Dry Creek Cemetery

DRY CREEK CEMETERY
KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS


Photo of the Dry Creek Cemetery.	Two Zinc Markers at Dry Creek.

TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL MARKER ON SITE

It reads:

"Named for a nearby ravine, this burial ground originally served the community of Turner's Point located on the overland stage road between Shreveport, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas. The settlement was established by Elisha Turner in 1845. In the 1870's the town was moved to a new location (1.5 miles southeast) and re-named Poetry. The earliest marked grave at this site is that of Samuel Key (1840-1871).

Now closed for burials, the cemetery has 279 burial sites bearing names of English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh pioneer settlers of the area."

1980

This Enumeration was enumerated by Rows. The Rows in this cemetery run diagonally NW to SE. This particular enumeration was started in the North East corner, working towards the South West corner.

THE FOLLOWING ENUMERATION WAS DONE 18 APR 2003 & 28 APR 2003
by KATHEY KELLEY HUNT & LINDA FEAGIN HARWELL

Jump to Row 1, Row 5, Row 10, Row 15, Row 20

SURNAME	FIRST NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	INSCRIPTIONS / INFO
ROW 1
				BOIS D'ARK STUMP
				PIPE MARKING GRAVE
ROW 2
WEBB	FAY	19 MAY 1901	18 JUN 1901	C/O BL & AL WEBB ssw/Geneva
WEBB	GENEVA F	9 SEP 1915	7 JUL 1917	C/O BL&AL WEBB
ROW 3
TAYLOR	JAN PETER	28 AUG 1947	17 OCT 2000	"IN MEMORY OF" U S ARMY - VIETNAM
ROW 4
				WOODEN TOMBSTONE
ELLIS	J J	28 FEB 1848	27 APR 1939
ELLIS	HARIET R	24 NOV 1850	11 JUL 1900	W/O JJ ELLIS
STRICKLAND	LUCINDA REBECCA	4 JUL 1876	2 JUN 1878
STRICKLAND	TS, REV	6 JAN 1835	26 JUL 1898
STRICKLAND	CARRIE LUCINDA	1 MAR 1843	27 MAR 1907	W/O REV. T S
WILLIAMS	JESSE T	30 AUG 1894	30 JUL 1914	WOW
WILLIAMS	J B(Jesse Beauregard)	1862	1936	MASON (b: 14 Dec 1862- d: 26 Feb 1936)
WILLIAMS	JULIA F C	1870	1952
ROW 5
HIGHTOWER	EDNA INEZ	3 MAY 1909	28 SEP 1914	D/O CP & ME
				ROCK
				TEMP MARKER UNREADABLE
BALLARD	EMMA C	2 MAR 1867	17 MAR 1890	W/O W S BALLARD D/O J & JE PRICE
PRICE	JENNETIE	19 JAN 1834	26 JAN 1895	W/O JACK PRICE AGED 61 YRS, 7 DYS
ELLIS	INFANT SON	B&D	25 JAN 1882	S/O TJ & ME
ROW 6
				WOODEN STUMP
RUSHING	PEARL		21 AUG 1878	AGED 11 MOS, 11 DYS D/O JA & HO INSIDE OLD FENCE
ELLIS	HARVEY E	18 DEC 1852	25 Jan 1882
ATCHESON	M J	9 JUL 1829	15 MAR 1895	W/O E ATCHESON
ROW 7
WILLIAMSON	OLIN	13 JUL 1891	16 JUL 1892
WILLIAMSON	RACHELE	15 DEC 1862	1 DEC 1896	W/O J W
WILLIAMSON	ELIZA	27 FEB 1868	8 JAN 1900	W/O JW
SIMPSON	BENJAMIN	19 NOV 1886	1 MAR 1887	S/O WHH & CG
SIMPSON	FRANK	1 JAN 1882	3 JUL 1882	S/O WHH & CG
SIMPSON	INF SON	10 JUL 1880	10 JUL 1880	S/O GM & SH
SIMPSON	ORA C	21 MAY 1885	23 AUG 1886	D/O CT & LH
BLASINGAME	DR. HORACE P	1 SEP 1864	6 MAR 1903	H/O ME
STEVENSON	J E	18 MAR 1877	20 NOV 1849	S/O WO & NJ STEVENSON **NOTE- STONE DOES HAVE 1849 AS DEATH YEAR
CUMMING	SUSAN M	12 SEP 1829	9 JUN 1876	MOM
CUMMING	ANDREW, REV	18 NOV 1817	6 OCT 1882
WHITEHEAD	C M	11 AUG 1824	12 MAR 1897
ROW 8
MCDONALD	MALOY	29 NOV 1903	30 MAY 1904	S/O MR & MRS A B MCDONALD
ROW 9
				PIPE MARKING GRAVE
PENRY	S H	17 JUN 1811	9 NOV 1899
PENRY	NARCISSA		14 NOV 1892	AGED 75 YRS, 15 DYSW/O S H PENRY
HARMON	FRANCES A	30 MAY 1820	17 APR 1909	88YRS, 10 MOS, 17 DYS
PERRY	CLARE A	14 SEP 1861	6 FEB 1912	W/O W H PERRY
PERRY	INFANT SON	15 OCT 1883	16 NOV 1883
DAVIS	CHINA A	17 AUG 1879	31 MAR 1881	SSW - ISAAC
DAVIS	ISAAC L	30 JAN 1869	15 SEP 1882	CHILDREN OF CG & CM DAVIS
DAVIS	CAROLINE M	15 NOV 1835	20 AUG 1907
"T M"	(FOOTSTONE	ONLY)		TOMBSTONE MISSING -

