Colorado County Cemeteries

If you have corrections, additions or obituaries pertaining to these cemeteries, please contact the county coordinator.

Abell Cemetery

• Also known as Jones Cemetery
• Location: about 2.5 miles directly north of Garwood and 1.5 miles east of Highway 71, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 752879E, 3264462N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1879
• Racial mix: all white
• Audited by Bill Stein and Elizabeth Schoellmann on February 21, 1992
• Number of known burials to date: 5
• Comments:

Abell, Elizabeth (Lizzie); born: Apr 2, 1858; died: Jun 18 (13), 1905;
Nee Stockman, married Robert A. Abell May 18, 1871

Abell, Henry Simpson; born: Sep 21, 1847; died: Feb 5, 1884;
Son of James Crane and Margaret (Giberson) Abell

Abell, Robert A.; born: Jun 20, 1844; died: Feb 29, 1916;
Son of James Crane and Margaret (Giberson) Abell, Confederate veteran

Abell, unknown; born: Feb 4, 1879; died: Feb 18, 1879;
Daughter of Henry Simpson and Annie Abell

Stockman, T.C.; born: Apr 2, 1847; died: Nov 7, 1893;

The following persons may also be buried in the Abell cemetery according to information from Dorothy Elkins Cox:

Abell, Margaret G. B., died Apr 7, 1870 (Probate Records #654, County Clerk's office, Colorado County, Columbus, Texas

Giberson, Elizabeth, died Jul 28, 1861
Mother of Margaret Abell and Elizabeth Jones.

Abell, Benjamin Simon, born ca 1847; died unknown; (On census of 1850 but nothing more.)
Son of James C. and Margaret (Giberson) Abell.

Adams Cemetery

• Location: about one half mile north of Ramsey Road, about 1.3 miles southwest of its intersection with FM 102, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 750553E, 3281633N (NAD83/WGS84) 
• Earliest known year of death: 1911
• Racial mix: all white
• Surveyed by MacDonald Ruffeno, Rita Ruffeno and Bill Stein on July 6, 1990
• Number of known burials to date: 7

Adams, Lee; born: Dec 24, 1918; died: Dec 25, 1918;
Child of Frank R. and Mellie (Wilkens) Adams

Adams, Lela; born: Dec 24, 1918; died: Dec 25, 1918;
Daughter of Frank R. and Mellie (Wilkens) Adams

Adams, Melie Ina; born: Jun 20, 1908; died: Jul 7, 1915;
Daughter of Frank R. and Mellie (Wilkens) Adams

Adams, Sadie Lee; born: Mar 2, 1910; died: May 14, 1911;

Finney, Clark; born: 1919; died: Nov 18, 1920;
Son of Clark and Ada (Kretzschmar) Finney

Finney, Clark; born: Aug 10, 1871; died: Oct 4, 1932;
Son of Clark and Isabella (Greentree) Finney, Spanish American War veteran

Kretzschmar, Arthur; born: Jun 7, 1893; died: Dec 3, 1917; Btry B 344 FA; Died of other Causes, Domestic Death
Son of Emil and Augusta (Johse) Kretschmar, died during World War I

Adkins Cemetery

Location: about one tenth of a mile northeast of County Road 201, between 1.5 and 2 miles north of its intersection with County Road 206
Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 722986E, 3293744N (NAD83/WGS84) 
Earliest known year of death: 1860
Racial mix: all white
Number of known burials to date: 4

Adkins, Catherine; born: c. 1792; died: c. 1860;
Née Clapton, married John F. Adkins

Adkins, John F.; born: Nov 4, 1792; died: unknown;

Adkins, Susan; born: May 23, 1831; died: Jan, 1862;
Née Munn, married William Lucius Adkins

Adkins, William Lucius; born: May 27, 1816; died: Aug 30, 1872;
Son of John F. and Catherine (Clapton) Adkins

