Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Webb Branch Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African American Cemetery Submitted by Cathy Canterbury Background: "Webb Chapel Cemetery (a small corner of a large Negro cemetery, located just west of the Rock Island Railroad, on or near the old Donegan place." (H of FC, Vol I, p. 90) Directions #1: Go north from Kirvin on County Road 1051. Just past the intersection with County Road 1055, it is located on the left side of the road. Directions #2: This is near the community of Kirvin. From Hwy 27, take Hwy 80 and go to Country Road #1449. Turn left on to CR 1449 and go 3.2 miles. This road starts out as Shiloh Rd and then becomes CR 1055. Turn left at the Woodland Cemetery. This road will turn into a dirt road. Follow it around until you reach the Webb Branch Cemetery. Info: There were 17 white crosses made of rebar and no writing on any, 6 metal funeral markers with no writing, 10 headstones that appeared to have no markings, 1 rock that looked like it might have been a grave, 1 stone that was completely broken and 1 stone that was buried. Oldest Marked Grave: Sallie Apr 11 1890 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artry, Frank 01/19/1935 ? TX Pvt 522 Engrs Artry, Mattie ? 08/30/1924 Age: 48 yrs; W/o Willie Banks, Lula 03/16/1902 10/18/1955 Barree, Isaac (Rev) ? ? Age: 63 yrs Barree, Marrie 1870 05/02/1905 Baty, Precilla 02/26/1881 07/25/1960 Blair, Annie Willie 1893 11/10/1955 Bonner, Walter 1891 1967 Bonner, James 1888 1936 Butcher, Charlie 03/16/1896-07/02/1941 Butcher, Dick 09/15/1850-06/26/1940 Butcher, Ella 01/13/1901-07/17/1930 Campbell, Earline 09/08/1911-02/03/1986 (age 64) *EBW* Carter, Elsie Pearl 11/26/1918-09/01/1970 Carter, Herbert 07/13/1890-02/01/1980 Carter, Bessie 1898-08/??/1941 Carter, R.Q. 01/08/??25-? Age: 18 mos Carter, Palee 12/21/1867-02/14/1934 *EBW* Christay, Arigona 06/17/1903-01/18/1990 Christay, Harvey W. 12/23/1900-09/14/1963 TX Pvt Trp M 9 Cav WWI Cooper, Robert C. Jr. 06/10/1924-03/06/1962 TX Pvt WWII *EBW* Cyrus, B.T. 09/03/1929-03/05/1967 Cyrus, Nettie 03/16/1917-12/??/2003 *O* Davis, Johnny 1922-? Dunbar, Alfred (J.D.) 1867- 1945 Dunbar, Eunice M. 1877- 1948 Evans, Lewis 11/16/1886-12/26/1929 Evans, Ollie 03/23/1888-11/29/1985 Foster, Carrie 12/25/1876-03/08/1951 Foster, Jerry 08/07/1908-07/15/1970 Foster, Lee 1871-? Gamble, Willie D. 06/25/1887-06/14/1959 Gardner, Jerry 12/09/1870-04/27/1927 Gardner, Roxie Ann 03/17/1876-05/01/1971 Green, Veola ? - ? This stone was buried inside angle iron fence Griggs, Laura 1907- 1974 Harris, B.H. ?-03/02/1924 Age: 51 yrs Holder, Josse 1884- 1978 *EBW* Kirvin, Mirah Jul 26 1864 May 10 1927 Kirvin, Ben Mar 10 1849 Feb 02 1914 Kirven, Ira 1884 1961 Kirven, Frank Nov 23 1880 Oct 18 1954 Spelled Krven on stone Kirven, Frank Jr Jan 29 1960 Feb 13 1980 S/o M/M Frank Sr Kirvin, Johnson 1919 1987 [Dates in Vol II as 3/19/1919-1/13/1987 ] Kirvin, Ben Dec 26 1881 Apr 15 1965 Kirvin, Ophelia Dec 25 1884 Jan 23 1966 [Recorded in Hist of FC Vol II, missing from her list: Kirvin, Candy and Andy (Twins) 11/14/1978-11/14/1978 Kirvin, Deano Bradley 1/14/1971-7/22/1986] Lura, Harriett 1834 1939 *EBW* McCoy, Bill (Mrs) Feb 08 1868 Jun 11 1926 Age: 58 yrs; H of J 106 McCoy, Peter Jul 01 1860 Oct 19 1933 Age: 73 yrs; Mason Miller, Elizer Mar 10 1873 Jun 03 19?? Mosley, Alice Perkins Mar 26 1910 Nov 16 1951 Nicholson, W.H. (Rev) 1864 1924 Pate, Horace - Apr 27 1924 Age: 39 yrs Pates, Ben Mar 06 1903 Mar 20 1975 - Pates, Jessie Lee May 10 1915 Jun 15 1992 - Payne, Ada Feb 09 1879 Feb 28 1933 - Pearson, Bennie Mae (Mrs) Apr 07 1913 Oct 22 1978 B: Streetman, TX Pendleton, Charlie Aug 04 1872 Jun 09 1901 - Price, William Nov 20 1905 May 06 1912 - Roberson, Harriett Apr 23 1839 Aug 30 1923 - Roberson, Donie Nov 20 1913 May 06 1928 - Spence, ERN-L - Sep 17 ??24 Age: 8 days; Spelled "Spece" on stone Spence, Richard Feb 18 1880 19?? - Spence, Lula - Mar 25 1904 Age: 69 yrs Stephens, O.D. Aug 08 ??16 Sep 28 ??16 - Stephens, ? Jan 27 ??11 Jan 27 ??11 Broken Stone Vernon, George Jul 20 1893 - TX Pvt 24 Inf WWI Wafer, G.W. Jun 25 1877 Mar 25 1958 Deacon & Mason Wafer, Savannah Nov 12 1881 Oct 17 1964 - Webster, Prezella Feb 20 1898 Aug 18 1953 - Willis, Dorthea Feb 11 1928 Mar 03 1961 My beloved wife Womack, Frank Mar 16 1858 Aug 06 1905 Deacon -, Sallie Aug 29 1870 Apr 11 1890 - -, Harritt Lura 1834 1939 Error in dates? *D* = Death Record on this website *O* = Obituary on this website *EBW* = Listing added by Eric Wood ---------------------------------------------------------- KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES: Gould, Roy 1904 to 20 Dec 1930 *D* Brown, Lou Edna 1888 to 28 Jul 1930 *D*