MCGRAW	WILLIE	11 JAN 1886		AGE 9 MOS, D/O WILLIAM & FANNIE MCGRAW
BINFORD	JESSE W	26 AUG 1891	13 JUL 1894	S/O JH & E
BINFORD	L V	15 JAN 1890	28 JUL 1890	D/O JHE BINFORD
BINFORD	INFANT SON	14 AUG 1888		S/O JH & E ssw L V
COOK	A V	15 JAN 1842	31 AUG 1910
COOK	J W	16 JAN 1837	29 NOV 1877
BONNER	MARTHA J	16 FEB 1845	29 AUG 1874	HUSBAND, RJ BONNER
TATE	NANCY	5 APR 1823	7 DEC 1893	BORN HINDS CO Miss DIED NEAR POETRY TEXAS
BINFORD	EMMA	29 APRIL 1870	31 DEC 1914	MOTHER
MILLER	DEBORAH O	13 MAY 183)	16 MAR 1890	W/O TM
WHITEHEAD	JANE	29 JAN 1814	27 DEC 1880	W/O B M
NIXON	ARVEL L	21 SEP 1885	10 NOV 1887
SHORT	REBECCA E	23 JUL 1844	6 FEB 1885	W/O C _ SHORT
ROW 10
				TEMP MARKER ILLEGIBLE
				CONCRETE MARKER-ILLEGIBLE
				BOIS D'ARC MARKER
				BOIS D'ARC MARKER
BOSTICK	RICH TOLIVER	29 DEC 1861	20 NOV 1955
BOSTICK	MARIE	1919	1927
BOSTICK	ORAL	NO DATES
LANE	JOSIE C	27 APR 1889	10 JAN 1919
BOSTICK	MARY ELLEN	1864	24 MAY 1933
TERRY	EDNER E	4 DEC 1886	ILLEGIBLE	D/O EW & LC TERRY
WOODS	MARY E	28 DEC 1854	7 DEC 1924	Ssw C J
WOODS	CHARLES J	17 SEP 1849	8 SEP 1916
WOODS	JESSIE KATE	5 DEC 1889	27 FEB 1890	D/O CJ & ME
WOODS	FANNIE E G	31 MAY 1880	8 JUN 1885	D/O CJ & ME
COOK	VICY	28 SEP 1873	19 JUL 1898	W/O WS COOK
SIMMONS	MARK L	29 AUG 1879	9 JUL 1954
SUMMERS	EDY	16 DEC 1884	5 AUG 1895	S/O C & F SUMMERS
SUMMERS	FLORENCE V	11 MAY 1852	21 JUN 1896	W/O LOUIS
SIMMONS	FANNIE E	22 SEP 1856	29 SEP 1911
SIMMONS	JONATHAN	1 JAN 1831	6 MAR 1914
DANIEL	MOLLIE LEAR	JAN 1882	AUG 1918	**SSW
DANIEL	INFANT SON	1918		**SSW
DANIEL	LUCY ANN	AUG 1910	NOV 1918	**SSW
REESE	CHARLIE D	1888	1961	SSW EMILY
REESE	EMILY ANN	1891	1936
ROW 11
FARMER	W A (William Alexander)	NO DATES		SGT. CO K 31^ST TENN INFANTRY- CSA
				BOIS DARC MARKER
				ROCK
FARMER	PRINCE A(Prince Albert)	1889	1968	*Anderson Clayton TEMP MARKER
ROW 12
SNEED	WYNN	1849	1902	SSW LIZZIE
SNEED	LIZZIE	1870	1936
				BOIS DARC MARKER
				BOIS DARC MARKER
TURNER	THOMAS J	6 NOV 1856	1 SEP 1873	S/O EE & CW
WALKER	LUCY OLEN	1 NOV 1880	6 JAN 1882	D/O HH & IDA
WALKER	IDA	4 MAY 1859	29 AUG 1883	W/O HH
