Lawrence Black Cemetery

Lawrence Cemetery #2

Place of Interment of African-American Persons
( Also Known As Lawrence Black Graveyard )

Photo of Lawrence Black Cemetery.

This Enumeration Transcription is from Field Notes of an enumeration done in 1995 by Marie Reasonover

Enumeration was done in ROWS
Rows were recorded from the front gate (which is in the SE corner of the site - northward towards the back of the cemetery : Row 1 was recorded west to east, Row 2 recorded east to west, Row 3 recorded west to east, and so on…..

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SURNAME	FIRST NAME(s)	BIRTH	DEATH	ROW	NOTES
ARNOLD	Leon	29 Mar 1909	3 Oct 1923	6
BELFREY	Tennessee	27 Sep 1893	17 Sep 1943	9	TX Pvt 332nd Labor BN WWI
BELL	Anna Lee	1893	1967	4
BLUE	Annie Amie	8 Nov 1908	16 Dec 1975	18	TEMP MARKER
BLUE	Jim	15 Feb 1889	26 Sep 1961	18	TX Pvt 165th Depot Brig- WWI
BOSLEY	Nathaniel	28 Nov 1897	28 Jan 1899	14	S/o CR & SZ Bosley
BREEDLOVE	Addie Mae	16 May1923	12 Apr 1960	19
BRICK				4	West of MOUND
BRICKS				4	West of EC Footstone
BROWN	Terrell	1886	1960	1
CARPENTER	"Mother"	5 Feb 1886	13 Jan 1940	11
CARPENTER	"Father"	6 Feb 1873	NONE	11
CARR	Randolph C	NONE	2 May 1942	9	TX Pvt 165th Depot Brig WWI
CARROLL	Exaline	10 Jun 1857	30 Dec 1928	5	*Former Slave
CHAPPELL	Isaac	1 Aug 1858	6 Aug 1926	10	*Former Slave
CHAPPELL	Fannie F	17 Nov 1872	8 Apr 1948	10
CHAPPELL	Frederick A	27 Jun 1944	6 Apr 1978	10	TEMP MARKER (Singing Hills-Dallas)
CULPEPPER	Mary	14 Apr 1903	13 Oct 1932	21
CULPEPPER	Infant Son	NONE	1946	21
CULPEPPER	Effie	1904	1978	21
CULPEPPER	Floyd	6 Nov 1902	29 May 1975	21	STM 1 WW II
CURTIS	Ethelyne	19 Jan 1913	20 Jun 1969	18	67 Yrs, 1 Mo. 8 days (Brooks TEMP Marker also there)
DARDEN	J H	11 Apr 1850	14 Sep 1920	20	*Former Slave
DARR	Evelyn	NONE	26 Jun 1911	18
DAVIS	Eliza	5 Aug 1872	11 Jan 1913	21	W/o Will Davis
DEWBERRY	Jeff	4 Jan 1877	7 Mar 1946	21
DOANS	Mary	NONE	18 Jul 1939	22
FOSTER	Albert	10 Jan 1874	14 Aug 1917	6	H/o Sarah Foster
FOSTER	Sarah	21 Apr 1875	24 Dec 1943	6
FOSTER	German	ILLEGIBLE	ILLEGIBLE	6	*Sunk into ground
FOSTER	Monroe	1900	1949	6
FRAZIER	Joe B	25 Jun 1912	28 Mar 1964	6	TX Pvt US Army WWII
FRAZIER	Mack	24 Apr 1875	13 Jan 1918	6	H/o Narcissus Jordan
FRAZIER	Eliza	3 Jan 1886	25 May 1956	7
FRAZIER	Rev. john	12 Aug 1873	14 Aug 1957	7
