MOUNT ZION CEMETERY

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MOUNT ZION CEMETERY
Historic Texas Cemetery

APPLE SPRINGS, TEXAS

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The Mount Zion Cemetery is located off FM 357 South, 5 miles out of Apple Springs. A Cemetery Road sign direct one to follow the dirt road East for 1 mile to the entrance. This old cemetery has served as a public burial site for the inhabitants of Apple Springs, Alabama Creek, Trevat and Helmic Communities since its inception.

The Cemetery is within the bounds of the J. J. Warren Survey. It is thought, as stated by Mrs. Delma Williams, that Mr. John Warren had given ten acres of land to the Mount Zion Baptist Church and Cemetery around the time of the Civil War. No record has been found. A recorded deed does exist conveying 7.5 ac. of land to the Mount Zion Baptist Church by J. A. Trevathan and wife, Lucinda, on October 24, 1894. The land was later deeded to the Mount Zion Cemetery Association on October 13, 1973.

Legend has it that Spanish Conquistadors, in the latter half of the 18th century, passed thought this area on their way from the Gulf Coast to Nogalus Prairie and thence to Mission Tejas in Weches, along the Old Spanish Trail. They camped on this hill because of an available spring water supply nearby, thereby establishing a burial site near the center of the Cemetery. These sites help make up approximately 201 unidentified graves in the Cemetery. This old Cemetery is the final resting place for 29 Confederate States of America veterans and two Mexican War veterans.

Efforts to determine the date that the Mount Zion Baptist Church was established here have evaded discovery. The oldest identifiable gravestone is that of Mary L. Hill, daughter of Dr. J. T. and S. J. Hill, with death date of July 4, 1823. Additionally, wording on the stone of Sarah Womack, wife of David Womack, reads “Born January 1 1789; Died December 1858. Mother of 12 children, all raised to be grown. Consistent member of the Church for 40 years.” Subtracting back the 40 years from her death date of 1858 would place a Church at the site in 1818. Sadly, the historic old frame church steadily deteriorated until, in the mid-1970’s, it was demolished. A new pavilion-type structure was built in its place providing a shady peaceful shelter for those seeking the gravesites of their ancestors.

The first list of gravestones was completed in 1978 by Anzo Pyle English, Cindy Morris and Ellen Pyle. A second listing was completed in 1989-90 by Myrth Standley of Helmic, Texas, who developed a system that helped in locating particular graves sites. This work was included in ‘Trinity County, Texas Cemeteries’, published in 1992. In April 2004, Mount Zion Cemetery was updated on April 15, 2004 by the volunteer team of Virginia Buckle Arnold, Chrm., Mary Abshire, Vickie Abshire Kessinger, Meta Witt-Odom and Ellen Pyle.

Updated by Trinity County Historical Commission: 13 Mar 2017/skw

*Surname*	*Given Name*	*Birth Date*	*Death Date*	*Other*
????	____ton G.	17-Feb-1948	17-Feb-1948
????	Sara Jane	1842	1887
ALEXANDER	Clifton ‘Pop’	3-Feb-1911	30-Aug-1969
ALEXANDER	Doylene Warren	9-Mar-1910	21-May-1980
ALEXANDER	Lola F.	1928		Dbl stone/Allred
ALEXANDER	Pinky R.	1912	1977
ALEXANDER	Stephen Warren	9-Mar-1910	21-May-1980
ALLEN	Nellie Warren	18-Nov-1902	31-Jan-1990
ALLEN	Suwillia Lovelle (Beasley)	02 Oct 1931	12 Mar 2010
ALLRED	Billy	3-Aug-1914	4-Feb-2000	Wed: 23 May 1936 Dbl stone/Leta
ALLRED	Leta Vee Warren	29-Sep-1920	07 Jan 2011	Dbl stone/Billy
ALLRED	Infant	11-Jan-1938	13-Jan-1938	Infant son/W. H. & Leta Allred
ANTLEY	Glynda K.	30-Dec-1945	28-Nov-2001	Dbl stone/Oral D.
