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Counts Cemetery
Content, Runnels Co., Cemeteries of TX
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Historical Marker Cotton Production in Runnels County
Location: From Winters take FM 1770 east 12 miles then go north
on FM 382 about 3 miles then go west .25 miles on county road.
History: Earliest known interment was that
of a child, Mary Louisa Hale, on November 30, 1880. In January,
1884, Andy and Christian Fannin sold 4 acres to M.C. Bright, J.M.
Carter, R.F. Counts, John A. Chambers, J.M. Givens, D.W. and William
Hale, Alf A. Hanscomb, J.T. Hardegree, P. Hawkins, F.B. Massengale,
Jesse Rogers, and C.C. Simmons as a public cemetery for the rural
community of "Content". The plot was named for R.F.
Counts, who bought the surrounding property in 1889. An additional
4 acres were donated by Sidney Bright in the 1930's. An unknown
number of confederate veterans of the Civil War are buried here.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Arnold | Annie Mae | Jun 16 1909 | Apr 14 `981 | - |
| Blalack | Alline | May 30 1927 | Nov 27 1827 | d/o Mr & Mrs J.W. Blalack |
| Blalack | Dona L. | Dec 19 1887 | Dec 21 1965 | |
| Blalack | Houston P. | Aug 27 1920 | Dec 30 1932 | s/o Mr & Mrs J.W. Blalack |
| Borden | J.W. | 1833 | 1926 | - |
| Bright | Charles Henry | Feb 12 1929 | Oct 27 1932 | - |
| Bright | F. M. | Jul 08 1860 | Mar 05 1922 | - |
| Bright | Henry S. | Dec 18 1876 | Dec 10 1967 | h/o Icy A. |
| Bright | Icy A. | Oct 12 1895 | Mar 30 1982 | w/o Henry S. |
| Bright | James W. | 1881 | 1948 | h/o Annie |
| Bright | Annie E. | 1878 | 1964 | w/o James W. |
| Bright | Victor H. | Jun 12 1885 | Oct 12 1962 | - |
| Brown | Infant | 1914 | 1914 | triple marker |
| Brown | Caleb S. | 1880 | 1963 | triple marker |
| Brown | Jennie B | 1884 | 1978 | triple marker |
| Burroughs | Charlie M. | Nov 20 1904 | Nov 12 1919 | - |
| Carleton | Louis Peyton | - | ??? 09 1904 | 4 yrs.1 mo. 13 das |
| Counts | Edna G. | 1842 | Feb 12 1887 | - |
| Counts | R.F.. | Apr 13 1838 | Aug 02 1892 | Masonic |
| Coxe | Shayla Sharee | May 12 1993 | May 28 1993 | - |
| Crauswell | Inithia P. | Jun 10 1862 | Sep 19 1950 | - |
| Curry | Frank M. | Sep 03 1866 | Jul 26 1938 | - |
| Curry | M. Elvie | Feb 04 1893 | Apr 20 1962 | w/o T. Homer |
| Curry | T. Homer | Dec 08 1889 | May 06 1968 | h/o M. Elvie |
| Curry | Lenord S. | May 31 1895 | Nov 24 1910 | - |
| Curry | Mollie E. | Mar 08 1872 | Oct 29 1959 | - |
| Finch | Ada M. | Aug 02 1890 | May 27 1892 | d/o J.R. & T. V. Finch |
| Finch | Willie E. | Sep 17 1882 | Jun 08 1892 | s/o J.R. & T. V. Finch |
| Free | Anita Dell | Mar 06 1930 | Dec 20 1990 | d/o Annie Mae Arnold grd/o Albert & Rhoda Lockett |
| Greenlee | Floy Emily | May 13 1942 | Apr 19 1964 | - |
| Griffin | Carrie Belle | 1891 | 1923 | w/o O.W. Griffin |
| Griffin | Mrs H. | 1840 | 1924 | w/o H. Griffin |