CANTRELL	J N	25 APR 1824	28 FEB 1880
				WOODEN STUMP
FARMER	A A	6 MAY 1884	20 AUG 1900	(Aubrey Authie)
				WOODEN MARKER
				BOIS D'ARC MARKER
PASCHALL	ANDERSON T	20 MAY 1811	29 MAR 1887
PRICE	SARAH E	29 MAR 1858	13 APR 1886	**STONE BROKEN
ROW 13
				PIPE MARKING GRAVE
MCDONALD	LITTLE ROBERT LEE	2 JAN 1899	10 JUL 1899	S/O JH & LELER
RUSSELL	JOHN O	10 NOV 1841	11 JUN 1917	JEB STUART CAMP 45
RUSSELL	MATTIE A	6 FEB 1840	7 JUN 1929	SSW JOHN O
HARDIN	ELIZABETH	25 APR 1819	24 DEC 1904
RUSSELL	JIM R	8 JUN 1871	27 NOV 1901	S/O JO & MA
ALLEN	M E	8 AUG 1848	18 FEB 1880	MASON
ALLEN	MICAJAH A	30 JUN 1880	25 JAN 1883
ROTTER	MARY Nee ZUSPANN	20 NOV 1896	23 AUG 1923	W/O JOHN H ROTTER
RITCHIE	BENNIE H		24 JAN 1897	AGE 1 MO, 15 DYSS/O JL & EL
FRENDIGER	ALFRED	27 JUN 1869	3 APR 1918	WOW
				PIPE MARKING GRAVE
FRENDIGER	ADIE MAY	18 JUN 1878	24 AUG 1898	WIFE
ROGERS	JAMES T	22 JUN 1873	22 DEC 1897
DAVIS	SALLIE E	14 MAY 1866	2 MAR 1893	W/O S A DAVIS
POLE	MARKING	GRAVE
ROGERS	TRAVIS M	B & D	1909	OUR BABY JS & FLOY ROGERS
ROGERS	J S "Shock"	1882	1954
ROGERS	FLOY	1890	1977
ROW 14
ROGERS	HOOD	23 AUG 1868	14 AUG 1879	S/O JM & ME
ROGERS	MARY E	16 FEB 1847	21 JUL 1891
ROGERS	J M	1 MAR 1841	6 JAN 1920	**TWO TOMBSTONES MM Has Joshua Rogers 1 Mar 1841-6 Jun 1920 Co F 14^th TN Cav- CSA
ROGERS	LONA	28 JUL 1843	25 JAN 1920
ROW 15
				BOIS D'ARC STUMP
JULIEN	EDWIN C	4 JAN 1858	16 DEC 1888
KANE	EMILY M	29 JUL 1853	17 OCT 1882	W/O JOSEPH KANE
BIGHAM	ELIZABETH BARBRIA	7 MAY 1867	10 AUG 1893
BIGHAM	EMMA MELICIA	10 OCT 1858	27 NOV 1893
BIGHAM	WILLIAM	9 DEC 1825	6 MAR 1896
RUSSELL	GEORGE W	1844	1908	SSW SINA
RUSSELL	SINA A	1836	1915
WASHBURN	MINNIE R	2 APR 1881	22 DEC 1914
RUSSELL	JOHN D	28 JAN 1870	18 JUL 1887
RUSSELL	INFANT			**No Dates
RUSSELL	M E	12 FEB 1868	4 SEP 1874	S/O GW & SA
RUSSELL	ADA	22 SEP 1879	19 NOV 1879	D/O GW & S A
FRANKLIN	ALLEN J	12 NOV 1873	OCT 1883	SSW ANGEL
FRANKLIN	ANGEL	B & D	29 MAR 1883	C/O JM & ME Franklin
U M T I			1876	*NO OTHER INFO ON STONE
ALLEN	ESSA	17 OCT 1877	16 OCT 1878
