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Boontown
Historic Texas Cemetery

To reach Boonetown Cemetery, from Groveton, Texas, take State Highway 94 West seven and 1/2 miles to the Boonetown Cemetery sign (start looking to the right after Westville Road sign or from Trinity, look for the Boonetown Cemetery on the left sign about 1 mile from Friday Road. Turn on "Boonetown Cemetery Road" for one and three-tenths miles to the cemetery, which is set back on the right side of the road. From Trinity, take State Highway 94 East approximately 13 miles to cemetery sign. Turn left on Friday Road for one and three-tenths miles to the cemetery.

The correct spelling is Boontown, according to those closely associated with the area. The Texas State Highway Department sign clearly states Boonetown Cemetery. According to Trinity County Beginnings, the community founder was Whitnall Alston Boone, whose father's name was spelled Boon, which is typical of genealogical findings. There never has been a dictionary written on how to spell names, so each generation seemed to choose it's own spelling until the advent of record keeping. Whitnall Boone's tombstone is listed below. To add to the puzzle, Vada Boon is also buried in this cemetery, and according to locals Vada was the first one buried in the cemetery.

List compiled: 27 January 2002 by Trinity County Historical Commission; updated 20Apr2016/skw

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Other
ABEL	Robert O.	May 6 1926	Sep 16 1995	PFC US Army WWII Mil Marker
ALLBRIGHT	Grady Edward	Jan 1 1925	Jan 4 1998	Dbl stone/Mary Francis
ALLBRIGHT	Mary Frances	Feb 6 1938	Feb 27 1999	wed Jun 2, 1980Dbl stone/Grady
ASHWORTH	Carl Abner		Dec 31 1937	Age 83 years, 2 mos, 11 days
ASHWORTH	Gladas	Feb 13 1907	Jan 12 1919	Dau/ Jessie & Victor Ashworth
ASHWORTH	Infant	Mar 11 1883	Mar 13 1883	Infant Son/ E.L. & Jennie Ashworth
ASHWORTH	Jess	1861	1930
ASHWORTH	John	Aug 13 1883	May 5 1907	Son/ C & Mary Ashworth
ASHWORTH	Manda	1880	1932
ASHWORTH	Mary	Dec 24 1856	Feb 27 1925	Wife/ C.A. Ashworth
ASHWORTH	Sarah	Apr 17 1833	May14 1925	Gone but not forgotten
ASHWORTH	Vergel	Dec 29 1857	May12 1888	Let our Father's will be done
BAILEY	Bettie Lou	Sept 29, 1927		Double marker with Robbie Bailey
BAILEY	Bricen		Jan 17 1920	The Lord is my shepherd Dbl stone/Florene
BAILEY	David C.	Oct 30 1890	May 9 1968	I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live; Dbl stone/Atmo O. Bailey Brannen
BAILEY	Florene	Dec 6 1915	Oct 22 1991	Dbl stone/Bricen
BAILEY	Hazel D.	Jan 14 1922		In loving memory Dbl stone/J.D.
BAILEY	J. D.	Dec 19 1916	Apr 30 1970	Married Aug. 17, 1940 Hazel D. Bailey; Dbl stone/Hazel D.
