Coontown Cemetery

Fannin County, Cemeteries of TX

(Also known as Coonrod and Caney Creek Cemetery)

Submitted by Susan Hawkins hawkins@texoma.net

Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

 

For questions concerning Fannin County, contact Susan Hawkins CC Fannin County.

Coontown Cemetery is nicknamed after the Coonrod family who settled the vicinity. It started as their family cemetery. There was the Coonrod School on the grounds. A blacksmith shop and a gin were built in the area in the 1850’s. The Caney Methodist Church was organized in 1854 stood by the Coonrod Cemetery. The cemetery is on the banks of Caney Creek near CR 4020 southeast of Savoy.

The Caney Creek Primitive Baptist Church stood nearby and was organized in the late 1840’s. The area was a favorite hunting ground for game. Today the cemetery is in restoration though it has been reported that it was half eroded and washed away before the 1950’s. Records are being assembled to reconstruct the census of the cemetery. If you have family buried there please contact Fannin County CC.

Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments

Wern?

-

-

1887

All that is visible

Bettus

Martha F. (Frances)

May 23 1850

Sep 23 1872

B: Sumner Co., TN W/o William  M: Jan 19 1870

Blythe

W.H.

1841

1897

-

Caldwell

C.M.

1862

1871

-

Carter

W.

1874

1897

S/o J.W. & S.

Christian

W.P.

Ca 1820

Ca 1878/9

D: Fannin Co., TX

Coonrod

E.A.

1861

1866

-

Coonrod

H.H.

1831

1862

-

Coonrod

S.E. (Sarah Elizabeth)

Feb 20 1839

Sep 22 1869

W/o Thomas J.

Coonrod

Thomas J.

1841

Jun –- 1869

H/o Sarah

Deatherage

Hannah H. (Lackey Campbell)

Dec 15 1819

Jul 14 1909

W/o John E.

Deatherage

John English

Sep 28 1817

Aug 14 1871

-

Deatherage

John Gabriel

Sep 26 1855

May 14 1908

-

Deatherage

John Lee

Aug 19 1862

Jun 30 1880

S/o L.O. & M.J.

Deatherage

Julia

May 14 1846

Feb 06 1864

-

Deatherage

Robert A.

1842

1866

-

Dooley

Wm. T.

 

Early 1870’s

Unmarked Graves Died in Epidemic 7 Brothers in all

Dorsey

G.H.

Jan 20 1823

Nov 27 1874

-

Dorsey

Mary

1819

1890

-

Dorsey

T.P.

Feb 18 1861

Jun 25 1882?

S/o G.H. & Mary Dorsey

Fowler

Mahulda (Gunter)

1831

1876

W/o John

Fowler

Sarah

Jun –- 1851

1877

-

Gibson

Randolph

Dec 25 1808

Jul 13 1886

-

Gunter

Elizabeth

1803

1875

W/o George

Haggard

W.H.G.

Sep 23 1823

Nov 10 1886

-

Hodges

Alfred Tyler

Feb 07 1842

Jul 29 1861

B: Sumner Co., TN S/o F.H. & E.

Hodges

Elmarene E.

-

Mar 27 1864

Age:? yrs 7 mos 25 days W/o F. Hodges

Hodges

Fleming H.

Apr 17 1817

Apr 02 1888

B: Fountainhead, Sumner Co., TN H/o Emerine  M: Mar 07 1841

Hodges

Hattie Omega

Dec 14 1887

Sep 17 1888

D/o George Washington Hodges & Harriet Brazier Dyer Hodges

Hodges

Margaret Jane (Gearhart)(Gayheart?)

1846

1883

W/o W.H.

Hodges

William Henry

May 27 1844

Jan 04 1886

B: Sumner Co., TN D: Ravenna, TX

Horne

Elizabeth (McCoy)

1794

1869

Consort/o Rev. William Horne

Horne

F.E. (Finius E.)

1850

1890

-

Horne

P.H. (Perthenia McPherson)

Sep 09 1838

--- 10 1892

-

Horne

Robert Barton

Feb 17 1872

188?

S/o F.E. & P.H. Horne

Horsley

Mary Ann

-

Jan 22 1888

Mother/o Elizabeth Ellen Horsley Dyer Hodges

Hundley

James H. & Sarah

1851

1902

Moved to Carson Cemetery Many Years Ago

Hunt

James M.

Dec 19 1806

Oct 11 1865

B: KY H/o Hannah Thought to be buried here.

Hunt

Hannah

Dec 30 1807

Apr 01 1886

B: SC W/o James M. Thought to be buried here.

Hutchins

Lewis

Aug 25 1838

Feb 06 1917

-

Hutchins

Mary

1872

1874

D/o Lewis & Phoebe

Hutchins

Phoebe

Feb 15 1840

Feb 25 1921

W/o Lewis

Kirkpatrick

Samuel

-

1870

Killed in Savoy by lighteningH/o Mary Taylor Kirkpatrick

Lowe or Lowery

Amos

Mar –- 1812?

Nov –- 1871

-

Mahurin

Eliza

May 13 1814

Aug 08 1893

-

Mahurin

Priddy

Mar 19 1808

Jan 29 1856

-

Marlow

Margaret

-

Nov 04 1901

Age: 94 yrs

Marlow

Reubin

Nov 25 1808

May 04 1883

-

Melugin

Aquilla C.

Sep 10 1849

Dec 27 1899

-

Melugin

Samanthe E. Mahurin

Apr 28 1852

Apr 26 1894

W/o A.C.

Mullins

George W.

-

-

Age: 40 yrs

Mullins

Mary Adelyn Ray

1848

1875

W/o GeorgeD/o J.W. Ray

Ray

E.A.

Apr 23 1840

Aug 17 1915

W/o J.W. Ray

Ray

James Alice

Sep 12 1873

Oct 04 1874

-

Ray

Rev. James Wilson

Feb 24 1821

Aft 1884

-

O’Daniel

Maggie

1858

1901

-

O’Daniel

Sallie

Oct 21 1848

Oct 12 1905

W/o Sam’l

O’Daniel

Samuel

-

-

-

Ray

Elizabeth Ann

1840

1915

-

Ray

James Wilson

Feb 24 1821

Oct 23 1896

-

Roberts

J.J.

Sep 25 1814

Sep 07 1883

-

Short

S.P.

-

-

-

Short

R.E. Mahurin

-

-

W/o S.P. Short

Short

Simon W.

1862

1863

-

Stevens

Sintha A.

Mar 05 1853

Oct 30 1887

W/o J.B. Stevens

Stobough

Georgia Etta

May 18 1855

Jan 12 1870

W/o W.T.

Stobough

W.T.

1855

1876

-

Taylor

Joseph

-

-

Father In Law to Samuel Kirkpatrick

Thomson

W.E.

-

1879

W/o F.A.

Waldrum

Wiley Green

Dec 27 1833

Jan 27 1891

-

Waldrum

Highly Ann Massegee

Jan 19 1833

Jun 22 1872

-

Waldrum

William

-

-

Father/o Wiley Thought to buried here

Watwood

Elmerine Ethel

Aug 02 1825

Mar 27 1864

B: TN

White

Cynthia A.

-

Jan 08 1885

Age: 42 yrs W/o G.W. White

White

J.R.

Aug –- 1866

Apr 14 1894

-

White

Ransom

-

Dec 01 1882

Age: 78 yrs

Wrenn

Jesse S.

Jan 05 1819

Ca 1880

-

Wrenn

Patsy A. Mahurin Short

1834

Ca 1884

D/o Priddy & Eliza Mahurin