FRAZIER	Willie	NONE	1 Jul 1947	10
GREEN	Marvin Earl III	27 Jul 1993	29 Jul 1993	23	Grave against back fence
HALDERNESS	Zilla	31 Jan 1897	27 Sep 1978	18	(Name possibly HOLLINESS)
HARDGRAVE	Erel L	14 Oct 1897	31 Oct 1899	18	S/o JH & FA Hardgrave
HEARNE	John	16 Aug 1897	21 Feb 1965	6	TX Pvt US Army WWI
HEARNE	Margaret	NONE	14 May 1927	6
HICKERSON	Sarah	1894	1926	9
HICKERSON	Etta M	21 Sep 1914	19 Jan 1973	9	TEMP MARKER
HORNAGE	Carrie	1920	1969	15
HORNAGE	Robert L	3 Dec 1936	19 Mar 1965	15
HORNAGE	Martha	1889	1960	15
HUGHES	Cecil R	27 Oct 1927	4 Apr 1947	3	TX Pfc USArmy WWII
HURD	Jessie E	1882	1950	21	TEMP MARKER
JACKSON	Oliver	21 Feb 1925	16 Oct 1962	3
JACKSON	G Ellis	20 Mar 1901	31 May 1968	3
JACKSON	J C	20 Feb 1908	10 Mar 1958	4
JACKSON	Rev. Adolph	13 Jan 1905	6 Feb 1976	4	Aged 71 yrs, 0 Mos, 23 days
JACKSON, Jr	Ellis	27 Apr 1936	4 Sep 1972	2
JACOBS	Prince	1870	1941	10
JOHNSON	Matt	1853	1928	14	Age 75 yrs - member of Colored Aide Association *Former Slave
JOHNSON	Henry Lee	7 Feb 1898	14 Mar 1977	19	Temp Marker
JORDAN	Narcissus	18 Nov 1885	20 Nov 1962	6
KING	William Earl	30 Jul 1956	19 Apr 1957	11	9 months
LANGSTON	Robert	1882	1906	18
LANGSTON	Josie	NONE	26 Jul 1944	21
LOYD	Martha	NONE	1941	7
LOYD	Frank	NONE	1951	7
LYONS	WIllie	7 Feb 1914	15 Oct 1967	3	H/o Ruth / father to 3 girls & 7 boys
LYONS III	Willie J	1975	1976	3
MACKLIN	Tom	1887	1965	11
MACKLIN	Josephine	NONE	NONE	11
MACKLIN	Hattie	1876	5 Jan 1950	11
MARTIN	Mamie	May 1868	3 Jan 1930	11
MATHEWS	Anna	6 Apr 1873	5 Jun 1920	22
McDONALD	Hollis	14 Feb 1919	12 Oct 1948	16
McDONALD	Felix	1 Sep 1897	25 Apr 1967	19
MENEFEE	Artie	NONE	28 Aug 1925	11	TX Pvt 151st Depot Brig WWI
MILES	Arlena	NONE	13 Nov 1947	14	TEMP MARKER
MILES	J C	NONE	NONE	14	"Husband" - Home made
MILES	Frankie B	5 Mar 1920	14 May 1969	14
MILLS	Mary R	29 Nov 1900	31 May 1965	19
MORRIS	Mazilia	10 Sep 1896	22 Aug 1927	22
MOUND				4	West of PIPE
MOUND				4	West of Rev. Jackson
NELON	Ida	27 Oct 1898	22 Mar 1978	18	"Mother"
NEROES	J D	25 Mar 1927	23 Jul 1954	3	Baby Brother
NEROES	Ollie S	5 Feb 1885	27 May 1966	3
NEROES, Sr	Ira	15 Aug 1883	9 Oct 1957	3
NESBITT	Gertie	25 Feb 1892	30 Jun 1894	19
NESBITT	Rodger	B & D	17 Aug 1897	19
NESBITT	Walter	15 Aug 1888	31 Feb 1899	19
NICHOLS	Leroy L	1914	13 Mar 1979	10	TEMP (Pinkston-Ft Worth)
OLLISON	Raymond	NONE	21 Dec 1919	20	TX Pvt QM WW I