Alexander Cemetery

• Location: about .5 miles east of the juncture of Highway 71 and Duncan Lane (County Road 111), just to the south of the Community Cemetery, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 750285E, 3267293N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1867
• Racial mix: all black
• Number of known burials to date: 10
• Comments: 
  The cemetery has not been used for decades and is consequently in a dense thicket. The surveyors listed below and an earlier team of explorers consisting of Tony Williams, Dora Dervin, Elizabeth Schoellmann, and Bill Stein actually walked through the cemetery without noticing its existence before, on a second attempt the same afternoon, Glenda Henderson Jordan located the first tombstone. Only three readable stones were found. Two were concrete slabs laid on the ground. One was inscribed with the name, birth, and death dates of Addie Alexander. The top left corner of the other, on which part of the dead person's name was inscribed, was broken off. What remained read "L DERVIN." The surveyors took the "L" to be the final character of a first name rather than an initial. One other stone, a small, quite elegant slab of marble that was mostly intact, provided the name and dates of birth and death of Patcy Durvine. All three of the discovered tombstones were partially or completely covered with dirt and vegetation. Evidence of other graves exists, but no other readable grave marker was located. Based on information provided by Tony Williams, library staff subsequently searched the death records at the Colorado County courthouse and added four names to the list of those buried in the cemetery. None of those added, however, were said on their death certificates to be buried in the Alexander Cemetery. Two, Lucian and Emmett Alexander, were said to be buried in Vox Populi, one, William Alexander, was said to be buried in Garwood, and another, Saloman Alexander was said to be buried near Garwood. Nonetheless, based on Tony Williams' testimony, and recognizing that each of the listed places of burial might easily be confounded with the location of the Alexander Cemetery, all have been added to our survey.

Alexander, Addie; born: Oct 15, 1883; died: Dec 25, 1921

Alexander, Emmett; born: Mar 3, 1900; died: Sep 18, 1941;
Son of Henry and Mausria (Shelton) Alexander, unmarked

Alexander, James; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Unmarked

Alexander, Lucian; born: Sep 3, 1912; died: Jan 23, 1941;
Son of Lucian and Verdell (Johnson) Alexander [death certificates gives Ned as the father], unmarked

Alexander, Saloman; born: unknown; died: Nov 23, 1919;
Son of James and Sylvia (Owens) Alexander, unmarked

Alexander, William; born: unknown; died: Dec 11, 1919;
Son of James and Sylvia (Owens) Alexander, unmarked

Banks, Shellie; born: Feb 27, 1908; died Oct 7, 1959;
Daughter of William and Sarah (Alexander) Lowe, unmarked [Information from death certificate]

Dervin, Betty; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Daughter of Richard Dervin, unmarked

Dervin, Richard; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Unmarked

Dervine, unknown; born: unknown; died: unknown

Durvine, Patcy; born: Nov 20, ?; died: Mar 6, 1867

 

Allen Cemetery

• Location: about 100 yards south of County Road 102, at a point about 2.3 miles south of its intersection with Interstate 10, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 745069E, 3287932N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1852
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 3
  

Allen, Adaline C.; born: Apr 12, 1842; died: Sep 16, 1860; (tombstone photo)

Carlton, Rebecca T.; born: Mar 6, 1832; died: Apr 30, 1852; (tombstone photo)

Hester, William Allen; born: Oct 26, 1868; died: Aug 7, 1869; (tombstone photo)
Son of John Robert and Alma J. (Coates) Hester

 

Amthor Cemetery

• Location: about 300 yards south of the point on Kveton Road that is about .3 miles east of its intersection with Sealy Road. On private property--not accessible to the public.
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 757956E, 3296394N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1868
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 9
• Comments: 
  The cemetery contains nine graves, arranged chronologically, with the earliest grave on the left side of the small, fenced enclosure and the latest on the right. A larger stone, in the center of the cemetery announces, in German, that the stones mark the burial sites of the beloved children of Heinrich and Emilie Amthor (Zur Erinnerung an alle unsere Lieben Kinder von ihren tiefbetrübten Elltern Heinrich & Emilie Amthor, or, in English, In rememberance of all our dear children from their deeply sorrowed parents Heinrich & Emilie Amthor).