TROTMAN	M. FOOTE	23 MAR 1882	18 DEC 1883	S/O WT & LUCY H
TROTMAN	MARY E	19 APR 1821	9 FEB 1879	W/O W T
TROTMAN	W T	19 MAY 1829	17 JUN 1906
TROTMAN	LUCY H	21 SEP 1843	13 JUL 1916	2^ND WIFE OF WT
HALLMARK	GEORGE E	3 FEB 1886	27 DEC 1907	POETRY CAMP 948-WOW
ROW 16
ROBBINS	ASBERRY CURTIS		28 FEB 1919	TX APPRENTICE SEAMAN US NAVY
ERWIN	CHARLES HENRY	9 FEB 1899	31 MAY 1900	S/O SW & ME
ERWIN	ANNIE B	13 DEC 1894	19 JUL 1897	D/O SW & ME
"U P M"				Footstone Marking Grave
				STUMP
MYERS	URMER P	17 JAN 1902	18 APR 1902	S/O LOU & BD ssw Lou
MYERS	LOU	9 JAN 1872	8 MAR 1902	W/O B D MYERS
GODFREY	WILLIAM E	27 JUL 1869	15 FEB 1887	S/O EW & F GODFREY
MOORE	ALAN	13 NOV 1820	2 JAN 1893
MOORE	ELISABETH	16 MAR 1836	23 NOV 1909	W/O ALLEN MOORE
MEREDITH	ELIZABETH	15 APR 1810	4 SEP 1889	W/O JOHN
KEY	ARLANDO	21 FEB 1878	11 SEP 1879
KEY	SAMUEL	9 JUL 1840	16 MAY 1871	WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, MORE C - 30 YRS, 10 MOS, 7 DYS
UNREADABLE	CORA			**STONE BADLY BROKEN
ROW 17
PETERS	GEORGE V	25 MAR 1846	3 MAR 1872
PETERS	MINERVA MRS	1867	1924	P
PETERS	JOHN B	29 JUL 1900	16 SEP 1910	SON OF JM & EM
CARTER	JAMES TURNER	12 FEB 1897	4 SEP 1898	S/O WA & MINTIE
PARKS	MARTHA		31 DEC 1879	AGED 88 YRS, 11 DYS
ROW 18
WILLIAMS	BENJAMIN HARVEY	8 MAR 1900	9 JAN 1901
WILLIAMS	WALTER W	7 FEB 1886	10 MAY 1889	S/O BH & LP
MILLER	___MA N (BROKEN)	29 DEC 1859	25 MAY 1881	WIFE OF JOHN O (First Name possibly ALMA)
MILLER	JOHN O
RUSSELL	CORNELIA V	22 APR 1867	30 MAR 1872	D/O TA & E
RUSSELL	ELMIRA	1 MAR 1826	16 MAR 1890	AGED 64 YRS, 15 DA
				PIPE MARKING GRAVE
RUSSELL	T A	21 MAY 1822	19 MAY 1904
EDWARDS	ARTHUR	5 MAR 1889	15 JAN 1890	S/O PJ & JE
EDWARDS	REBECCA	22 MAY 1817	5 JUN 1903	W/O W A EDWARDS
EDWARDS	J E	25 NOV 1855	18 FEB 1893	W/O PJ
NEWTON	MARY ALLEN	10 JUN 1886	20 JUN 1870	D/O CJ & VF
NEWTON	L F	2 SEP 1887	10 DEC 1887
ROW 19
				STONE ILLEGIBLE
STEWART	ROBERT F	1844	1929
STEWART	EMMA	1839	1899
STEWART	LAURA	22 FEB 1877	21 NOV 1881	C/O RF & E
STEWART	STELLA	21 FEB 1871	2 MAY 1872
COFFMAN	KATIE	18 FEB 1892	16 OCT 1894	D/O LD & ME
