Black Cemetery

 

This cemetery is located near the old settlement of Coesfield in the northeast part of Cooke County. It is 4.6 miles north of the Walnut Bend School, which is 10 miles north of highway 82. The cemetery is about 300 yards up in a pasture on the west side of road 127, just ¼ mile before it reaches the Red River at Dripping Springs. It cannot be seen from the road. This cemetery is the resting place of Col. William C. Young, who was killed during the Great Hanging at Gainesville during the Civil War. Michele and Jerry Kneupper compiled this list on Sep 4, 1978.

 

Last Name     First Name         Birth            Death                  Comment               Original #

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Black         William P.      Sep 22, 1856     Dec 5, 1900                                     12-01

 

Black         Effie           Oct 4, 1881      Dec 24, 1883     dau of W.P. & E.F.             12-02

 

Long          Infants         Apr 26, 1884     Apr 26, 1884     2 sons of Erskine & Mollie     12-03

 

Cox           Willie          Jul 11, 1871     Nov 12, 1873     Son of C. & S.                 12-04

 

Long          Nannie S.       Dec 18, 1867     Feb 1, 1868      dau of J.P. & A.               12-05

 

Black         John D.         Oct 15, 1814     Jan 19, 1857     Masonic Emblem                 12-06

 

Black         Colmare         Oct 28, 1849     May 27, 1851     (?1843-1854)                   12-07

 

Young         William C.      May 7, 1812      Oct 16, 1862     Masonic emblem                 12-08

 

Young         Homer Leath     Oct 10, 1882     Jul 26, 1883     son of S.M. & M.A.             12-09

 

Sanderg       Jef. D.         186?             186?             ?Sanders                       12-10

 

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