, 1892	January 5, 1940
Porter	Rafe Jr.	May 8, 1923	November 10, 1943
Powell	Gwendolyn	February 22, 1936	May 11, 1941
Powell	Nina B.	August 27, 1907	May 11, 1954
Pyle	Caroline	March 1847	March 17, 1923	FORMER SLAVE
Ramage	Beanie L.	May 28, 1867	February 15, 1937
Ramage	George M. Sr.	1863	1947	FORMER SLAVE
Ramage	Goldie Belle	March 29, 1895	August 20, 1922
Ramage	Reabie Mae	April 22, 1898	May 8, ????
Reed	Nathaniel	July 12, 1894	November 30, 1946	Tx Pvt 341 Svc Bn WWI
Rice	Anna Bell	December 25, 1860	December 31, 1951
Rice	Susie C.	September 24, 1887	July 29, 1952
Rice	William M.	March 8, 1883	August 1, 1956
Richardson	Moses	April 7, 1872	July 25, 1907
Roberson	Bruce	September 29, 1956	July 14, 1984
Roberson	Butler	January 23, 1923	April 1, 1970	WWII
Roberson	Clifton Sr.	March 25, 1908	December 5, 1969
Roberson	Fair Lillie	February 21, 1905	June 24, 1999
Roberson	Jesse Jr.	December 17, 1914	September 28, 1998	Pfc US Army WWII
Roberson	Jesss Sr.	February 10, 1887	October 12, 1966
Roberson	Larnell N.	1941	1981
Roberson	Lizzie	December 20, 1876	November 14, 1953
Roberson	Mable J.	February 2, 1902	August 5, 1937
Roberson	R.C.	July 18, 1919	August 19, 1988
Robertson	Felix	November 27, 1889	November 13, 1953
Robertson	Rena	August 12, 1904	November 5, 1975
Robertson	Sulia	September 1, 1889	June 26, 1968
Rose	Thomas R.	July 10, 1889	October 5, 1951	Tx Pvt 165 Depot Bde WWI
Ross	Arthur
Ross	Cloteal	1905	1956

Ross	Lacy
Rowlett	Sonny B.	March 6, 1917	September 9, 1993
Runnels	King Paul
Sanders	Bill ie J.	September 2, 1957	December 17, 1961
Sanders	Henry L. Jr.	December 12, 1958	December 17, 1961
Schluter	Mollie	January 20, 1877	February 12, 1951
Scott	Clara	October 12, 1896	September 9, 1941
Scott	Eva	November 3, 1880	March 4, 1906
Scourten	Richard	November 17, 1928	October 19, 1961	Tx 2nd Lt US Army
Seay	Charles M. Jr.	August 11, 1918	February 22, 1955	Tx Ssgt 3735 QM Truck Co WWII
Severe	Nannie	1874	March 18, 1931	Colored Aid Member
Shaw	Addie B.	June 29, 1902	May 8, 1981
Shaw	Drew A.	May 29, 1924		Tx Pvt 521 Bn
Shaw	Morris Neil	February 22, 1879	June 12, 1955
Sholars	Martha A.		May 11, 1923	Age 75
Shorts	J.A.
Shorts	R.C.
Simmons	Mitchell	1965	1968
Simon	Alfred	January 7, 1896	June 1, 1970	Tx Pfc 23 Co 165 Depot Bde WWI
Simpson	John "KP"	March 16, 1918	January 28, 1962	Tx Tec5 Co H 370th Inf WWII
Sims	Ellece B.	July 31, 1907	May 5, 1991
Sims	J.D.	November 11, 1927	November 29, 1981
Skinner	Bennie E.	January 29, 1913	May 16, 1995
Smith	Angie	1876	1973
Smith	Arthur II	1913	1997
Smith	Charlie	1871	1952
Smith	Clara E.	July 21, 1927	August 20, 1993
Smith	Drucilla	June 3, 1878	May 20, 1938
Smith	Ed	May 27, 1872	April 4, 1938
Smith	Edna " Ada "	January 20, 1834	July 12, 1951	FORMER SLAVE Born in Alabama
Smith	Edna L.	January 20, 1896	July 12, 1934
Smith	Harold	1947	1956
Smith	Hattie	August 12, 1892	March 24, 1931
Smith	Jake	January 5, 1878	January 4, 1959
Smith	Josie Mae	November 30, 1904	March 21, 1958
Smith	Naomi C.	1905	1965
Smith	Napoleon	January 22, 1918	February 4, 1955	Pvt US Army WWII
Smith	Oscar W.	July 26, 1900	December 30, 1925
Smith	Samuel H.	September 14, 1910	September 4, 1946
Sparks	Daniel	October 1, 1944	October 3, 1944
Spears	Freddie Mae	November 23, 1927	October 26, 1967
Spears	John	October 3, 1913	April 3, 1994
