Freestone County, Texas Hopson Burleson Memorial Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by: Jerry Christian. The following information is based on "Resting Places", a compilation work done by Tracie Harris Ezell, a seventh generation descendant of Hopson Burleson. The work was supported by the Woodland Cemetery Association and finished in 1998. Tracie has given her permission for her work to be used to put this information on the Freestone County website. The cemetery is located on FM 833 near the intersection of IH 45 and FM 833. On the south side of FM 833 about 100 yards east of IH 45 stands a small rock house. The cemetery is about 500 yards south of the house. The cemetery was established by Hopson Burleson as a part of a land grant that he received from the Mexican government when he moved to the area in about 1835. The oldest marked grave, 1852, is that of an infant son of A.G. and Zillah Pullin. Zillah Pullin was the youngest daughter of Hopson Burleson. Some of the families that used the cemetery between 1852 and 1927 include Burleson, Coleman, Henderson, Humphrey, Kelley, Mims, Pinkard, Pullin, Rowland, and Spires. Since 1997 the cemetery has been under the auspices of the Woodland Cemetery Association to better provide for care and maintenance. Historical Marker: Hopson Burleson (1806-1882) moved his family from Goliad to this area in 1835 after receiving a land grant from the Mexican government. He immediately set aside two acres of the land for a cemetery. The first marked grave, dated 1872, is that of the infant son of A. G. and Zillah Pullin. Names of families who have used the graveyard include Burleson, Coleman, Henderson, Kelley, Newman, Pullin, Humphrey, Pinkard, Spires, Rowland, and McClelland. Several of Burleson's slaves are buried near his grave. the cemetery is a reminder of the early settlers in this area. Oldest Marked Grave: 1857 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Name First Name Middle Maiden Name Birth Death Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burleson, Amanda 04/11/1848-? w/o Moses [BM] Burleson, Augustus Lawhon 1836-06/21/1921 s/o Joseph & Mary; CSA [BM] Burleson, Columbus Randolph 1846- 1866 CSA [BM] Burleson, Della Lee 1845- 1901 w/o C.R. Burleson, Hopson 01/24/1806-07/04/1882 Mexican War; CSA Burleson, Hopson 07/03/1831-07/11/1881 Burleson, Isaac H. "Ike" [09/28/]1873- 1919 Burleson, James 05/04/1775-01/03/1836 [BM] Burleson, John 1817-? CSA [BM] Burleson, Joseph 03/30/1800-12/24/1877 s/o Aaron; Texas and Mexican War [BM] Burleson, M[oses] W[ilson] 07/11/1845-05/04/1884 Burleson, Mary DeMoss no dates 2nd w/o Hopson Burleson Burleson, Sarah Burleson 08/25/1810-10/??/1857 1st w/o Hopson Burleson Burleson, M. S. Vickers no dates w/o Hopson Burleson, Nancy E. no dates id/o B.C. & Della Coleman, Itepie 1888 d/o John Coleman Coleman, Joseph no dates i/o WW and Nancy Coleman Coleman, Martha no dates i/o WW and Nancy Coleman Coleman, Nancy Burleson no dates d/o Hopson Burleson and w/o WW Coleman Henderson, Betty 09/13/1886-09/20/1886 Henderson, Lucy 12/10/1880-07/09/1889 Humphrey, N A 12/27/1877-05/05/1885 Kelley, Amanda 04/11/1848-06/13/1921 Mims, F A No dates w/o Uncle Gil Mims, Gil No dates Uncle Gil Mims, Manervia 01/10/1889-11/22/1889 Pinkard, Lealeh O. 12/05/1897-02/01/1898 Pinkard, Lillie H. 11/18/1892-01/23/1893 Pinkard, Sallie A. 07/08/1862-08/08/1899 Pullin, Anthony Graham 05/16/1848-04/09/1927 CSA Pullin, Eugenia H. 02/13/1876-08/05/1883 s/o Anthony & Zellah Pullin, Infant daughter 02/13/1876-02/13/1876 Twin of Eugenia Pullin (d/o A.G. & Z.) Pullin, Infant son 12/06/1883-12/06/1883 (s/o A.G. & Z.) Pullin, Johnny B 02/11/1874-11/18/1875 Pullin, Wiley H 08/26/1872-10/19/1872 Pullin, Zillah Dee (Burleson) 12/10/1850-02/21/1919 Pullin, 5 infant of Anthony & Zillah Rowland, Mr & Mrs No dates Spires Ellen Burleson 1849-05/04/1882 d/o Hopson Burleson Todd, Dee Pullin ? - 1883 --------------------------------------- Unmarked Burleson Graves according to Betty Morrow: Burleson, Anna Pearl Coleman no dates Burleson, Iteppie 1886-1887 Burleson, infant of Augustus no dates Burleson, Susan B. 1876-1876 d/o Augustus Burleson, Van Gordon no dates s/o Augustus; WWI Burleson, Benjamin Franklin 12/24/1874-01/23/1923 Burleson, Nellie Rose 12/23/1876-11/11/1944 w/o B.F.