Sunday, November 24, 2013

Camptown Cemetery Census - An Early Attempt


Gravestone of Piner Green, born 1829, died August 1881


This is an early attempt toward a more complete Camptown Cemetery Census.  It is far from complete, and some of the information is uncertain.  

Initially I began composing this by compiling lists provided by Eddie Harrison of Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church and the Washington County Genealogical Society, with additional information from the Find-A-Grave website.  Previous unknown burials have emerged simply as the cemetery was cleared enough to find previously hidden markers, and perhaps even more will be found.  (Yes, parts of the cemetery are just that overgrown!)  Some gravestones lie partially buried, some probably completely buried.  

It has been augmented by information from death certificates, contemporary copies of the Brenham Weekly Banner, census data and marriage certificates.   More information continues to come in from family members and local residents, but at this point we have information on less than a third of the approximate 600 who have been estimated to be buried in the Camptown Cemetery. 

If you have any information regarding anyone buried at Camptown Cemetery, or even any information regarding any other residents or Camptown history, please contact me!   As I add information I will continue to post updated versions of this census.  


?Mills, Milton Jr9/28/19217/28/1935Pottersfield per DC
?Mitchell, Jim18505/2/1920
?Rippetoe, Kelly D.18893/27/1932Brenham per DC
?Rippetoe, Wilbert Hamilton3/9/19193/4/1943Brenham per DC
?Whitaker, Fannie Jackson186810/6/1946Brenham per DC
Alcorn, LucyAbout 18603/20/1935Camptown per DC, FAG?Married to Charles Bouldin 12/24/1902? Age is estimated on DC; 1870C -10 year old Child of John and Silvey Allcorn: 1880C- 22 year old Stepdaughter of Sylvia Alcorn: 1900C- No age, head of household with boarder Sam Houston, cook, unable to read or write, renting, widowed: 1920C- 56, widowed, rents, reads and writes, 1930C- 65, rooming with Tina and Ruby Niso
Alcorn, Minnie (Steward)About 187711/27/1929Camps per DC, FAG1900C- born 12/1876, Maried to Louis Alcorn (b. 3.1871), born in Texas, parents born in Texas, husband a compress laborer, both literate, home owners; son Louis J Alcorn b. 2/13/1910, daughter Minnie B. Alcorn b. 8/27/1914, 1920C- Louis Alcorn (49), Minnie Alcorn (38), Louis Alcorn Jr (9), Edward Alcorn (8), Minnie B. Alcorn (5), Eugene Alcorn (2), Hennie Graves (59, mother-in-law)
Anderson, Ella (Love)6/12/18823/11/1955Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG1210 E. Main 1900C- Age 23, born in Texas, head of house is Angeline Love(laundress,10 children, 2 living). Ella married~1899, she is literate (mother is not, "laundress), head owns home, 1920C- R. Ella Anderson, 35 yo widowed head of household, daughter Pauline Anderson (18), owns home, 1930C- Ella R. Anderson 49 yo widowed homeowner, DC - Parents Sam and Angeline Love, informant - Pauline Anderson
Anderson, Martha182612/10/1910FAG?1910C- 70 yo widowed mulatto, estimated birth 1840 in Virginia, living with head of household Carrie Finley (50) and her son Earl (19), 1880C- 37 yo (b.1843) mulatto, parents born in Virginia,
