Location: Abston Cemetery is 8.5 miles south of Farmersville,
Texas on Hwy 78 at Lavon, Texas. The cemetery is on the west side
of the road at Mallard Park.
Abston Cemetery. John Abston (1761-1856), a soldier in the American Revolution, was a native of Virginia. In the 1830's Abston and his family moved to Missouri. In 1853 he moved to Collin County, Texas, with the family of his son Jesse. Following Jesse's death that year, the family moved farther South in the county. John Abston and Jesse Abston's widow, Sarah, purchased land in this area in 1854. A small plot of land was set aside as a family burial ground. John Abston's burial here in 1856 was the first in the cemetery. There are thirty-seven marked graves, including those of several generations of the Abston and related families. All but one of the stones bear 19th century death dates. According to family tradition, Sarah Abston at one time gave a small house and a parcel of land to a former slave, Elias Bellew, with the agreement that he would maintain the cemetery. As a result, the graveyard has also been referred to as the Old Bellew Cemetery. Descendants of those interred in this cemetery still reside in Collin County. The graveyard stands as a reminder of the area's heritage. (1988)
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Transcription & Marker photos by Elaine Nall Bay & Patricia Nall
Surveyed December 11, 2005
West section
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Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
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1757 |
1856 |
Revolutionary soldier "Erected by Richard Royal Chapter D.A.R." |
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---- |
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Oct 12 1879 |
Wife of J.H. Abstson Aged 72 yrs |
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Aug 29 1832 |
Feb 19 1872 |
Wife of J. Atkinson |
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July 2 1810 |
Oct 4 1871 |
Wife of Z.C. Belew |
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May 7 1899 |
Mar 6 1880 |
(Dates are as inscribed on stone) |
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Sept 27 1937 |
Aug 7 1998 |
The family of Roland Weldon Boyd |
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May 17 1915 |
Mar 2 2000 |
The family of Roland Weldon Boyd |
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Sept 10 1908 |
Dec 2 1990 |
The family of Roland Weldon Boyd |
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Apr 25 1881 |
Aug 7 1889 |
Bumpass family plot |
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Oct 24 1873 |
Oct 6 1946 |
Bumpass family plot |
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Feb 10 1843 |
Mar 9 1893 |
Bumpass family plot |
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Dec 30 1848 |
July 28 1881 |
Bumpass family plot Born in Person Co., NC wife of ---- Bumpass |
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???? |
Hand carved stone |
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Feb 29 1860 |
Sept 12 1863 |
d/o J. & M.J. Cox |
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1874 |
Hand carved stone |
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Feb 3 1871 |
Feb 11 1874 |
s/o J. & M.J. Cox |
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1832 |
Oct 12 1866 |
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1785 |
Apr 7 1870 |
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Feb 27 1809 |
July 29 1871 |
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H.T.W. |
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Footstone lying in pile of broken stones |
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Apr 6 1880 |
Aug 12 1880 |
s/o T.J. & P.I. Hall |
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Nov 25 1876 |
Oct ??, ???? |
d/o T.J. & P.I. Hall |
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Aug 2 1842 |
June 22 1901 |
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1858 |
1858 |
- | |
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Mar 6 1860 |
Sept 13 1862 |
d/o W.J. & R.B. Howard |
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J.J.W. |
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Footstone lying in pile of broken stones |
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Feb 22 1853 |
July 1, 1876 |
Bumpass family plot |
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July 5 1927 |
Apr 4 2001 |
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May 25 1926 |
Oct 17 2001 |
- | |
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Jan 26 1881 |
Aged 44 yr, 8 mo, 4 d |
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Apr 26 1827 |
June 10 1898 |
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Jan 30 1799 |
??? 6, 1877 |
Age 77, 6 d |
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Feb 2 1860 |
July 14 1860 |
- | |
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Oct 14 1875 |
Mar 4 1883 |
s/o J.L. & M.E. Stimson |
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June 1 1872 |
July 4 1874 |
d/o J.L. & M.E. Stimson |
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July 16 1861 |
July 1? 1877 |
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June 7 1799 |
Aug 24 187? |
Aged 73 |
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Aug 6 1830 |
Feb 2 1870 |
Wife of D.M. Stimson |
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Sept 20 1863 |
Sept 30 1878 |
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Nov 28 1794 |
Feb 5 1882 |
Aged 87 yrs, 2 mo, 6 d (new stone signed "C.L. Cotner, Ft. Smith, Ark") |
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Apr 29 1800 |
Sept 15 1875 |
Wife of Jacob Stinebaugh Aged 75 yrs, 4 mo, 16 d (new stone signed "C.L. Cotner, Ft. Smith, Ark") |
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Nov 187? |
?? |
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Feb 1842 |
July 25 1876 |
Wife of M.L. Williams |
