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McDade Area
Jefferies Cemetery is inactive, destroyed, untended, unfenced, but is
within a fenced field and is located over the Bastrop/Lee County line
about a half mile into Lee County, in the William Johnson Survey. This
cemetery is believed to be probably the oldest of the 3 cemeteries at the
Knobbs. It was destroyed in the 1940's, when bulldozers removed the rock
marked graves, leaving only the one marker with script to identify the
grave area.
Erma Dismukes, a resident of the Knobbs reports 12 graves
were there and included a slave woman, the notorious Beatty Brothers
"Az" Asbury and Jack, and others. Mrs. Sarah Phillips Jefferies
and husband W. T. are buried in the McDade Cemetery. She was the land
owner and had slaves there. Mrs. Jefferies b. 1835 d. 1921.
The first Knobbs church was located at the Jefferies Cemetery site and was
a log structure used for church and school. It had split log seats. the
church was moved to the "Gin Cemetery" or "Lower Knobbs
Cemetery" then moved a third time to its present location.
Church records 1860-1872 burned, 1872-1920 are in book #
2. The church was received in Little River Association on Sept. 12, 1860, 16
charter members and Y.J. Meeks & W.J. Meeks presented the letter at
the Association meeting at Cameron, Texas.
--Nathan and Sarah and All our
Children by S. Harrison and E. S. Cole.
Photo provided by C. Carman
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BEATTY
Beatty, Azbury -b. unknown/12-25-1883
Brother to Jack, Marion, and Haywood. Victim of the Christmas Day Shoot-out
in McDade. Not married.
Beatty, Jack b.09-
27 1847 /12-25-1883.
Brother to Jack, Marion, and Haywood. Husband to Martha, father to Nathan,
Robert, Sarah and Evaline. Victim of the Christmas Day
Shoot-out in McDade.
BROWN
Brown, Mr. H. of Sarah Phillips Brown (Jefferies) Father of Lula, & Emma Brown.
Brown, Suse (Slave)
Mother of Becky, Annie Brown Slave of Mrs. Jefferies.
WESTBROOK
Photo provided by C. Carman
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Mary E. (Elena) (nee Phillips)---------------- 2-28-1859/4-24-1881
aged 22 years 2 mos. 25 days
Daughter. of Capt. Russell Phillips & Sarah Wife of J.W.
Westbrook (Joseph Warren) a one legged man Mother of Lee,& Walter
Westbrook Sister to Pearce, Will," Duck" Phillips
NOTE: Annis Cleghorn a was wife of Joseph Warren Westbrooks.
"Biddy" Sarah Phillips Brown Jefferies was a sister to Mrs. W.V.
(Hattie) Borum, both buried in McDade Cemetery.
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