  Amthor, Bertha; born: Nov 21, 1866; died: Mar 7, 1869;
  Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Carl; born: Jun 5, 1865; died: Mar 11, 1867;
  Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Emil; born: Jul 6, 1863; died: Mar 21, 1869;
  Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Emilie; born: Apr 12, 1860; died: Jun 21, 1868;
  Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Emma; born: Apr 24, 1868; died: Mar 1, 1869;
  Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Friederich; born: Dec 28, 1873; died: Jul 28, 1882;
  Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Heinrich; born: Jan 17, 1871; died: Nov 11, 1871;
  Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Hugo; born: Feb 2, 1878; died: Nov 19, 1878;
  Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

  Amthor, Marie; born: Mar 11, 1862; died: Feb 21, 1869;
  Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor

Barten Cemetery

• Location: southeast of the intersection of Cat Spring Road and Zimmerscheidt Road, about one-fourth of a mile east of Zimmerscheidt Road and one-fifth of a mile south of Cat Spring Road
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 746880E, 3297716N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: c. 1875
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 2

Eickelberg, Christian; born: Jun 15, 1836; died: Jul 11, 1877;
Son of Friedrich and Maria Eickelberg

Horning, Magdalena; born: Sep 25, 1819; died: Jan 5, 1903;
Nee Thar, married ? Berger, married John Horning

 

Batla Cemetery

• Location: east of Highway 71 about half a mile north of Garwood, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Earliest known year of death: 1898
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 3

  Batla, Tomas; born: Mar 5, 1823; died: Apr 8, 1898;

  Franek, Ludvik; born: Aug 23, 1893; died: May 19, 1901;

  Molina, Jan; born: Oct 27, 1831; died: Jun 1, 1903;

Besch Cemetery

• Location: about 1.25 miles east of County Road 103 and two miles north of Highway 90A, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Earliest known year of death: 1908
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 2
• Comments: 
  There are no tombstones or grave markers of any kind on the site. Both known burials in the cemetery were extracted from the death records at the courthouse. Alexander Besch actually has a tombstone in the Columbus Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, but it was not erected at the time of his death. It is a Confederate veteran marker erected, probably, in the 1960s.

Besch, Alexander; born: Feb 9, 1836; died: Oct 4, 1918;
Son of Ferdinand and Antonia (Bick) Besch...Confederate veteran

Besch, Louis; born: 1893; died: Mar 13, 1908;
Son of George and Ada (Besch) Glass, adopted by Alexander and Gertrude Henrietta (Envel) Besch

 

Boeer Cemetery

• Location: about one third of a mile east of FM 109, about one third of a mile south of its intersection with Interstate 10, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 715727E, 3286053N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1888
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 2

Boeer, Charles Siegmund; born: c. 1799; died: unknown;

Boeer, Rosina Carolina; born: Jan 27, 1801; died: Jul 30, 1888;
Née Kretzschmar, married Charles Siegmund Boeer

 

Böttger Cemetery

• Alternate name: Boetcher Cemetery or Boettcher Cemetery
• Location: about one-tenth of a mile west of FM 1890 (Shaws Bend Road), about 2.4 miles south of its northernmost intersection with Highway 71
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 726325E, 3294016N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1870
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 3
• Comments: 
  The name of the cemetery and of the family buried within it might well be questioned by those who know the name by its more common spelling, Boettcher, especially when they note that the map cited above refers to the cemetery as the Boetcher Cemetery, but the tombstones of the family members quite distinctly give the name as Böttger.
  

Böttger, Fritz; born: Jan 14, 1856; died: Aug 1, 1870;
Son of Hermann and Augusta Böttger

Böttger, Hermann; born: Mar 11, 1819; died: Feb 3, 1887;

Zickuhr, Mary/Marie; born: Jul 31, 1858/9; died: May 3, 1913;

 

Braden Cemetery

• Location: a lone fenced grave about 200 yards off A. Braden Road on the north side, on private property approximately one-half mile west of the Zoar Lutheran Cemetery
• GPS coordinates: N 29°47.747, W 96°26.414.
• Earliest known year of death: 1903
• Racial mix: all white
• Surveyor: Gary McKee
• Date surveyed: November 14, 2006
• Number of known burials to date: 1
• Comments:
  The property on which this grave lies was once owned by the Iselt family. Bertha Iselt, who grew up there, married a Braden and they lived in Westphalia. The Bradens had several children before she died during childbirth. She had requested to be buried on the land where she grew up. Her body was brought from Westphalia in Falls County to New Ulm by train, then transported by horse and wagon to the Iselt farm to be buried. [Information from John Konesheck, Earline Drumm, and Doris Brod]
  The burial records of the Trinity Lutheran Church at Frelsburg state that "Bertha Braten", mother of five children, died of pleurisy. Her burial on November 26, 1903, was concurrent with the consecration of the family cemetery.
• Click on photo at left by John Konesheck for larger view. Additional photos by Gary McKee