Basey, Callie10/15/187110/12/1933Brenham per DC, FAG, informant James Basey, Jr1880C- 9 yo mulatto daughter of Asa (30) and Caroline(33) Rippetoe, sibling of James Basey (11), Lilly Rippetoe (6) and Ada Rippetoe (3), per DC parents were James Basey Sr and Caroline Hoxie,
Black (Block?), JuliusApril 18835/29/1924Camptown per DCE. Main per WWI registrationB
Black, Louise (Roberson) (Seward per Harrison)6/17/18479/29/1922Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG1880C- Age 30, Spouse -Alex Black 45, daughter Lula Black 4, Julius Black 2, Ella Black, 8, Caroline Black 13, Wiley Black 16, Author Black 14, Gus Black (F) 0: 1900C- ED 104, Justice Precinct 3 (north of r.r.)DOB 1852, widowed, 10 children, 8 living, household - head of household James Oliver 22, Mother Louise Black 48, wife Parthenia Oliver 20. 1910C- Ward 2, parents born in Virginia, household - head Louise Black 64, Wiley Black 44, Lula Black 28, granddaughter Viola Black 11, granddaughter Lillie Black 9, grandson E C Black (M) 6: 1920C- district 136, owns home, cannot read or write, age 73, widowed, household - head Louise Black 73, daughter Lula Black 39, daughter Ella Oliver 40, son-in-law Sam Oliver 44, granddaughter Laurice Oliver 20, son Julius Black 37
Bouldin, Georgia (Davis)About 18654/4/1930Camp Town per DC, FAG1930C - married, head of household Dock Bouldin 40 (informant on DC), mother "Georgue" A Bouldin 68: 1900 C - ED 106 Justice Precinct 3, Ward 2Georgia Boulden, born May 1864 in Texas, husband Ral. L. 38, daughters Mabel 16, Mamie 12, Bernice 9 and Valerie 1, literate, 1920C - widowed cook in employee of Francis A. Foote (66 white female)
Bouldin, Rosie (Gray)11/13/18676/18/1936Camptown per DC, FAGCamptown at Bowens St ?1880C - Rose Bouldin 19, mulatto, laborer, as daughter in law living with Cherry Hubert F55, with CH's son Jacob Bouldin 27, CH's son Randle Boulding 25, CH's daughter Mary Hubert 15, CH's granddaughter's Beatrice 1 and Sarah 4 Bouldin, CH's grandson Jacob Bouldin 3: 1900C - ED 106, Precinct 3, city Ward 2, as Rosa Boulden, 28 (June 1855), reads but doesn't write, wife of Jacob Boulden, compress laborer, 49, married 1872, daughter Beatrice 22: 1910C Ward 2, District 101. Rosa Bolden 49 as head of household, daughter Beatrice Bouden 28, daughter Adalade Bolden 9 (DC informant Adlaide Hardy of San Antonio), Peter Murray 82 lodger: Jan 9, 1908 marriage record of Rosa Bouldin to Robert Johnson
Bradley, Lilly9/6/187411/18/1965"Removed" from Fort Worth to Rippetoe Cemetery, Brenham, Texas per DC1900C - ED 106, Precinct 3, city Ward 2, as Lilly Bradley, 24, literate, married for 5 years to Benjamin Bradley (hotel waiter), one child, living with sister in law Callie Bacey 26 and niece Myrtle Donnell 3: 1900C also shows a Lillie Bradly 14 working as a servant in household of Squre Little, 44 B married farmer
Brewer, Lula2/3/1891"...buried at Camptown" per Brenham Weekly Banner?1870C- Louisa Brewer 30 married to Edmund Brewer, children Scott 14, Dennis 12 and Hamilton 8 Brewer
