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 |