Braden, Bertha J.; born: Jun 17, 1875; died: Nov 24, 1903 (tombstone photo 2) (tombstone photo 3)
Daughter of John and Johanna (Grabow) Iselt

 

Bratton Cemetery

• Location: about two miles southeast of Altair, 400 yards east of Highway 71, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Earliest known year of death: 1868
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 7

Bratton, Mary F.; born: Dec 3, 1842; died: Jul 4, 1871;
Daughter of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs, married Robert P. Bratton Jul 4, 1858

Bratton, Robert P.; born: c. 1829; died: Dec 22, 1868;
Confederate veteran

Dromgoole, Henrietta; born: Nov 18, 1851; died: Nov 18, 1874;
Daughter of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs, married David T. Dromgoole Jan 22. 1873

Guinn, William W.; born: May 23, 1850; died: Feb 19, 1880;
Murdered

Suggs, Henry B.; born: Jun 26, 1855; died: Jan 31, 1873;
Son of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs

Suggs, John R.; born: Apr 15, 1845; died: Feb 10, 1882;
Son of John A. and Mary Ann (Hope) Suggs

Suggs, Samuel B.; born: Dec 4, 1865; died: Feb 10, 1871;
Son of John A. and Rebecca Everingham (Barnett) Suggs

Bretschneider Cemetery

• Alternate name: Kellner Cemetery
• Location: on the south side of Bostik Road, about 1.9 miles from its intersection with Cat Spring Road
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 750313E, 3301248N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1897
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 5

Bretschneider, Agnes; born: Dec 24, 1846; died: Aug 11, 1897;
Daughter of Alexander and Clothilda Himly, married Egmont Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Arthur; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Son of Egmont and Agnes (Himly) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Egmont; born: Nov 14, 1834; died: Jan 15, 1908
Confederate veteran.

Eckardt, Olga; born: unknown; died: before 1910;
Daughter of William and Clothilda (Bretschneider) Eckardt

Eckardt, Werner; born: unknown; died: before 1910;
Son of William and Clothilda (Bretschneider) Eckardt

 

Carl Bretschneider Cemetery

• Location: northwest of the intersection of Reichardt Lane and Cat Spring Road
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 752146E, 3301638N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1890
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 7

Bretschneider, Agnes; born: Dec 10, 1883; died: Feb 24, 1957;
Daughter of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Bruno; born: Jun 6, 1888; died: Nov 5, 1904;
Son of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Carl; born: Jan 6, 1886; died: Nov 9, 1965;
Son of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Bretschneider, Carl; born: Jul 14, 1836; died: Apr 16, 1894;
Federal veteran of Civil War

Bretschneider, Jennie; born: Dec 4, 1858; died: Sep 3, 1943
Daughter of Alexander and Clothilde (Oske) Himly, married Carl Bretschneider Dec 14, 1881

Bretschneider,Sonny; born: May 16, 1890; died: May 19, 1890

Dittfurth, Else; born: Dec 29, 1891; died: Jun 08, 1957;
Daughter of Carl and Jennie (Himley) Bretschneider

Britton "Grave Site"

• Location: near the end of County Road 214, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Number of known burials to date: 0
• Comments: 
  Actually not a grave site at all, though one tombstone is on the site. At some point, the family of James Brown Britton (who is more frequently recorded as James Alfred Britton) secured a Confederate-veteran marker for his grave. However, they did not erect it for years, by which time they had forgotten where he was buried. Wishing perhaps more than anything else to get it out of their garage, they finally erected it in their garden, where it remains today. The existence of the gravestone was reported to the library by Lillian Schneider on July 31, 1992. Library staff passed the knowledge on to intrepid Britton family researcher Ellene Williamson, who discovered the true nature of the "grave site" on August 16, 1992.