BAILEY	Jack D.	Dec 19 1916	Apr 30 1970	Texas US Army WWII Military Marker
BAILEY	Robbie	Apr 29, 1928	Feb 24, 2008	Double marker with Betty Lou Bailey
BAILEY [BRANNEN]	Atmo O.	Aug 2 1897	Jun 1 1989	Dbl stone/David C. Bailey, Picture of couple; Wife/ Roy Brannen, full name of Atmo Oveda Ellis Bailey Brannen]
BOON	Vada			1st grave in cemetery, unmarked
BOONE	Whitnell	1815	1902
BRAKE	Mildred	Feb 28 1920	Mar 13 1965
BROUILLET	Irene Estelle	Sep 22 1907	Mar 22 1975	Irene Estelle Thomas
BROWN	Bettie Ann	Sep 18 1941	Dec 22 1941	[listed in 1st & 2nd edition -- marker missing]
BUTLER	Amos Frank	April 14 1885	Sep 30 1968
BUTLER	B. F. [Benjamin Franklin]	Nov 22 1839	Mar 23 1900	PCT CO F 2 Texas Inf. CSA Military Marker
BUTLER	Ed	1873	1916
BUTLER	Infant			Unmarked
BUTLER	Nancy Marcelle	Dec 15 1849	Apr 13 1942	Gone from our home, but not from our hearts. [Foster]
BUTLER	Nettie	1901	1920
CASTLESCHOULDT	Luke	1930	2013	Dbl Stone w/ Castleschouldt, Melba
CASTLESCHOULDT	Melba	Nov 13, 1933		Dbl Stone W/ Castleschouldt, Luke
EDENS	Betty Wendt	Sept 18, 1919	Dec 5, 2007	Single Marker
ELLIS	Emma	1855	1933	Mother
ELLIS	Jay A.	Jan 31 1883	Jan 13 1959	Daddy
FLEMING	Jean T.	Sep 24 1928	Jul 6 1996	Dbl stone/Roy G.
FLEMING	Roy G.	Oct 25 1926	Mar 07, 2001	Wed Jul 18, 1948 Dbl stone/Jean
GARZA	Humberto Carlos	Dec 8, 1946	Mar 4, 2016	Husband of Adelina Garza
HAMILTON	Edgar	1887	1964	Dbl stone/Mary
HAMILTON	Mary	1893	1979	Dbl stone/Edgar
HUFFMAN	John Floyd, Jr.	1972	1990	Rowdy photo in military uniform
KAYGA	C. Irene	Aug 20 1932	Oct 05,2003	Dbl stone/C.L.
KAYGA	C. L.	Aug 23 1925	Jul 10 1995	Claude LeRoy on FHM Dbl stone/C. Irene
LAWRENCE	Willie F.	April 10 1887	Nov 2 1962
LEE	Amos	Feb 21 1863	Mar 27 1888
LEE	Ethel	Nov 1 1897	May 22 1942	Dbl stone/Willie
LEE	Jane Butler	April 13 1868	Oct 29 1887	Wife/ Amos Lee
LEE	Marry Ann	Mar 1834	Mar 16 1917	Gone to rest Hand etched
LEE	Sidney	Oct 20 1887	Nov 1 1888	Son/ Amos & Jane Lee
LEE	Willie	Jan 12 1890	Dec 7 1953	Dbl stone/Ethel
LEWELLEN	Baby
LEWELLEN	Billie Joyce	Oct 16 1931	Aug 16 1933
LOTT	Abb			At rest - No data
LOTT	Almedie	Dec 14 1903	Dec 12 1905	Dau/ J.J. & Media A. Lott
LOTT	Emmett "Uncle Emmett"			No data
LOTT	Julius	1907	1924
LOTT	Leo	1905	1905	(Infant)
LOTT	Mary	1904	1904	(Infant)
LOTT	Mary			At rest No Data
LOTT	Nettie	1884	1942	Dbl stone/O.Z.
LOTT	O. Z.	1879	1956	Dbl stone/Nettie
LOTT	Oscar "Uncle Dock"	[1866]	May 9 1949	Age 85 years [Oscar A.]
MADDEN	Ann Eliza Smith	Feb 14 1863	Oct 18 1941	Aunt Lark
MADDEN	Baby			Single marker Born to John and Ludie Madden
MADDEN	Claudy	Feb 7 1904	Sep 1 1907
MADDEN	Delbert	Feb 7 1864	May 23 1928	Dbl stone/Nancy
MADDEN	Elbert L.	Mar 28 1901	Feb 15 1967
MADDEN	Elna	Sep 23 1899	Feb 23 1947	From the sea of life to internal rest
MADDEN	Georgia Ann	Jun 29 1896	Apr 2 1933
MADDEN	James Fras	Nov 4 1891	Oct 24 1984
MADDEN	John	Mar 14 1890	Jun 3 1936	Dbl stone/Ludie
MADDEN	Ludie Elizabeth	Jul 7 1892	Jul 18 1976	Dau/Tom Hashaw & Jane Odom Dbl stone/John
MADDEN	Margaret Maryann	Jul 15 1898	Feb 4 1986
MADDEN	Mary Bird	Jun 12 1904	Mar 3 1996
MADDEN	Nancy	April 22 1867	Aug 20 1954	Dbl stone/Delbert
MADDEN	Oda	Jan 3 1894	Jul 20 1897
MADDEN	Ruby	Jan 19 1933	Dec 4 1942	Our Darling
MC PIKE	Anita, J Dosser	May 15, 1942		Dbl stone w/ McPike, James D. Married Feb, 28, 1962
MC PIKE	Billy C.	Dec, 17, 1934		Dbl stone w/ McPike Karen J.