ANTLEY	Oral D.	25-Apr-1944		Dbl stone/Glynda
ARMITAGE	Welburn	18 Oct 1854	18-Nov-1910
ARMSTRONG	Ernest I.	10-Dec-1916	8-Oct-1964	CPL. US Army WWII
ASHWORTH	Lillie Herring	1862	1945	Dbl stone/T. F. Herring
ATKINSON	Aileen	26-Oct-1922	1-Jan-1994	Dbl stone/Howard A.
ATKINSON	Howard A.	12-Nov-1946	29-Jan-1993	Dbl stone/Aileen
WARREN	‘Aunt Of John Warren, Sr.’			John, Sr. gave 10 ac. for cemetery
BAKER	Robert Lee	30-Dec-1934	30-Jun-2003	FHM
BALL	Arthur ‘Sug’
BARRETT	Betty Bennett	19-Oct-1938		Dbl stone/Joe Paul
BARRETT	Grover C.	1890	1955	Dbl stone/Marilla Ann
BARRETT	James R. ‘Jim’	1-Sep-1936	14-Jan-1997	Dbl stone/Mary Jo Ann
BARRETT	Joe Paul	3-Jun-1938	28-Jun-1991	Dbl stone/Betty Bennett
BARRETT	Marilla Ann	26-Apr-1900	19-Jan-1988	Dbl stone/Grover C.
BARRETT	Mary Jo Ann Norsworthy	13-Nov-1940		Dbl stone/James R.
BARRETT	Rayford T.	10-Jul-1923	12 Dec 2009	‘Pappy’
BARRINGTON	Brandy Lee	2-May-1976	2-May-1976	Not found: 2004
BARTON	Andrew			Triple stone w/Isabell & Infant
BARTON	David H.	1897	1970	Dbl stone/Sadie J. Mason
BARTON	Infant	1860	1890	Triple stone w/Andrew & Isabell
BARTON	Isabell Warren			Triple stone w/Andrew & Infant
BARTON	Sadie J.	21-Oct-1901	19-Aug-1990	Dbl stone/David H.
BAUSTERT	Joyce Nash	24-Jan-1931	21-Oct-1988
BEASLEY	Bobbie Jones	28-Jul-1936		Dbl stone/E. Burlin
BEASLEY	Buford Sabra L.	6-Jul-1907	2-Apr-1979
BEASLEY	David Anderson			(F.M. Marker)
BEASLEY	Della Womack	1874	12-Apr-1905
BEASLEY	E. Burlin	31-Oct-1926	14-Mar-2001	Dbl stone/Bobbie Jones
BEASLEY	Lemuel	11 Sep 1836	5-Sep-1914	Co. B 31 LA Inf. CSA
BEL	C. W.			Cement marker w/born & died Not found: 2004
BELCHER	Lucille Rivers Barrettett	24-Nov-1925	1-May-1994
BELL	Ester	17-Jul-1917
BELL	J. X.			Not found: 2004
BELL	Joseph W.	18-Feb-1973	8-Dec-1943
BELL	Lucille	1915	1927
BELL	Rachel	6-Jul-1925	14-Jul-1925	Cement marker w/born & died
BELL	Rashal	12-Jul-1925	Sep 1925	Son/ Mr. & Mrs. H. N. Bell
BENNETT	Mabel Alice	1913	1973	Dbl stone/R. O. ‘Skipper’
BENNETT	Richard O.	24-Dec-1912	20-Aug-1993	‘Skipper’ LT. US Navy WWII; Dbl stone/Mabel Alice
BENTON	Clell L., Sr.	7 Apr 1929	22 Jul 2007	NS
BEST	Stephen Douglas	9-Sep-1961	23-Nov-1990	US Navy
BISHOP	Glynn Ellis	17-Oct-1954	15-Oct-1991
BLACKMON	Levi	25 Jul 1872	8-Oct-1949
BLACKMON	Millage F.	15-Jul-1913	14-Aug-1954	PVT US Army
BLACKMON	Mollie ray	25 Jul 1881	4-Sep-1937
BLAIR	Earl Franklin	1935	2005	FHM
BLAIR	Gladys C.	26-Mar-1902	25-Jul-1977	Dbl stone/Thomas
BLAIR	James Franklin	12-Sep-1954	24-Aug-2002	‘Jake’ke’
BLAIR	Pauline Ruth	15-Jan-1915	17-Nov-1915	Age 11 mon. Dau/Leonard & Ruth
BLAIR	Ruth Alice	20-Apr-1937	10-Jan-1942
BLAIR	Thomas Samuel	20 Aug 1897	26-May-1980	Age 82; Dbl stone/Gladys C.