RUTLEDGE	VIRGIL STEWART	19 MAR 1894	14 AUG 1895	S/O SC & SE RUTLEDGE
SOUTHALL	PEGGIE	23 OCT 1841	6 MAR 1903	W/O HH SOUTHALL
SOUTHALL	H H	28 NOV 1830	11 JAN 1908
ROW 20
STEWART	SOPHIE R	26 SEP 1882	25 OCT 1886	D/O ET & ER
STEWART	THOMAS H	31 MAY 1873	11 SEP 1873	S/O ET & ER
STEWART	EUDORA E	1 NOV 1874	30 APR 1877
ROW 21
FLOWERS	MARY HORN	1829	1900
FLOWERS	INFANT SON	NO DATES		S/O MR & MRS WE FLOWERS
FLOWERS	CORA JANE	1859	1900
FLOWERS	BENJAMIN ENOCH	1 JUN 1854	4 JUN 1924
FLOWERS	MICHAEL R	1852	1927
STEWART	ELISHA T	1846	1929	Ssw Elizabeth
STEWART	ELIZABETH R	1850	1932
BRYAN	SOPHIA E	1826	1900	MONUMENT ERECTED BY HENRY F & MARY M RENSHAW
REESE	THOMAS A	23 APR 1883	13 DEC 1885
REESE	FANNIE M	21 MAY 1863	4 OCT 1899
ROW 22
DOW	NANCY E	14 MAR 1880	30 JAN 1881	D/O EL & AM
SHOWERS	GRACIE E	16 JAN 1876	25 NOV 1885	D/O JOHN & NA
DOW	E L	7 APR 1855	14 FEB 1904	(Elias Lorenzo)
JORDAN	JOHNNY JOE	29 AUG 1885	10 SEP 1885
ROW 23
				BOIS D'ARC STUMP
WHITE	BEN F	1873	1938	**SSW Fannie & Ruby
WHITE	FANNIE L	1884	1911	**SSW
WHITE	RUBY L	1901	1901	**SSW
				TEMP MARKER- ILLEGIBLE

THE FOLOWING TOMBSTONES WERE ENUMERATED IN 1969,
BUT WERE NOT FOUND IN 2003

FARMER	SUG----	1912	1915
ROPER	EMILY B	31 OCT 1865	7 MAR 1894	W/O J D ROPER
WOFFORD	SIDNEY D	10 OCT 1893	7 JUL 1894
MCGRAW	TONI	27 DEC 1885		AGE 2 YRS, 4 MOS, 27 DYS
FARMER	J B	1903	1903	**SSW Mamie & Troy
FARMER	MAMIE	1911	1911	**SSW
FARMER	TROY	1914	1914	** SSW
MYERS	EARNEST E	17 JAN 1902	25 APR 1902	S/O LOU & BD

PREVIOUSLY ENUMERATED:
1969 - Exa Thomas
1993 - Hulon M. Miller, Harold O'Neal and Albert Howie, Jr.

**NOTE: This is a transcription of the information inscribed on Tombstones. It does not include any information other than that.
Information in BRACKETS ( ) is not on stones, but is taken from data files, death records, etc.

Buried in Unmarked Grave near the other PETERS plots:

James Elgien Peters
born June 19, 1850
died April 10, 1877

Info provided by descendant Dave Dunmar

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