Brown Family Cemetery

• Alternate names: Charlie Brown Cemetery, Brown/Axel Cemetery
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 746280E, 3272312N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Location: Altair, on the east side of Highway 71 about one mile south of its intersection with Highway 90A
• Earliest known year of death: 1972
• Racial mix: all black
• Number of known burials to date: 6

Axel, Cleo P.; born: Nov 20, 1920; died: Mar 13, 1987;
Daughter of Charlie and Rachel (Spann) Brown, married Elzie Axel

Axel, Elzie; born: Dec 12, 1917; died: Jul 27, 1993;
Son of John and Emma Axel, veteran of World War II

Axel, Elzie Marie; born: May 5, 1943; died: Jan 2, 1984;
Daughter of Elzie and Cleo P. (Brown) Axel

Axel, Leroy; born: Feb 20, 1950; died: Jan 3, 2005;
Son of Elzie and Cleo (Patra) Axel

Brown, Charlie; born: Mar 14, 1896; died: Mar 21, 1978;
Son of Willie and Chaney (Roy) Brown, veteran of World War I

Brown, Rachel; born: Aug 19, 1895; died: Dec 12, 1972;
Daughter of Steve and Anna (Reed) Spann, married Charlie Brown

 

George W. Brown Burial Site

• Location: in Columbus, on the far southwestern corner of lot 5, block 7
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 738131E, 3288886N (NAD83/WGS84) 
• Earliest known year of death: 1848
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 1
• Comments: 
  George William Brown, an attorney and the representative of Colorado County at the 1845 Annexation Convention, died at the age of 30 sometime between January 12 and March 28, 1848. Little more than two years earlier, on October 18, 1845, Brown had married Elizabeth C. Hinch. Left a widow at a young age, she remarried (to Edward Musgrove Glenn) in 1851, and shortly afterward sold the home in which she and Brown had lived and behind which Brown had been buried. No doubt fearing that the grave site would be neglected, on July 19, 1852, Brown's brother-in-law, George W. Smith purchased it, a twelve foot by twelve foot tract in the southwest corner of the lot. It has long since disappeared from view and from memory (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book H, p. 308; Colorado County Marriage Records, Book B, p. 71; Lavaca County Marriage Records, Book A, p. 52).

Brown, George William; born: c. 1818; died: 1848;

 

Ludwig Brune Cemetery

• Location: about six tenths of a mile east of Brune's Mill Road, about three and a half miles north of its intersection with Schobel Road, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Earliest known year of death: 1867
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 8
• Designated a Texas Historic Cemetery

Brune, Alma; born: Nov 11, 1884; died: Dec 11, 1888;
Daughter of Florenz A. and Sophia (Bruedigam) Brune

Brune, Emil; born: Jan 15, 1861; died: Jun 12, 1872;
Son of Ludwig August and Johanne Friederike (Meyer) Brune

Brune, Emilie; born: Jan 15, 1861; died: Jul 22, 1867;
Daughter of Ludwig August and Johanne Friederike (Meyer) Brune

Brune, Florenz Arnold; born: Nov 1, 1847; died: Jul 2, 1931;
Son of Ludwig August and Johanne Friederike (Meyer) Brune

Brune, Heinrich A.; born: Apr 3, 1878; died: Apr 14, 1900
Son of Florenz A. and Sophia (Bruedigam) Brune

Brune, Johanne Friederike; born: Feb 28, 1820; died: Jul 27, 1894;
Née Meyer, married Ludwig August Brune

Brune, Ludwig August; born: Apr 17, 1816; died: Aug 6, 1883;

Brune, Sophia; born: Mar 3, 1850; died: Jan 15, 1935;
Née Bruedigam, married Florenz A. Brune, Feb 28, 1874

 

Burttschell Cemetery

• Location: about .2 miles northeast of Frelsburg Road, about .3 miles southeast of its intersection with Mentz Road
• Earliest known year of death: 1878
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 1
• Comments: 
  It is something of a mystery why the person buried in this cemetery was not buried at the very large St. Roch's Cemetery, which is in easy walking distance.