BLAIR	Tommy Glen	9-Jun-1972	25-Jul-2000	US Army
BRETT	E. C.	15 Apr 1860	24-Aug-1917	Wife/ F. M. Brett
BRETT	F. M.	18 Jun 1854	18-Aug-1937
BRETT	Ira E.	23-Aug-1901	25-Mar-1914	Son/ F.M. & E. C. Brett
BRETT	J. W.	26 Nov 1898	26-Dec-1919	Son/ F.M. & E. C. Brett
BRETT	Marion M.	14 Jan 1884	19-Jan-1912
BRETT	O. J.	06 Nov 1890	29-Nov-1915	WOW
BRETT	Ruth	27 Aug 1898	4-Feb-1920	Dau/of D. J. & P. R. Jordan
BRISTER	Billy Mac	8-Oct-1946	22-May-1968	SGT BTY C 3 BN 87 ARTY Vietnam PH
BRISTER	Callie Doris	7-Nov-1925	17-Feb-1972
BRISTER	Ronald Glen “Stubby”	18 Dec 1953	01 Sept 2008
BRISTER	Oscar	(18 Jan) 1914	(15 Sep) 1987	PFC US Army WWII
BROCK	Stephanie Nash	15-Dec-1958	18-Sep-1978
BROWN	Patricia R.	1955	1978	Not found: 2004
BRUCE	J. M.	18 Oct 1887	8-Jan-1967
BURCHFIELD	Daniel P.	1843	1921	MISS PVT Co. 15 REGT Cav. CSA Dbl stone w/Vastie
BURCHFIELD	Ella C.	1883	1915	Dbl stone/R. G. ‘Dock’
BURCHFIELD	Henry	1872	1937
BURCHFIELD	R. G. ‘Dock’	1875	1944	Dbl stone/Ella C.
BURCHFIELD	Vastie	18 Oct 1845	12-Nov-1911	Wife/ D. P. Dbl stone w/Daniel P.
BUTLER	Albert	31 Aug 1894	10 Feb 1895	Son/ J. & F. Y. Butler
BUTLER	Annie	19 Nov 1888	2-Feb-1913	Wife/ Edgar
BUTLER	Dewey C.	1922	1982	CPL US Army WWII Dbl stone/Eloise Lee
BUTLER	Earl	9-Oct-1907	18-Oct-1908	Baby/Eli J. & Miriam Butler Dbl stone/Era
BUTLER	Edgar	19 Oct 1884	27-Mar-1948
BUTLER	Edgar	21-Sep-1916	5-Nov-1999	‘Bain’ Dbl stone/Eva Dell
BUTLER	Elnira	24 Jan 1880	20 May 1880	Dau/ J. & F. Y Butler
BUTLER	Eloise Lee	1922		Dbl stone/Dewey C.
BUTLER	Elouise		2006	FHM
BUTLER	Era	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1910	Baby/Eli J. & Miriam Butler Dbl stone/Earl
BUTLER	Eva Dell	14-Mar-1923		Dbl stone/Edgar
BUTLER	George W.	20 Jan 1853	27-Dec-1910
BUTLER	Infant	12-Oct-1915	15-Oct-1915	Son/ Arva & Irene Butler
BUTLER	Infant	15 Oct 1882	25 Oct 1882	Baby of J. & F. Y. Not found: 2004
BUTLER	Infant	15 Oct 1883	20 Oct 1883	Baby/ J. & F. Y. Butler Not found: 2004
BUTLER	Infant	03 Apr 1897	03 Apr 1897	Baby/ G. W. & C. L.
