Burial site is completely shaded by several very old and very tall oak trees.

Condition:  Poor, it has been trampled by cattle and except for four tombstones within the confines of an old iron fence, all the stones are laying flat and broken.

Two other gray slate stones are broken and unreadable, except for "Williamson" inscribed at the top of each one - they appear to be hand-inscribed.

In 1999 there was a large 4' X 4' X 6" gray granite stone laying face down on the ground outside the fenced area that was too large to be turned over, but in 2002 that stone had been removed from the site.

There are four other tombstones in pieces no bigger that 4", that are stacked in a pile against a tree.  Pieces are unreadable.

There are 5 footstones on the property - all slate.

Enumerated March 26, 1999 by Kenna Leseman & Kathey Hunt
Photographed 16 Jun 2001 by Kathey & Donald Hunt

Additional Information on the persons interred Wade-Williamson

Phoebe Utley Wade was one of Kaufman County's Pioneers.
According to Obituary she was born 1806 and died Nov. 25, 1883 - she was mother of John Wade, Mrs. R O Anthony and Mrs. Lafayette Murphy.

Info from John W Grubbs, who is a descendant of the Wade family:
The dates for the three Wade brothers have been confirmed with those in the Wade Family Bible that is in the possession of Mrs. Will Miller of Corsicana, TX.

The following letter dated 1857 was written by Enoch C Tinnin in Kaufman to Sebron Miles Noble in Nacogdoches, TX.  It tells of the deaths of Phoebe Utley Wade's sons who are buried at Wade - Williamson Cemetery.
The letter is transcribed here exactly as it was written, with misspelled words & incomplete punctuation.

Kaufman Texas April 9^th 1857

Friend Noble
        Your letter bearing date 15th of March has just been received and
in reply I cannot say whether I gave the right Calls or not but I will refer
you to Mills Goodwin survey of 640 acres   it has been resurveyed a time
or two but find the last survey ---- and look at the survey that joins the
League survey at the SE corner 320 acre survey and see how the Calls
agree.  I made the adjoining surveys and if I have given the rong Calls
you will please Correct them   I am aware that men makes mistakes in
writing frequently.

         Health tolerable   good several deaths    Bas Wade, Ed Wade and BC
Wade all died last week and John & Virginia Wade has been very sick
Dr B P Hendley's wife died last week.   William Wade came very near
Diing this winter but is mending.  Your relations so far as I know are
all well.  William H Barnes is our County Surveyor   he beat  Dr Rip
Wilson of Rockwall some 34 votes.  A man by the name of Meeks beat Sam
Huffer for County Surveyor in Vanzandt County.  I have moved down on
Trinity River to attend to a Steam saw mill that I have an interest in.
You will please attend to the Judge Ochiltree business and Collect if you
can.

      As you cannot record Mr James E Peel preemption field notes you will
please send the Certificate and money back to me by mail   I have not seen
Mr Peel since I received your letter but I know that he would want his
Certificate to locate his land here.

    You will let me hear from you and excuse this short letter as
I am vary busy.

Yours Truly
E. C. Tinnin