Burttschell, Annie; born: Nov 18, 1849; died: May 8, 1878;
Daughter of Joseph P. Hoover, married Henry P. Burttschell, May 26, 1869

 

Carlton Cemetery

• Location: about two tenths of a mile northeast from the point, about three tenths of a mile from Highway 71, where County Road 101 turns to the southeast, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 740806E, 3283548N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: 1869
• Racial mix: whites and blacks
• Comments: Those with surnames Maner, Perry, and Jamison were white, those named Davis, Bratcher, Thompson, and Glover were black.
• Surveyed by Nancy Wooten, Bernice Etheridge, Celia Perry, and Bill Stein on February 23, 1990
• Number of known burials to date: 11

Bratcher, Annie; born: 1870; died: Feb 13, 1962;
Daughter of Will and Martha Glover

Bratcher, Jesse; born: Jan 25, 1896; died: Apr 11, 1962;
Son of Annie Bratcher, veteran of World War I

Davis, Charles; born: Aug 10, 1906; died: Jun 17, 1929;

Glover, Martha; born: unknown; died: May 30, 1928;
Married Will Glover

Glover, Will; born: unknown; died: unknown;

Jamison, G.T.; born: Oct 19, 1822; died: Oct 8, 1869;

Maner, Benjamin M.; born: Mar 4, 1844; died: Dec 21, 1890;

Maner, Elinor; born: May 14, 1841; died: Nov 2, 1899;
Née Bennett, married G.T. Jamison, Nov 27, 1860, married Benjamin M. Maner in 1874

Perry, Conrad Byars; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Son of John Lewis and Rosa Lena (Hahn) Perry

Perry, George Leroy; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Son of John Lewis and Rosa Lena (Hahn) Perry

Thompson, Silas; b. c. 1862; d. Jul 20, 1940;

 

Carter Family Cemetery

• Location: on the north side of Highway 71, at its intersection with Garden Lane, just north of the north river bridge in Columbus
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 737036E, 3290097N (NAD83/WGS84) 
• Earliest known year of death: 1874
• Racial mix: all white
• Comments: The cemetery contains just one stone, and that not erect. It lies near the remains of a small iron gate. [In 2011, Sarah Carter's headstone was repaired and put back in place.]
• Survey by Bill Stein in 1988
• Number of known burials to date: 2

Carter, John A.; born: c. 1831; died: Apr 14, 1909;
Married Marcie R. Carter Feb 25, 1869. Confederate veteran

Carter, Sarah Virginia; born: 1852; died: Jan 1, 1874;
Daughter of James Lucius and Mary E. Walker, married C. R. Carter Oct 2, 1872

 

Columbus Confederate Cemetery

• Location: unknown
• Earliest known year of death: 1863
• Most recent known burial: 1863
• Comments: During the Civil War, numerous Confederate soldiers were stationed in and around Columbus. In addition, for several months at least, the Confederate military maintained a hospital in Columbus. The diary of James Pitman Saunders, published in John Bennett Boddie, comp., Historical Southern Families, vol. 7(Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1963), pp. 173-198, confirms that the military also had a cemetery in or near Columbus. Pitman visited the cemetery on April 18 and April 21, 1863. On the 21st he wrote, "There is about fifty graves here so new that there is no grass growing on them and men at the hospital dying at the rate of 2 or 3 a week.They are buried in a verry plain coffin, a shallow grave without a vault in a verry loose sandy piece of ground, dressed in their own everyday wearing clothes. No fencing whatever about the graves."
• Duane Helweg is researching this cemetery and has more detailed information at FindAGrave.com
• Number of known burials to date: about 50

Anderson, John M.; born: 1836; died: Apr 11, 1863;
Son of Absolom B. and Jane Anderson, married Malinda Harrison in 1861, Confederate veteran

Andrews, Frank H.; born; 1835; died: Apr 12, 1863;
Confederate veteran

Bovell, John; born: ca 1836; died: Mar 18, 1863;
Son of J. H. Bovell; Confederate veteran

Burton, Jacob; born: unknown; died: May 4, 1863;
Confederate veteran

Cole, William H.; born: ca 1837; died: 1863;
Confederate veteran

Crenshaw, W. H.; born: ca 1842; died: Mar 7, 1863;
Confederate veteran

Ruyle, Alfred; born: ca 1836; died: Mar 14, 1863;
Son of Henry and Mary/Sally Ruyle, married Martha Blevins, Confederate veteran