| Griffin | H. | 1840 | 1910 | - |
| Griffin | O.W. | 1877 | 1935 | h/o Carrie |
| Hamon | Earnest | Nov 07 1913 | Jan 13 1985 | WWII |
| Hamon | Evylin L. | Dec 30 1877 | Aug 03 1963 | Auntie |
| Hamon | Freeda | Nov 04 1920 | Nov 09 1938 | - |
| Hamon | J.N. | Mar 24 1839 | Nov 30 1906 | - |
| Hamon | Isaac N. | apr 25 1870 | Apr 26 1929 | - |
| Hamon | Mary O. | My 05 1880 | Mar 17 1976 | w/o James H. |
| Hamon | James H. | apr 05 1873 | Jan 03 1967 | h/o Mary O. |
| Hamon | John Paul"Pete" | May 07 1906 | Jun 26 2001 | - |
| Hamon | Paul | 1872 | 1949 | h/o Cordie |
| Hamon | Cordie | 1871 | 1952 | w/o Paul |
| Hamon | Virginia | Mar 27 1851 | Jun 01 1949 | w/o J.A. |
| Henderson | Gladys | Feb 06 1894 | Apr 27 1901 | d/o E. P. & F. |
| Henderson | W. C. | Mar 18 1826 | Nov 11 1896 | - |
| Ivey | Jesse Charles | May 03 1959 | Mar 22 1991 | - |
| Kolb | Sarah | Dec 12 1916 | Jan 29 1899 | - |
| Lafoon | George W. | 1853 | 1944 | h/o Sallie |
| Lafoon | Sallie Evans | 1862 | 1885 | w/o George W. |
| Lafoon | Gussie I | Apr 24 1889 | Dec 15 1941 | w/o R.E. |
| Lafoon | R. E. | Jan 16 1884 | Mar 06 1964 | h/o Gussie |
| Lafoon | Walter Lee | May 11 1909 | Dec 16 1968 | - |
| Lancaster | Hazel Josephine | Jan 31 1940 | Feb 09 1999 | - |
| Lockett | A. B. | Dec 16 1866 | Jun 06 1926 | - |
| Lockett | Albert Leroy | May 16 1913 | Dec 23 2000 | M: Mar 31 1934 |
| Lockett | Beaulah Beryle | Feb 26 1915 | Apr 14 1997 | w/o Albert Leroy |
| Lockett | Albert L. | Dec 17 1850 | Dec 18 1961 | h/o Rhoda E. |
| Lockett | Rhoda E. | Oct 21 1889 | Nov 29 1970 | w/o Albert L. |
| Lockett | Vivian B. | 1900 | 1981 | w/o Bettis B. |
| Lockett | Bettis B. | 1893 | 1955 | h/o Vivian B. |
| Lockett | Mrs. A. B. | Nov 15 1857 | Mov -2 1926 | - |
| Mavins | J.D. | 1880 | 1929 | |
| Westfall | N. G. | Jan 28 1875 | May 20 190? | s/o F. A. & S.A. |
| Richey | James Earl | Jul 24 1905 | Feb 20 1991 | h/o Janie |
| Richey | Janie Bell | Jun 22 1907 | Oct 22 2002 | w/o James Earl |
| Richey | Jimmie Lee | Feb 26 1934 | Nov 05 1987 | - |
| Smith | J.D. | Aug 6 1860 | Jan 29 1898 | - |
| Spikes | W. R. | May 24 1910 | Nov 27 1993 | h/o Lucille |
| Spikes | Lucille | Oct 07 1917 | Mar 19 1997 | M: Oct 16 1946 |
| Spikes | Witt R. | May 24 1910 | Nov 27 1993 | WWII |
| Stevenson | Toledo W. | one date | Aug 01 1940 | TX Corp 32 Pursuit SQ |
| Taylor | William | Aug 30 1861 | Aug 01 1912 | - |
| Tillery | Ida May | Jan 12 1881 | Mar 09 1892 | d/o W.A. & S. K. |
| Tillery | Mrs. J.T. | Oct 20 1884 | Feb 20 1888 | - |
| Turman | Sallie E. | Jan 23 1851 | Oct 31 1928 | - |
| Turman | T.A. | 1870 | 1958 | - |
| Warnica | John H. | May 05 1878 | Apr 27 1969 | - |
| Warnica | Peter | 1838 | 1928 | h/o Mollie |
| Warnica | Mollie | no dates | - | At Rest |
| Willis | Alonzo A. | Apr 10 1881 | Apr 26 1965 | h/o Mary J. |
| Willis | Mary J. | Oct 17 1900 | - | w/o Alonzo A. |