BUTLER	Laura Bell	04 Aug 1891	13-Aug-1949
BUTLER	Lucandia M.	26 Mar 1859	19-Jan-1940
BUTLER	Malissie	15 Jul 1875	10 Feb 1876	Dau/ J. & F.Y. Butler Not found: 2004
BUTLER	Mary E.	07 Jan 1883	9-Feb-1913
BUTLER	Tommy Glen	15 Jan 1845	10-Oct-1916	CO E 7 TEXAS CAV CSA
BUTTS	Bettie E.	13 Feb 1881	26-Jul-1917	Dau/ F. M & E. C. Butts
CALHOUN	Lucille	20-Mar-1901	26-Feb-1982
CAMPBELL	Roy C.	13-Mar-1905	9-Jun-1981
CARLTON	Aileen	1904	1993	Dbl stone/Willis
CARLTON	Baby	21-Nov-1909	29-Nov-1909
CARLTON	Bernice A.	30-Sep-1924	15-Jan-2003	Dbl stone/Van
CARLTON	Claude	30-Oct-1903	10-Sep-1910
CARLTON	Ethel	1912
CARLTON	Fannie	09 Feb 1887	4-Aug-1969
CARLTON	Hazel	9-May-1936	25-Aug-2000	‘Sweet’;Dbl stone/Billy
CARLTON	Hobby	30-Jul-1918	25-Jul-1980
CARLTON	Jack K.	31-Dec-1912	25-Sep-1975
CARLTON	Jessie	12 Nov 1881	18-Jun-1968
CARLTON	Margaret	23 Feb 1832	31-Aug-1910
CARLTON	Marjorie	29-Jan-1916	24-Jun-1997
CARLTON	Melvin	27 Feb 1870	17-Jan-1935	WOW; Not found: 2004
CARLTON	Ralph	1910	1965
CARLTON	Robert	28-Jan-1946	8-Oct-1981	’Bob’
CARLTON	Urbin		14 Feb 1874	PVT 26 TX Cav CSA Not found: 2004
CARLTON	V. W.	9-May-1934		‘Billy’Wed: 01 Aug 1994 Dbl stone/Hazel
CARLTON	Van	4-Feb-1922		Wed: 15 Nov 1947 Dbl stone/Bernice
CARLTON	Wiley Ethel	4-May-1918	28-Nov-2001
CARLTON	William Henry	11 Dec 1868	10-Jul-1947	Not found: 2004
CARLTON	Willis	1906	1962	Dbl stone/Aileen
CARLTON	Woodson	3-Dec-1911	11-Oct-1984	‘Woody’
CARRIKER	Sharon Ann Davis		22-May-2006
CELMORE	R., Judge	02 Apr 1886	26-Apr-1954	Not found: 2004
CHANCY	Samantha	20 Oct 1840	22-Feb-1901	Not found: 2004
CHAPMAN	Fannie Franklin	1829	1870	Dbl stone/John S.
CHAPMAN	John S.	1824	1870	PVT Co. AH Brig. TX State TRPS CSA; Dbl stone/Fannie
CHRISLEY	Adell Hollis	9-Dec-1908	26-Aug-1982	Married 1940; Dbl stone/Arthur Deney
CHRISLEY	Arthur Deney	16-Feb-1913	3-Dec-1990	Dbl stone/Adell
CHRISLEY	Odell Hollis	9-Dec-1908	26-Aug-1982
CLEGG	Huston	26-Aug-1909	24-Nov-1988	Not found: 2004
CLEGG	Myrtie Riley	17-Mar-1901	24-Jan-1991	Not found: 2004
COLLINS	Missouri A.	05 Aug 1871	14-Dec-1957	Not found: 2004
COLLINS	W. E.	19 Dec 1859	9-Sep-1909	Not found: 2004
COLLINS	Zerome P.	13 Nov 1896	5-Jan-1918	Not found: 2004
CONNER	Allen Wayne	11 Oct 1917	13 Jun 1920
CONNER	Infant			Infant/ Claburn & Willie Fox Conner
CONNER	Robert Lee	2 Jun 1881	25 Jun 1923
COURTNEY	Jenny	03 Feb 1883	8-Mar-1970
COURTNEY	Joseph Patrick	26 Jan 1877	25-Sep-1954
CREWS	Dezzie DuBose	23-Aug-1905	27-May-1997	Married Oct 9, 1940; Dbl stone/Sam
CREWS	Sam Wells	19-May-1902	9-Jun-1978	Mason; Dbl stone/ Dezzie
CUMMINS			30-Sep-2005
CUMMINS	Billie Joyce	16-Dec-1926	23-Sep-2006	‘Rogers’; Dbl stone/ Dennis G.