Scott, Levi; born: ca 1838; died: May 5, 1863;
Confederate veteran

Sullivan, Florence; born: ca 1825; died: Apr 21, 1863;
Confederate veteran

Williford, E. J.; born: ca 1844; died: Feb 27, 1863;
Confederate veteran

Corner Cemetery

• Location: southeast of Altair, near the east end of County Road 212, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
• Earliest known year of death: 1917
• Racial mix: all black
• Number of known burials to date: 21

Alexander, Freeman; born: unknown; died: Dec 20, 1918;
Son of James and Sylvia (Owens) Alexander

Alexander, Matilda; born: unknown; died: Oct 31, 1924;
Daughter of Nathan Harris

Alexander, Overton; born: unknown; died: Oct 12, 1918;
Son of Henry and Susie (Kyles) Alexander

Alexander, Sylvia; born: unknown; died: Dec 27, 1922;

Austin, Norris; born: c. 1902; died: Apr 23, 1923;
Son of Wash and Mary B. (Polk) Austin, drowned

Collier, Charley; born: c. 1862; died: Aug 16, 1917;

Forde, Jessie; born: Oct 19, 1893; died: Apr 1, 1939;
Son of Jerry and Ardella (Washington) Forde [birth date and parents from death certificate]

Foster, John Lee; born: c. 1902; died: Apr 23, 1923;
Drowned

Green, Willie; born: Sep 6, 1904; died: Sep 30, 1925;

Haynes, Jessie; born: c. 1898; died: Apr 23, 1923;
Son of Turner and Hattie (Roberson) Haynes, drowned

Haynes, unknown; born: Jun 30, 1938; died: Jun 30, 1938;
Son of Willie and Annie (Woods) Haynes

Lowe, Missouri; born: Jul 28, 1880; died: Aug 23, 1956;
Daughter of John B. Wilson

Lowe, Theo; born: unknown; died: Jan 23, 1922;
Son of Cary and Sendia (Lewis) Lowe

Polk, Eliza Jane; born: unknown; died: Feb 12, 1959;

Polk, Jeffie; born: unknown; died: Jan 13, 1922;
Daughter of Clabe and Fannie (Nelson) Allen

Spann, Ira; born: Feb 24, 1902; died: Aug 2, 1944;
Son of Steve and Annie (Reed) Spann

Spann, Joseph; born: c. 1905; died: Apr 23, 1923;
Son of Stephen and Emma (Turner) Spann...drowned

Spann, Stephen; born: Aug 7, 1871; died: Sep 25, 1943;
Son of Trim and Caroline (Cooks) Spann

Spann, Steve, Jr.; born: Jan 9, 1894; died: Feb 2, 1952;
Son of Steve and Annie (Reed) Spann

Upson, Connie Lee; born: c. 1906; died: Nov 26, 1925;
Son of Alfred and Amanda (Johnson) Upso

Washington, Mattie; born: Dec 2, 1894; died: Dec 6, 1954;
Daughter of Madison and Lil (Jackson) Carter

Cox Family Cemetery

• Location: in Columbus, on the corner of Martin Luther King (formerly Malleck) and Prairie Streets, north of Martine Luther King and east of Prairie
• Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 737569E, 3289293N (NAD83/WGS84)
• Earliest known year of death: unknown
• Racial mix: presumed to be all white
• Number of known burials to date: 0
• Comments: On December 28, 1867, Mary Jane Cox, the widow of George W. Cox, and her three children, George Lawrence Cox, Mary Laura Cox, and William H. Cox sold all of lots 2 and 3 of block 93 in Columbus "except ten (10) Varas Square including the graves in the S. W. Corner of lot No three." Mary Jane Cox died on November 1, 1882. Seven years later, on June 10, 1889, the three children sold the remaining small square of block 93, describing it as "having been used at one time by our parents [as] a family burial ground." The Cox family, in the person of George W. Cox, had acquired the property on December 31, 1850, and apparently buried more than one of their number on the site. George W. Cox, Robert Cox, Francis Cox, and Emmeretta Cox, the last three all children of George W. and Mary Jane Cox, all apparently died before the first sale cited above was made, and might have been buried on the site. George W., Robert, and Francis Cox all appear on the 1850 census, but not on the 1860 census. Emmeretta is on the 1860 census but not mentioned in either of the deeds. If her husband and some of her children were buried there, then Mary Jane Cox might have been as well (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book G, p. 326, Book M, p. 612; Colorado Citizen, November 2, 1882)