MC PIKE	Charlie William	Mar 15 1911	April 15 1991	Dbl stone/Velva
MC PIKE	James D.	Aug 7, 1937	July 16, 2012	Dbl stone w/ McPike, Anita J. Dosser
MC PIKE	James D. Jr.	May 03, 1967		Dbl stone w/Jerri Joann Andrews
MC PIKE	Jerri Joann Andrews	Jul 02, 1973	Jun 05, 2003	Dbl stone /James D. Jr.
MC PIKE	Karen J.	April 19, 1939		Dbl stone w/McPike, Billy C.
MC PIKE	Velva L. Madden	Dec 18 1916	Jul 17, 2005	Dbl stone w/Charlie
MESHELL	Dewitt C.	Dec. 13, 1936	Nov 9, 2007
MESHELL	Evelyn	Sept 16, 1914	Jun 30, 2004
MESHELL	Linda Woods	Sept 26, 1950		Double Marker with Thomas Wayne Meshell
MESHELL	Thomas Wayne`	Nov 2, 1948	Dec 13, 2007	Double Marker with Linda Woods Meshell
RICE	Verna Fae	Nov 10 1923	Jul 12 1988
ROBINSON	Nelda Jean	Mar 31, 1962	Dec 6, 2007	Single stone
ROBINSON	Sybil Madden	Jun 6, 1936	Jun 14, 2006	Single stone
SATTERWHITE	Howard Raymond	Jul 8, 1931	Dec 21, 2003	Single Military stone
SATTERWHITE	Joyce Nadine English	Jul 27, 1932	Jan 16, 2016
SCHEFFER	Emma B.	Sep 29 1921	Mar 18 1999	Dbl stone/Jack; picture of couple
SCHEFFER	Jack B.	Mar 4 1918	Oct 21 1995	Married AuG. 15, 1937 Dbl stone/Emma
SCHEFFER	Jack B.	Mar 4 1918	Oct 21 1995	PVT US ARMY WWII
SCOTT	Aline	1914	1926
SCOTT	Charles Evan	Feb 24, 1934		Double Marker with Mary Sue Scott
SCOTT	Dorthey Allyne	Nov 21 1935	Nov 1 1939
SCOTT	Earl W.	Dec 16 1907	Nov 4 1981	Dbl stone/Lily
SCOTT	Evan M.	1906	Jun 5 1975	Age 69 uearsDbl stone/Mildred
SCOTT	Jennie	April 25 1888	Jan 15 1926	Wife/ M.T. Scott
SCOTT	Leo			Infant
SCOTT	Lily Mae	May 31 1914	Oct 7 1993	[name spelled also Lilly]Dbl stone/Earl W.