Brown, Abram B.2/1/18375/24/1918Willow Grove Cemetery per DC, FAG1880C- Abram Brown 45, Mulatto, carpenter, wife Julia Brown 27, sons Charles 10, Henry 9, L.D. 5, Redden 2, niece Nettie Tarver 20: 1900C ED 106 Precinct 3, in household of Redding Brown 23 as father Abraham Brown 63, with mother Julia Brown 68, sister Johanna Brown 19, sister Ruby Brown 14, stepbrother Charles Kinnard 31 and mother in law Caroline Seward 89; 1910C as head of household Abe Brown 73, with wife Julia55, daughter Josie B 28, son Livingston 26, daughter Ruby A 24, stepson Charles Kenard 39, brother in law Thomas Lewis 67, and niece Florence Lewis 16
Brown, Abram B. Jr. 1/15/191110/21/1914FAG
Brown, George6/11/18848/15/1931Washington Tx per DC, FAG
Brown, GeorgeApril 18702/6/1926Brenham per DC, FAG
Brown, Julia (Seward)3/4/188311/19/1934Camptown per DC, FAG1318 East Alamo
Brown, Livingston6/30/18899/24/1933Camptown per DC, FAG1310 Alamo
Brown, Lucinda (Haussion)12/7/18721/15/1939Camptown per DC, FAG
Brown, Reddin12/13/188110/10/1929Camptown per DC, FAG819 Sycamore
Brown, Ruby6/25/18855/14/1917FAG
Bynum, Waltman18736/28/1881FAG?1880C- W.B. Bynum 38, mulatto, merchant, wife Patience Bynum 35, daughters Matilda 15 and Mattie 13, half brother Augustus Gill 25; Waterman Binum married to Patience Davis Feb 11 1872: Brenham Weekly Banner, Vol. 16, No 49, Ed 1, Thursday Dec 8, 1881 (? seems to be from June): "Death of Alderman Bynum - Waterman Bynum, calored (sic), died at his home in Camptown...o'clock Tuesday morning...(paper torn)...to his own...ad accumulated...some property...from Louisiana...eight years ago and for...year or two had been...ssfully carrying on a store ...amptown, and it is said he...d unlimited credit in Galves-...i.e., he could buy all the good he wanted on time. The deceased was highly respected by all the white people who knew him and had hosts of friends among his own color. His funeral took place at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, be-...atteded by the mayor and...council as well by an ...mense concourse of colored people." Brenham Banner May 1881 - under heading "Picnics- ...The Baptist colo...(paper is badly torn)school, of Campto...picnic in the g...branch a little bel...and previous to...picnic grounds...parade in the...May Queen, Mis...num, daughter... Bynum, colore...wagon or floa...her maids...processio...highly...The co...there...ex..
Chadwick, S. C. 2/7/18949/6/1906FAG
Chandler, Ruby M. 190411/6/1927Camp Town per DC1910C- Ward 2 District 101, HOH Jerry Marshall 54 (father of Ruby per DC), wife Elizabeth Marshall 70, daughter Lula Marshall 25, daughter Ruby Marshall 14, son Ramon Marshall 12, son Earl Marshall 7 (informant per DC vs Carl Marshall); 1920C- HOH Jessy Marshal 63, daughter Lula Scales 36, daughter Ruby Marshal 23
Cheatham (?Cheatum), Will5/15/187512/13/1955East End Cemetery per DC402 Rippetoe St1920C- HOH Will Cheatam 49, wife Hattie Cheatam 38, 1940C- HOH Will Cheatam 64, wife Lomie 43 (informant on DC Lomia Cheatham): marriage certificate Feb 25 1935 of Will Cheatom to Hattie Roberts
Cheatum, Hattie R. (Washington)18908/13/1939Camptown per DC
Clark, Sam18807/21/1925Camps cemetery per DC
Clay, Joseph Emerson6/26/19317/10/1931Camptown per DC
Clay, Walter189712/15/1927Camptown per DC
Clayton, Liza1876 (1886?)4/21/1936Camptown per DC
Colbert (?Calbert), Rebecca (Hunt)18473/18/1929FAG #106683036
Daniels, Mary12/19/18493/16/1890FAG #105726434
Daniels, Spencer185112/27/1924Camp Town per DC