OSBORNE	Elnora	1883 (1863)	1941	12
OSBORNE	James	1879	1950	14
PHILLIPS	Felix Lenon	NONE	10 Sep 1929	13	TX Pvt 322nd Serv Bn WW I
PORE	Lillie	1903	1978	9	TEMP MARKER
PORTER	Margaret	15 Sep 1872	17 Feb 1923	22	Heroines of Jericho - OESBorn in Alabama
PRESLEY	Sallie	7 Mar 1878	16 Oct 1927	21	OES 310 - Heroines of Jericho No. 9 - Calanthe No. 55Born Alabama
ROBERTSON	Nelson			18	TEMP MARKER (Brooks)
ROSS	Mamie	1906	1969	1
SANDERS	Green L	22 Oct 1887	19 Sep 1964	7	TX Cpl Co D 53rd ENG WWI
SANDERS	G S	1844	1904	11	*Former Slave
SANDERS	Jane	1864	1903	11	*Former Slave
SIMS	Ellen	1895	1969	18
SMITH	Joe	NONE	31 Dec 1931	3	TX Pvt 1CL 513th ENG WWI
SMITH	Rufus M	1 Apr 1907	25 Oct 1908	16	S/o Rufus & Mary Smith
SPENCER	Omia Land	28 Aug 1923	10 Jan 1945	5	TX STMC USNR WWII
SPENCER	Jack "8" Ulin Gennett	25 Nov 1964	2 Mar 1965	5
SPENCER	Annie L	20 Jun 1920	17 Apr 1937	5
STAPLES	Mary	NONE	3 Feb 1920	16	Age 55 yrs
STAPLES	Elisha	22 Jun 1887	2 Dec 1948	16	TX Pvt 831st Serv Bn QMC WWI
TATUM	Mary	14 Dec 1904	8 Jun 1962	10	TEMP MARKER (Lott's)
THOMAS	Henry	15 Jun 1892	6 Jan 1955	13	TX Cook 332nd QM WWI
THOMAS	Azelle	9 Sep 1913	30 Apr 1977	19	Age 63 yrs, 7 mos, 21 days (Brooks Temp Marke)
THOMAS	Dallas W	1885	1972	19	Temp Marker
THOMAS	Charlie	1883	1968	22
THOMPSON	Strarkford	1909	1972	1
--UNK--	Wi____sler	ILLEGIBLE	__Jan____	20	BROKEN MARKER West of J H Darden
VANCE	Roland	1870	5 Aug 1956	17
WALKER	Mary	31 May 1871	1898	20	W/o Green Walker
WHITE	Mary M	1923	1952	14
WILLIAMS	Johnnie Mae	10 Jun 1916	23 Apr 1971	6
WILLIAMS	Martha	14 Apr 1867	14 Jan 1912	6	W/o Issac Williams
WILLIAMS	Elizabeth	1868	1963	13	TEMP MARKER
WILLIAMS	Cross H	NONE	NONE	13	Home made
WILLIAMS	Homer	2 Aug 1909	20 Oct 1973	13	Pvt US Army WW II
WILLIAMS	Arrie Emily	14 Jan 1888	23 Mar 1968	22
YOUNG	William	22 Jun 1918	2 Mar 1967	11	TX Tec4 399 QM Truck WII
YOUNG	Emmery	19 Jan 1897	6 Nov 1965	11	TX Pvt Co C 435th Bn QM WWII
YOUNG	Tessie	19 Feb 1873	6 Jan 1959	11
YOUNG	Cassie	3 Jun 1875	24 Dec 1941	11	Mason
YOUNG	Windsor	26 Dec 1885	7 Jan 1933	22	TX Pvt 412th Labor Bn QMC - WW I
---------------	Willie	2 Sep 1895	10 Sep 1895	19	S/o T & L
" E C "	*FOOTSTONE			4	West of J C Jackson
"Wife"	Tomy	NONE	NONE	21
NONE	John	1872	1958	6	TEMP MARKER Next to John Hearne
____S	___LL	___9_____	_1968	15	Home made - illegible- far west end of row