Spears	Paralee	October 10, 1919
Spencer	James	December 15, 1869	May 3, 1941
Spencer	Lena	1878	1962
Stephens	Carrie Lee	1898	1962
Steward	Irene	August 1, 1924	October 12, 1987
Steward	Pete	July 25, 1881
Stokes	Charley	December 22, 1905		Age 50 years
Story	Sadie	1891	1959	Sister
Strange	Willie Bell	June 25, 1908	January 1, 2001	"Aunt Sister"
Summerfield	Bettie R.	October 23, 1928	January 17, 1970
Surrell	Ricky
Sutton	Mary	1818	August 22, 1901	FORMER SLAVE
Talley	Dewey	February 2, 1908	June 13, 1936
Talley	Estelle	May 7, 1909	October 27, 2004
Talley	Fletcher	December 25, 1867	November 9, 1942
Talley	John	March 7, 1894	November 2, 1949
Talley	Mark	October 3, 1905	October 31, 1985
Talley	Sally	June 16, 1876	August 7, 1959
Tate	Henretta	February 29, 1874	April 10, 1949
Taylor	Bertha	April 4, 1888	March 27, 1960
Taylor	Charlie	June 7, 1932	June 17, 1985
Taylor	Edd	January 20, 1895	November 13, 1938
Taylor	Estella			Mother
Taylor	Isaac	October 21, 1904	September 25, 1962
Taylor	Joseph		January 8, 1935	Tx Pvt 521 Engr
Taylor	M. Ola	December 17, 1878	August 29, 1950
Taylor	Viola	January 28, 1900	April 1, 1955
Tennison	William H.	May 7, 1916	February 26, 1966	Tx Pvt 4824 Svc Cmd, WWII
Terry	Haywood	August 14, 1888	February 16, 1943
Terry	Mary	1866
Thomas	Austin	April 3, 1843	January 1, 1911	FORMER SLAVE
Thomas	Gradie	June 16, 1893
Thomas	Jake III	May 6, 1894	June 22, 1950
Thomas	Myrtle F.	September 22, 1918	March 18, 1983
Thompson	Archie		April 5, 1933	Tx Pvt 410 Res Labor Bn
Thompson	Gussie Mae	January 3, 1917
Thompson	Herbert	March 3, 1914	June 29, 1980
Thompson	Joe	March 8, 1866	June 8, 1913	Our Father
Thompson	Parthenia	July 9, 1871	November 21, 1920	Our Mother
Timmons	Mary	1845	April 8, 1920	FORMER SLAVE
Tolbert	Charles	November 18, 1872	May 25, 1933
Tolbert	Isaiah	April 28, 1907	October 1, 1988
Tolbert	Jenny V. "Jinnie"	August 26, 1877	October 6, 1963
Tolbert	Jessie	May 7, 1895	January 12, 1971	Tx Pvt US Marine Corps WWI
Tolbert	Julia B.			Mother
Tolbert	Lapkin	September 30, 1918		Pvt 2CL Labor Bn
Tolbert	Willie	June 22, 1894	May 10, 1976	Pvt US Army WWI
Toller	Lonnie	April 15, 1896	July 11, 1971
Towns	C.B.	April 17, 1926	March 6, 1946	Tx Pvt US Army
Towns	George W. Jr.	May 26, 1924	April 21, 1962	Tx Sgt 889 QM TRP Trans Co WWII
Townsell	C.W.	Feburary 1, 1870	April 20, 1922
Townsell	Claude	December 24, 1895	November 26, 1953
Townsell	Cleo	Feburary 4, 1900	April 10, 1952
Townsell	Otto D.	May 5, 1894	July 16, 1967	Tx Pvt HQ 350 Fld Arty WWI
Townsell	Thelma	June 17, 1903	May 27, 1929
Tripp	Estella	1894	1972	Mother
Truesdale	Allen Jr	September 29, 1909	December 17, 1950	Tx Pfc 1229 engr Regt Plt WWII

Truesdale	Fannie	1939	1946
Turman	Earnest Jr.		September 28, 1946	Tx Pvt US Army WWII
Turman	Viola	July 2, 1896	April 30, 1962
Tyron	Verneisha	January 18, 1989	May 9, 1991
Veal	Rhine	May 9, 1883	February 14, 1937
Vinson	Donnell	March 24, 1952	September 6, 1993
Waggoner	Houston	August 20, 1877	July 13, 1966
Waggoner	Pearl	December 25, 1875	January 26, 1952
Walker	Leonora	October 10, 1902	September 8, 1930
Walker	Spence		February 27, 1937
Wallace	Napoleon	1904	1945
Walls	Anna	January 15, 1887	June 28, 1959	Age 72 years
Warren	Lonnie B.	September 14, 1918	September 4, 1971
Washington	Elias	1899	1912