Davis, Henry18407/29/1930Camp Cemetery per DC1900, i. 11?
Dudley, Hellen (Jackson)7/16/19065/27/1921Camptown per DC, FAG819 Sycamore St
Ernest (?Aunt Rhodes Little? Little Ernest - Aunt Rhodes???FAG #106684403
Evans, Freeman186712/5/1920Camptown per DC, FAG
Ewing, Emily (Hill)18573/10/1924Camptown per DC, FAGEmmanuel St
Finley, "Carrie" (Anderson)18634/21/1953Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG604 Prarie Lea St
Finley, Carl18928/24/1931Camptown per DC, FAG
Flewellen, Esther S.18722/2/1912FAG
Franklin, Benjamin6/20/179811/5/1935Camptown per DC, FAG, 95 years old per 1930 census
Garrett, Maggie2/11/18829/17/1940FAG, East End Cemetery per DC, worked for WPA1515 Lorine
Garrett, Rev. Jeff18856/9/1947FAG
Glover, Ellen187510/31/1935Camptown per DC, FAG
Gray, Tom18887/6/1930Camptown per DC, FAG
Green, Piner182918811870C- Piner Green, 41, born in South Carolina, Addie Green, 36, Daniel Green 13: 1880C-P. Green F16 head of household, born in South Carolina, daughter Josa Green F0, brother Abe Green 11: ?1850 Slave Schedule for Wm P Green?
Green, Sue Addie (Daniels)11/18/18929/7/1959Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG1109 E. Alamo1920C- Precinct 5 HOH William Daniels 46,wie Addie Daniels 35, son Wm Henry Daniels 2, daughter Mary Daniels 0 : 1930C- Precinct 5, HOH William Daniels 54, wife Addie Daniels 47, son William H Daniels 13, daughter Katie M Daniels 11: Marriage Licese March 8 1906 Sue Addie Daniels to Charley Jefferson: 1940C Precinct 3 HOH Sue Addie Green 30, daughter AD Green 17, son John D Green 14, daughter Addie Mae Green 10, daughter Margaret Green 8, grandson Jefferson Taft, granddaughter Deforis Jefferson 10, grandson Lee Roy Jefferson 8
Guy, Australia W. 9/13/189512/2/1922FAG
Guy, Hadie1/6/18805/21/1881FAG, marked on concrete border
Guy, Howard12/12/18846/25/1885FAG, marked on concrete border
Guy, L. Robert Eugene12/26/18779/24/1938FAG501 S. 17th St, Temple, Texas
Guy, Robert Eugene7/1/18895/9/1952Removed to Washington County Colored Cemetery per DC, FAG
Guy, William M.18853/18/1918FAG
Hammend (?Ellen, mother of L. Robert Eugene Guy per his DC), (Mother of Bedia Guy Kinnard with William M Guy?12/26/18779/24/1938FAG
Harris, Alex Seward6/6/1848FAG
Harris, Ed Seward7/14/18595/26/1922FAG
Harris, Elvina (Clay)11/9/188412/23/1927Camptown per DC, FAG
Henderson, Infant Girl8/10/19258/24/1925Camps per DC, FAG
Hill, Jennie12/19/18514/5/1938FAG
Hill, John6/4/18473/26/1934FAG
Hill, Plasie2/19/1919FAG
Hill, Topsy12/23/18763/26/1936FAG
Hubert, Alice Gray (Crutchville)8/31/18478/9/1917Camptown per DC, FAG1108 Alamo
Hubert, Annie Mae (Williams)9/9/1997FAG
Hubert, Emma (Barton)1/14/1876FAG1616 East Alamo St
Hubert, Harvey Sr18357/15/1926Camptown per DC, FAG
Hubert, Raymond, Barton, Jr10/4/192210/4/1922FAG
Hubert, Robert Henry1/17/19396/1/1973Camptown per DC, FAG1313 East Alamo St
Hubert, Roy L.5/10/187412/2/1935FAG1616 East Alamo St
Hubert, Wiley12/25/183210/6/1909FAG
Hughes, Johnnie1/28/19037/13/1920Camp Town Cemetery per DC
Hughes, Johnnie18745/10/1918Camptown per DC
Isaacs, George P. 184810/12/1918Camptown per DC, FAG1900 - Married to Martha Flewellen12/24/1879, immigrated to United States 1875, naturalized, son Lawrence 16, daughter Ruby Vernita (b. 4/15/1891), owned his own house but also shown as living with Antony and Jane Flewellen and 3 grandchildren on the Flewellen farm; per 1880 census living as head of house with wife Martha, as well as Cato and Martha Felder and 10 Felder children