UNKNOWNS

2 SLABS				13	East of Stick & Felix Phillips
2 STONES				7	East of Frank Loyd
2 STONES				12	Far east end of row
2 STONES				12	West of Elnora Osborne
2 TEMP	ILLEGIBLE			15	East of Martha Hornage
3 CONCRETE TOMBS	NONE	NONE	NONE	10	*2 Child-sized / 1 adult-sized
3 ROCKS				20	West of R Allison
3 SLABS				12	West of Elnora Osborne
3 STONE				12	West of TEMP marker
4 PIPES				12	West of Elnora Osborne
4 SLABS				16	west of Elisha Staples
9 SLABS				22	Far east end of row
CROSS				6	West of Sarah Foster
PIPE				2	Next to Ellis Jackson
PIPE				3	East of ROCK
PIPE				3	East of ROCK
PIPE				4	Next to BELL
PIPE				8	Far East end of row
PIPE				21	Between Langston & Culpepper
PIPE				22	West of STONE & W Young
PLASTIC FLOWERS				13	East of Homer Williams
POT				10	Next to SLAB-far east end
ROCK				2	Next to Pipe
ROCK				3	East of SLAB
SLAB				3	Next to Willie Lyons
SLAB				9	Far west end of row
SLAB				10	Far east end of row
SLAB				10	West of CONCRETE TOMBS
SLAB				17	East of Roland Vance
SLAB				20	West of R Allison
SLAB				21	On far west end of row
SLAB				21	East of Presley
STICK				9	East of Carr
STICK				9	East of Belfrey
STICK				13	East of Felix Phillips
STICK				16	Far east end of row
STONE				4	West of BRICK
STONE				5	Far west end of row
STONE				5	East of Exaline Carroll
STONE				5	Next to Annie L Spencer
STONE				7	East of Rev. Frazier
STONE				8	Far east end next to PIPE
STONE				10	West of TEMP next to Tatum
STONE				11	East of Mamie Martin
STONE				13	Far east end of row
STONE				22	West of W Young
TEMP	ILLEGIBLE			10	West of Fannie Tatum
TEMP	ILLEGIBLE			10	West of SLAB next to tombs
TEMP	ILLEGIBLE			12	Next to 2 stones-far west end
TEMP				15	Next to 2 Illegible Temp markers (Brooks)
TEMP				22	West of Mary Doans
TEMP MARKER	ILLEGIBLE			10	West of Willie Frazier

TOMBSTONES WHICH WERE RECORDED IN 1987 by Harold O'Neal & Hulon Miller -
BUT THESE TOMBSTONES WERE NOT FOUND in 1995

SURNAME	FIRST NAME(s)	BIRTH	DEATH	ROW	NOTES
BUTLER	Jack	ILLEGIBLE	ILLEGIBLE	UNK
CARROLL	Prelbie	22 Dec 1885	15 May 1930	UNK
HOOD	Martin	ILLEGIBLE	ILLEGIBLE	UNK
JACKSON	Colean	15 Jan 1906	2 Feb 1984	UNK
JOHNSON	Lemon C	29 Oct 1907	NONE	UNK	SSW Virgil
JOHNSON	Virgil	13 Jul 1900	19 Jan 1983	UNK	SSW Lemon C
LOVE	Frank	ILLEGIBLE	1953	UNK	Concrete Block
OSBORNE	Jesse James	15 Oct 1907	19 Jul 1990	UNK	Age 82
OSBORNE	Laura	4 Jul 1887	28 Apr 1958	UNK	"At Rest"
OSBORNE	Whaley	19 Dec 1886	18 Oct 1953	UNK
PROTHRO	Elihue	1903	1961	UNK	SSW Fronnie
PROTHRO	Fronnie	1905	1981	UNK	SSW Elihue
SMITH	Lela Mae Housrton	1 Dec 1917	14 Feb 1989	UNK
WILLIAMS	Elizabeth	1868	1963	UNK	Home made Concrete Cross
WILLIAMS	H W	NONE	NONE	UNK	Home made Concrete Cross
WILLIAMS	Homer	2 Aug 1909	20 Oct 1973	UNK	TX Pvt US Army WW II

This Kaufman County page was created on October 20, 1999.
Enumeration, unknowns and burials not found in 1995 added January 25, 2003.
Updated February 8, 2005.
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Lawrence Cemetery #2

UNKNOWNS

TOMBSTONES WHICH WERE RECORDED IN 1987 by Harold O'Neal & Hulon Miller - BUT THESE TOMBSTONES WERE NOT FOUND in 1995

TOMBSTONES WHICH WERE RECORDED IN 1987 by Harold O'Neal & Hulon Miller -
BUT THESE TOMBSTONES WERE NOT FOUND in 1995