SCOTT	M. T.	Jun 24 1873	Dec 28 1957	Next to Jennie Scott
SCOTT	Mary Sue Satterwhite	Sept 8, 1934	Oct 21, 2005	Double Marker with Charles Evan Scott
SCOTT	Mildred O.	1914	1997	Dbl stone/Evan
SIMMONS	Margaret Agnes	May 1 1910	Apr 12 1976	In loving memory [Dau/Charles & Pearl Butler Thomas]Next to Raymond Simmons
SIMMONS	Noel	Dec 24, 1937		Double Marker with Sue Simmons
SIMMONS	Raymond	Feb 2 1910	Jun 15 1971	In Loving Memory Next to Margaret Agnes Simmons
SIMMONS	Sue	May 11, 1943	Oct 13, 2003	Double Marker with Noel Simmons
SIRMAN	Frank	Jan 24 1885	Sep 4 1888
SIRMAN	Margaret	April 12 1862	Mar 17 1957	Thy word is a light unto my path
SIRMAN	Ruby Maureen	April 17 1925	Jun 14 1952	Gone but not forgotten
SIRMAN	Truman E.	Jun 30 1918	Jul 26 1975	PVT US ARMY WWII Military Marker
SIRMAN	Versa A.	May 1 1898	Dec 13 1994	Mother - Till we meet again
SMITH	Arch E.	Mar 21 1887	Feb 4 1968	Dbl stone/Rosa
SMITH	Buck, Uncle		1920
SMITH	Cora	Jul 04 1887	Jun 16 1961	Dbl stone/Jim
SMITH	Doris Warren	Aug 22, 1917	July 19, 2009	Single stone
SMITH	Ivor Lee	Jan 17, 1943		Dbl stone w/Smith, Lee Coy, Married April 16, 1965
SMITH	J. R.	Jun 23 1917	Jun 23 1973	[also listed as J. B.]
SMITH	Jim	Dec 07 1885	Jan 13 1967	Dbl stone/Cora
SMITH	Joe Bailey	Nov 03 1907	Sep 27 1967	Our Father
SMITH	John L.	May 25 1906	Mar 15 1962	New Mexico 1 SGT US Air Force WWII Mil Marker
SMITH	Josephine A.	Oct 25 1862	Feb 25 1899
SMITH	Kermit Arch	May 19 19??	Jan 13 1965	Texas AIC US Air Force WWII Military Marker
SMITH	Lee Coy	June 8, 1932	April 7, 2013	Dble stone w/Smith, Ivor Lee
SMITH	M. C.	Mar 20 1853	Dec 7 1900
SMITH	Mandania	Jun 20 1884	Mar 16 1891	Dau/ M.C. & J. Smith
SMITH	Martha J.	Jan 27 1832	Jan 5 1900
SMITH	Mitchell C.	Aug 26 1918	Nov 17 1977	Hand painted
SMITH	Rosa	Sep 28 1893	Jun 15 1974	Dbl stone/Arch E.
SMITH	Tyson Christopher	Aug 05 1979	May 9 1997	Big T Musical notes
SMITH	Vernon T. or L.	Apr 29 1909	Apr 6 1975	SF2 US Navy WWII Military Marker
SMITH	Wesley Wiley	Nov 11 1917	Oct 10 1984
SMITH	Zula	Apr 26 1889	Mar 16 1891	Dau/ M.C. & J. Smith
SWEET	Edd, Uncle		No data	Dbl stone/Aunt Lizzy
SWEET	Lizzy Smith, Aunt		No data	Dbl stone/Uncle Edd
TAYLOR	Donnie	1903	1985
THOMAS	Benny Ocy	Sep 05 1912	Jul 10 2000	Age 87Funeral Home Marker
THOMAS	Benny Ocy			Military Marker
THOMAS	Mary Pearl Butler	Jun 11 1889	Dec 25 1981	Mother
THOMAS	William Washington	1857	1913
UNKNOWN				Number of unmarked graves.
WOODS	Lois James	Apr 17, 1916	Jan 23, 2012	Double Marker with Woodrow W. Woods, Loving Wife, Mother, Paw Paw, and Maw Maw
WOODS	Woodrow W.	Nov 21, 1912	Apr 28, 2005	Double Marker with Lois James Woods, Loving Husband, Dad Paw Paw, Married Oct 1, 1932

For the compiled list, both Trinity County Cemeteries ©1980 and the second edition Trinity County Texas Cemeteries © 1992 both published by Trinity County Historical Commission (TCHC) were consulted. Trinity County Beginnings, by Trinity County Book Committee Patricia Bartley Hensley and Joseph Woodrow Hensley, ©1986, Curtis Media Corporation and Trinity County Book Committee. The cemetery was surveyed on November 2002.by TCHC Cemetery Committee Members: Virginia Buckle Arnold and Mary Lee Mason Abshier

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