Isaacs, Lawrence L.18851915FAG
Isaacs, Martha F.186510/9/1905FAG
Jackson, Alice6/3/188210/21/1925Camptown per DC, FAG
Jamerson, Alice Hubert10/5/189910/7/1999FAG
Johnson, Adline (Atkinson)18646/28/1926Camp Town per DC, FAG
Johnson, Carrie11/4/18888/8/1935FAG, b/d per DC
Johnson, Henry18536/11/1924Camptown per DC
Johnson, Roxie (Evans)9/12/186410/10/1936FAG
Johnson, Will3/5/188411/2/1925Compton cemetery per DC, FAG1900, p.11---Daughter of Lucy Johnson, Farmhand x3 yr, read yes, write yes, school ?
Jurner, J. V. Anderson Banks??FAG, concert border
Kinnard, Bedia (Guy)18945/11/1939FAG
Kinnard, Caroline "Carrie" Ranson4/16/18899/10/1920FAG
Kinnard, Chas H.7/22/18698/7/1917Camptown per DC, FAG
Lee, Robert??FAG, hand etched concrete marker
Lewis, Albert??FAG, hand etched concrete marker
Lewis, Carlton, H.11/25/19054/25/1925Camp Town per DC, FAG
Lewis, Tom Seward7/17/185710/6/1917FAG
Lewis, William18356/10/19191900C- William Lewis, b. Jan 1860, single, literate, listed in "household" of Tony Askew, white, occupation "guard", along with 30 others with no relationships to HOH given...jail?; 1910C- William Lewis, 69, married to Jane Lewis 58
Lilly, Caroline Stevenson3/18/18552/22/1918FAG
Marshall, Lula18826/10/1926Comp Lawn cemetery per DC
Martin, Frank18744/7/1923Camp Town per DC
Martin, Vander4/11/18903/23/1940Camptown per DC, FAG
Matthews, Eugene11/26/192611/26/1926Camptown per DC, FAG
Mays, Fred190112/18/1930Camptown per DC, FAG
McKinney-Brooks, Daphney Bradley10/14/18822/4/1950FAG
McKinney, Willie7/27/191810/16/1943FAG901 Washington Road, Navasota, Tx
Mills, Infant Boy12/18/192512/18/1925FAG
Molley, Serne?9/8/1898FAG
Murray, A.B.Jr.3/15/19203/15/1920FAG
Murray, Hattie (Hunt)187910/24/1921Camp Town per DC, FAG
Murray, James3/17/19213/17/1921Camptown per DC
Nathan, Eula3/5/18952/15/1925FAG
Nelson, Millie5/18615/31/1921FAG
Parish, Eliza18631/15/1926Camptown per DC, FAG
Parish, Matilda188012/24/1925FAG
Parker, Kizzie18571887
Patrick, James9/15/18707/7/1922Camptown per DCFarmer, father FJ Patrick (Indiana), mother from Mississippi, married
Peel, George18453/3/1929Camps per DC, FAG
Polly, Emily9/22/18477/28/1904FAG1900 i.18?
Porter, Daniel5/10/18639/10/19161870C - Daniel Porter 6, mulatto, son of Rinson 36 and Laura 25 Porter, siblings Alonzo 18, Henry 15, Caroline 14, Nora 12, Thomas 9, Richard 2, Celia 6 months, also in household Julia Price 10 and Hannah Hayflower 30: 1900C- San Antonio, head of household Dan Porter 38, May 1862,school teacher, married to Henrietta 31, Oct 1869, daughters Bessie 9, Coleman 6 and Vanna 4, son David 2:
Porter, Henrietta P.10/8/186912/18/1909Amendment to Certificate of Birth from 2/1/1972 gives Henrieta Prudence Smith and Daniel Brackens Porter as parents for Alexander Herbert Porter, born August 8, 1907 in Brenham
Ramiols, Donaciano18557/11/1925Camps per DC, FAG
Richard, John3/18/18437/25/1925Camps per DC, FAG
Richardson, Alex18529/9/1925Camp Town per DC, FAG
Rippetoe, Damzel??FAG
Rippetoe, John??FAG
Rippetoe, Mary18373/13/1927FAG
Rippetoe, Robert Lee4/1/19379/27/1939FAG