Washington	Haywood	October 2, 1927	August 16, 1953	Tx Cpl 4902 AF BU WWII
Washington	Henry	1891	1923
Washington	Ida	1864	1948	FORMER SLAVE
Washington	Ludie	1869	1912
Washington	Ludie	March 26, 1907	March 23, 2004
Washington	Nettie	1869	1941
Washington	Norwood	February 17, 1896	February 3, 1956	Tx Pvt US Army WWI
Washington	Pearl	1900	1989
Watson	Earnest B.	1900	1951
Watson	James B.	May 20, 1947		Jimmy
Watson	Mary Tripp	December 12, 1912	October 11, 1996
Watts	Fredick A.	December 1, 1911	January 13, 1925
Watts	Ida	1890	1954
Watts	John A.	1885	1952
Watts	Mary V.	1877	1956
Watts	Sim	January 15, 1867	August 24, 1867
Webb	Annie	April 9, 1870	November 13, 1951
Webb	Neal	1862	1923	FORMER SLAVE
Webb	Patsy	18??	1908	FORMER SLAVE
Wells	Arthur	1908	1962
Wells	Vallie	February 29, 1919	??? 10, 1970
Wesley	Learyah
West	Janie	1857	1951	FORMER SLAVE Mother
Wheeler	Callaway	October 20, 1871	October 13, 1939
Wheeler	Callie	June 11, 1878	1953
Whetstone	Johnnie	November 1, 1892	June 18, 1956	Tx 507 Svc Bn, Engr Corps WWI
White	Annie O.	May 9, 1899	June 9, 1914
White	Isaac	April 30, 1888	May 24, 1947	Tx Pvt QM Corps WWI
White	Lula N.	May 12, 1874	August 1, 1951
Wiggins	Beulah	October 1889	1922
Wiggins	John	July 1, 1833	July 9, 1913	FORMER SLAVE
Wilcots	Titus C.	March 12, 1910	September 18, 1968
Wilhite	Chancy	Febraury 9, 1914	December 25, 1942
Wilhite	Herman L.	February 26, 1928	August 26, 1948	Tx Pvt 3010 AAF Base Unit WWII
Williams	Abraham C. Sr.	March 10, 1866	February 19, 1953
Williams	Andrew	December 16, 1875	November 6, 1925	Asleep
Williams	Annie	December 15, 1899	March 4, 1921	Asleep
Williams	Arthur L.	October 20, 1928	May 27, 1951	Tx Pvt 17th Inf, 7th Inf Division Korea
Williams	Costromer			Son
Williams	Deplumer	1886	1958
Williams	Earlie	October 27, 1909	August 24, 1947
Williams	Eliza	February 7, 1866	October 26, 1941	Williams
Williams	Emmett	February 10, 1890	August 5, 1955	Tx Pvt US Army WWI
Williams	Ester	November 7, 1997
Williams	Fronia	February 10, 1892	May 23, 1968
Williams	George	March 10, 1888	June 16, 1968
Williams	Harmon		January 5, 1925
Williams	Helen M.	March 4, 1918
Williams	Helen Marie	August 4, 1947	March 4, 1948
Williams	Homer	1890	1958
Williams	Marcellus	1881	1946
Williams	Martha E.	April 22, 1923	August 15, 1998
Williams	Nina	May 12, 1889	September 8, 1969
Williams	Savanna	August 10, 1884	March 6, 1936
Williams	Velma	November 17, 1924	September 26, 1996
Williams	Walter
Wilson	Eddie	April 10, 1927	November 11, 1953	Tx Pfc US Marine Corps WWII
Wilson	Julie A.
Wilson	Leola	1889	1967	Mother
Wilson	Sener	March 18, 1889	February 15, 1953
Wofford	Tamela	December 10, 1981	May 17, 1982	Our Little Angel
Woodie	Bayless
Wortham	Jake		September 4, 1936	Tx Pvt 1Cl 165 DMOL Bde
Wright	John Henry	1906	1957
Wrighting	Anjanette L.	October 22, 1964	April 24, 2001
Wrighting	Eugene	1921	April 29, 2001
Wrighting	James O.	August 30, 1925	November 5, 1996	Cpl US Marine Corps WWII
Wrighting	Michael	November 7, 1948	January 6, 1989	US Army Vietnam
Wrightsil	Ruby L.	October 4, 1917	March 7, 1955
Y.	A. Jr.	1928	1935	Grandson
Young	Deandra N.		April 19, 1992	Our Angel
Young	Doris J.	August 28, 1926	December 1, 1986	Crittenden
????????	Mary J.	1899	1975

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