CUMMINS	Clara	26 Oct 1899	4-Jul-1972	Dbl stone/Zack
CUMMINS	Dennis Garland	5-May-1924	19-Jul-1991	AMM 2C WWII; Dbl stone/Billy Joyce
CUMMINS	Doyle M.	8-Jul-1920
CUMMINS	Doyle M.	8-Jul-1920
CUMMINS	Elcie	26-Jul-1919	5-Aug-1919	Dbl stone/Ercel
CUMMINS	Ercel	26-Jul-1919	27-Jul-1919	Dbl stone/Elcie
CUMMINS	Lela D.	1904	1918
CUMMINS	Linda Rex	27-Feb-1925	16-Mar-2005	Dbl stone/Ruby Swor
CUMMINS	Lori Ann	2-Mar-1962	28-Jan-2003
CUMMINS	Mildred S.	23-Feb-1923	3-Jun-1964
CUMMINS	Mildred S.
CUMMINS	Robert E.	1901	1954
CUMMINS	Ruby Swor	24-Mar-1928	13-Nov-2003	Dbl stone/Linda Rex
CUMMINS	Vada Bell	1904	1963
CUMMINS	Z. D.	1878	1915
CUMMINS	Zack	11 Nov 1898	1-Jun-1994	Dbl stone/Clara
DANFORD	Charley	1877	1942	Not found: 2004
DAVIS	Ara Young	12-Oct-1916	18-Sep-1975
DAVIS	Burnis Donald	10-Jan-1916	16-Jan-1974	TEX PFC US Army WWII
DAVIS	Calvin H.	28-Mar-1909	8-Mar-1999
DAVIS	James H.	1934	1947
DAVIS	Lucy Ella	1887	1905
DAVIS	Paul E.	1939	1995	Cement Marker
DAVIS	Paula Upton	18-Apr-1958	24-Feb-1982
DEAN	Johnnie Blair		04-Dec-2004
DEATON	Adda Chapman	18 Mar 1854	06 Aug 1874	Wife/ F. M. Deaton
DOBOS	Opal Lorraine Pyle	27-May-1922	23-Mar-1990
DU BOSE	Alta Irene	12-Feb-1913	17-Sep-1920
DU BOSE	Arcadia	16 Aug 1874	21-Feb-1911	Dbl stone/Thomas J.
DU BOSE	Bobbye L.	1920	1986	Dbl stone/Milford
DU BOSE	Bonnie Zelmer	1903	1904
DU BOSE	Clara Elizabeth	23 May 1893	20-Nov-1982	Dbl stone/Chester
DU BOSE	Dothel Marie	30-May-1919	30-Jul-1924
DU BOSE	Infant	17-Apr-1912	17-Apr-1912	Son/ Mr. & Mrs. W. C. DuBose
DU BOSE	Joe D.	6-Oct-1923
DU BOSE	Lula Pearl	29 Dec 1893	13-Jan-1974	Eastern Star Dbl stone/William C.
DU BOSE	Milford T.	17-Feb-1911	23-Aug-1970	TEC5 482 AAA AW BN CAC WWII PH Dbl stone/ Bobbye
DU BOSE	Robert Chester	09 Jun 1894	17-Jun-1969	Dbl stone/Clara
DU BOSE	Thomas J.	22 Oct 1852	12-Feb-1933	Dbl stone/Arcadia
DU BOSE	William C.	30 May 1889	23-Sep-1970	‘Shug’ Dbl stone/Lula Pearl
DUBOSE	Joseph E.	21-Mar-1907	17-May-1999	‘Buddy’; Dbl stone/Osa Lovett
DUBOSE	Osa Lovett	15-Aug-1908	29-Dec-2002	Dbl stone/Joseph E.