Robinson, Caroline18574/5/1931Camptown per DC, FAG
Rogers, Alex8/1/18562/7/1961Camptown per DC, FAG
Ross, Charles18481/18/1925Camptown per DC, FAG
Russell, Caroline19017/17/1925Pottersfield per DC, FAG
Scott, Robert10/21/18965/21/1939Brenham per DC, FAG
Seward, Caroline4/10/18114/19/1902FAG
Shelton, Helen10/8/19279/8/1932Comptown per DC, FAG
Smith, Arthur12/10/189312/14/1971Camptown per DC, FAG, DOB is 7/10/1896 per DC1619 Garrett St
Smith, Sudie18804/11/1926Camptown per DC, FAG
Speakes, Ellen18524/11/1926Camptown per DC
Steitler, Edmond18711/13/1918Camptown per DC, FAGMulberry St
Steitler, Lucy18353/17/1935Brenham per DC, FAG
Stevenson, Eliza6/21/18785/3/1939Camptown per DC, FAG
Stevenson, Rev. Shadrack "Sandy"4/20/18714/23/1936Brenham per DC, FAG
Stringellow, L.R.12/12/18727/26/1915Brenham per DC, FAG1114 E. Alamo
Stringfellow, Jim?2/4/1891"...interred at the colored church yard in Camptown" per Brenham Weekly Banner
Swain, Daphney18346/16/1919Comptown per DC, FAG
Swain, Lowell E.11/9/191612/5/1921
Swearengen, Spencer18821/7/1940Camptown per DC, FAG
Taylor, Lee Percy2/14/18819/29/1961Camptown per DC, FAG, DOB is 2/8/1881 per DC
Thomas, Piner2/1/18721/6/1959Camptown per DC, FAG1404 E. Alamo
Unknown (Father of Ada Hill)12/22/18446/17/1914FAG
Walker, Amelia (Toms)18433/3/1931Camp Town per DC, FAG
Walker, John "Johnnie"4/188811/15/1953Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG
Walker, Steve18562/20/1931Camptown per DC, FAG
Waller, Columbus18791/27/1921Camptown per DC
Wheeler, Infant Boy9/10/19179/10/1917Camptown per DC, FAG
Whitaker, Felix III10/6/18827/29/1909FAG, DOB 1883 per DC
Willaims, Bessie (Finley)3/10/18854/11/1934Camptown per DC, FAG
Williams, Charlie3/16/189310/1/1951Camptown per DC, FAG
Williams, Eliza L. Finley2/22/18914/9/1943Brenham per DC, FAG602 High Street
Williams, Hiram A.12/20/18583/1/1943Brenham per DC, FAG
Williams, Jardan184212/6/1937Camptown per DC, FAG
Williams, Rev. Herbert Lee12/2/187610/9/1935Camptown per DC, FAG1002 E. Main
Williams, Rhoda Rogers18607/20/1946FAG, DOB per DC is 11/10/1869(1859)
Williams, Virginia (Gober)9/15/18423/12/1934Camptown per DC, FAG
Yancy, Fannie18945/5/1935Camptown per DC, FG
Yancy, Ben185212/31/19221880C- Ben Yancy 28, blacksmith, wife Fannie Yancy 20, daughter Josephine Yancy 4, others Eliza Brice 24 and William Reese 35: 1900C- Ben Yauncey, b. April 1850, farmer,can write but not read, wife Fannie born March 1859:1910C- head of household Ben Yancy 63, wife Fannie Yancy 49: 1920C living in household of George White 38 and his wife Bessie White 26, Fannie still alive at 55
Yancy, Fannie12/16/1939
Yancy, Josephine12/12/18738/17/1903
Zachry, Gus184212/5/1921Camptown per DC, FAG

3 comments:

  1. Please contact me concerning R S Sloan. He is not on your census but he is on FindaGrave. He was a remarkable individual much storied in the Brenham Banner.

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  2. Please contact me concerning R S Sloan. He is not on your census but he is on FindaGrave. He was a remarkable individual much storied in the Brenham Banner.

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  3. "East End" Cemetery is apparently another name for the Walker cemetery on Hog Branch creek.

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