DUE	Oma B.	19 Sep 1896	20-Jan-1981	Dbl stone/Thomas J.
DUE	Thomas J.	01 Sep 1886	20-Apr-1974	Dbl stone/Oma B.
DUREN	Lillie	22 Feb 1898	31-Dec-1983
DURHAM	Ezell Hollis	23-Sep-1931	9-Feb-1995	Double sotne w/Joe E.
DURHAM	Joe E.	24-Sep-1917	28-May-1996	Dbl stone/Ezell Hollis
E???	B. R.			Stone w/only B.R.E., center right of cemetery
EAVES	Cara W.	1887	1986	Dbl stone/Henry H.
EAVES	Fred	27 Oct 1901	2-Nov-1901	Son/ Willie & Penola Eaves
EAVES	Henry H.	1881	1962	Dbl stone/Cara W.
EAVES	Penola	1879	1948
EAVES	S. W.	07 Apr 1878	4-Dec-1913	Broken Stone
EDDINGTON	Minnie Carolyn	26-Oct-1940	12-Jun-1945
EDDINGTON	R. Bessie Warren	13-Sep-1906	26-Aug-1985	Wed 1930; Children James O. Minnie, Wincie Dbl stone/Winston
EDDINGTON	Vernon Ray	4-Aug-1944	7-Aug-1944
EDDINGTON	Winston	1-Nov-1904	Oct 25 1991	Married 1930 Dbl stone/Bessie
ELMORE	Bobbie L.	22-Apr-1917	22-Dec-1967
ELMORE	John S.	28 May 1863	14-May-1935
ELMORE	Judge R.	02 Apr 1886	27-Apr-1954
FAGLIE	Ary	09 Apr 1868	5-Jan-1911	Dbl stone/John
FAGLIE	B. R.	15 May 1866	12-Mar-1911	WOW
FAGLIE	John	29 Nov 1800	01 Jan 1877
FAGLIE	John	28 May 1863	14-May-1935	Dbl stone/Ary
FAGLIE	Mary	05 Jun 1802	22 Jan 1868
FAGLIE	Thomas E.	1931	1919	PVT Co. E 7 REGT TX Cav. CSA
FAILES	Anna	25 Jan 1819	05 Jul 1884
FAILES	Ben	19 May 1849	29-Jan-1918
FAILES	Elizabeth ‘Betty’	14 Oct 1865
FAILES	Rosie	1900
FAILES	Winnie Ann	13-Nov-1903
FELCROFF	Arthur Charles	13-May-1941	6-Jun-1997
FINLEY	Sandy Gayle	14-Jul-1981
FOREST	Lucy Jane	26 Mar 1850	2-Oct-1917
FORSYTHE	Rachel Richardson	12 Nov 1852	21 May 1883
FORSYTHE	William Earl	1844	19 Feb 1879	COM I TX REGT CSA
FOSTER	Alford Ledell	8-Sep-1911	18-Mar-1985	Dbl stone/Marguerite
FOSTER	Marguerite Hollis	10-Jan-1915	22-Nov-2000	Dbl stone/Alford Ledell
FOX	Fred Little Fred	7-Mar-1915	15-Feb-1918	Son/ Ags A Fox
FOX	H. G.
FOX	Joe
FRANCIS	Mary Elizabeth	May 1852	Oct 1918
FRY	Harvey	23-May-1918	19-Feb-2001	Dbl stone/Loni Mae
FRY	Loni Mae Pillows	24-Mar-1929		Dbl stone/Harvey
FULLER	Jack J.	Aug 1924	26-Aug-1990	Son/ Jim & Grace Fuller CP/US Army AC WWII Dbl stone/Jean
FULLER	Jean	25-Sep-1922		Dbl stone/Jack

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