Camptown Obituaries

     Compiling the Camptown Cemetery Census is a tricky process, at best.  

     There are some clear indications of who are buried there - the extant grave markers.  Most of these have been added to the census, though some, such as that of Robert S. Sloan were simply overlooked in earlier iterations of the census.  The marker is prominent and hard to miss, but by sheer dint of poor editing he was overlooked  in my earlier attempts at compiling the census. 

     There are also some problems with even with markers, such as the grave of Karl Schneider, who is not only not black and did not even live in Brenham, but rather in Millheim, in Austin county.

     An additional problem with Schneider's grave is that he also has another marker in the Millheim cemetery, although this is a cemetery which was not established until several years after his death. The mystery of his two graves remains one that is yet to be solved. 

     Fortunately, there exists another tool for establishing that a person has been buried in Camptown Cemetery - obituaries.

     The marker for Waterman Bynum is one of the more outstanding early markers in Camptown Cemetery, a grave which clearly spoke of the deceased as being a prominent man of some means.

(Photography courtesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker)

     An obituary for Bynum was found early one in the digital newspaper archives of The Portal to Texas History, an absolutely invaluable source of material for researching the cemetery.

 (Brenham Weekly Banner, December 8, 1881)

     There is some very important information about Bynum presented here - that he seemed to have a store in Camptown, had unlimited in Galveston (very important for a merchant of the time), was a city alderman and that his funeral had been attended by the mayor and other council members.  This vastly expands our understanding of the importance of Camptown and the cemetery in the black community.  But there were even problems here as well, no the least being his first name.  It is Waltman on the grave, but Waterman in the article.  There is also the matter of the condition of the obituary itself, which cuts out some of the important details.  Another was the date of the newspaper article.  It does not match the date of Bynum's death, and it becomes clear from reading other articles on in the same paper that this was not the correct date of the paper.  

     At the time this article was first found, it was the only copy available.  Since then the Portal to Texas History has expanded it's digital collection of Brenham papers, and a more complete copy of the obituary is available.  The practice of the Brenham Weekly Banner was to copy reproduce entire articles from papers of the previous week, so those empty spaces can now be filled in.

(Brenham Daily Banner, June 29, 1881)

     

Louisa Shipman-Mangrum-Yoos: Screaming from the Dust By Robert R. Bubb

     I'm very pleased to post below the biographical sketch by Robert Bubb of his great-great-grandmother, Louisa Shipman-Mangrum-Yoos. Although it is not clear if she is indeed buried in Camptown Cemetery, she very well may be and certainly was an key figure in post-emancipation Brenham.  Her last name graces the street upon which Camptown Cemetery now lies, a fact that had not been known before her great-great-grandson began delving into her story. 

     She sold the city of Brenham the land upon which Pickard High School was erected, land which she may well have given by her ex-"owner", Daniel Shipman, one of Sephen F. Austin's "Original Three Hundred."  The photograph below shows the street sign at Kerr and Mangrum next to the monument erected by the Lion's Club to commemorate Pickard High School in 1979.  It reads

"Site Of Pickard High School.

Esteemed Texas school established about 1875 by Brenham public school system for black pupils of elementary through high school levels and called Camptown School.  It was renamed East End School and later, in 1936 Pickard High School in honor of A.R. Pickard, it's principal for about forty-five years, becoming a senior high school in 1958.  It continued until 1969.

Principals serving here were Paul Bledso, Anerson, Sam McCoy, A.R. Pickard Sr. and W.L. Alton Sr.  The spirit of Pickard High School lives in the hearts of its thousands of students."

     Camptown Cemetery can be seen in the background, on the other side of the old playing fields of Pickard High School. It is heartening that Louisa Mangrum's name can be once again remembered in association with this key area of early Camptown history.

The Corner of Mangrum and Kerr, 

Site of Pickard High School 

Louisa Shipman-Mangrum-Yoos: Screaming from the Dust

By Robert R. Bubb

     The lack of records and documentation make tracing the genealogical roots of former slaves extremely difficult, if not impossible. For Louisa Shipman-Mangrum(Mangram)-Yoos, tracing those roots is no different. Untangling Louisa’s family roots is like envisioning a 1,000 piece puzzle with two corner pieces, twelve middle pieces, and a whole lot of educated inference. Based on the interpretation of slave population censuses, sale deeds, and newspaper clippings, it appears Louisa’s father was likely her slave owner, Daniel Shipman, and her mother was likely a “yellow” slave named Vina. Louisa may have also had five other bi-racial siblings as well: Jane, Julie, Caroline, Thomas, and a sibling who only lived a few days. Louisa was likely born around 1846 near Sexton, Texas. Shortly thereafter and according to the 1850 Slave Census, she was living in Brenham, Texas. Like many slave families, Daniel Shipman may have sold some of her siblings as they came of age, and it appears that in 1859 following the death of his wife, Shipman sold Louisa and her remaining family as well.

     After emancipation the records are much clearer, Louisa started a family of her own, and in 1869, she married a former slave named Smith Mangrum (Mangram). Although the marriage would not last more than 15 years, Louisa and Smith raised two children – Mary and John. Louisa was an advocate for education as the Census records all indicate that her children were in school. Little is known about Mary, however John would later marry Aggie Fredericks who, according to the Brenham Banner, was known for her swearing and fighting. Sadly in 1900, John died of consumption and according to the 1900 Census, Mary may have had passed away as well.

In addition to her own children, Louisa also cared for several other children including a niece, Rebecca Lusk, and two nephews, Harrison Pressey and Earl Jones. Louisa and Smith made a lasting impression on Harrison, as he would later name two of his children after them. Louisa would also adopt the daughter of Mattie Foster and cared for her until she decided to return to her mother. Louisa’s open home was likely the result of her relatively unusual financial position for a former slave.

Despite her roots, Louisa was quite prosperous. How she came about such wealth is still a mystery; however Daniel Shipman may have had something to do with it. According to the 1870 Census Louisa and Smith owned a home valued at $600 which was double the value of most homes owned by former slaves at that time. But it would not be until after 1880 that Louisa was a regular in terms of land acquisitions and transfers. Coincidentally in 1880, Daniel Shipman sold all of his interests in Brenham for $10,000 and divided the money among his children. Although it is not known if his mulatto children received any of the sale proceeds, Louisa’s escalation in property transactions after that date suggests she may have received a portion.

Interestingly and despite being married, Louisa maintained property rights and all transactions were in her name and not her husband’s. Texas and California were the only two states at the time that allowed wives to retain the rights to their own property, and Federal Censuses and newspaper articles demonstrate that Louisa owned a lot of property. She owned a house on Sandy Street – now known as Alamo Street, 100 acres outside of town in Andrew Miller’s abstract under Smith’s name, 5 lots in Gays addition – between Garrett and Mangrum Streets across from Mount Rose Baptist Church where the Pickard High School Home Economics building now stands, the land south of Mangrum Street – possibly named after Louisa – to the train tracks, a lot in Randle’s addition in north Brenham, and two other unspecified lots. Much of the land she owned surrounded Camptown Cemetery, and several land transactions were in the interest of furthering Black causes. In 1884, Louisa sold the land south of Mangrum Street for the building of a new Camptown School – later known as East End and Pickard High School. Later Louisa sold two lots of land to the United Brothers of Friendship and the Sisters of the Mysterious Tens. Both orders were responsible for caring for the sick and burying the dead. Given all the land she owned, it is with little surprise that the Galveston Daily News referred to Louisa as a “well-to-do colored woman of Brenham.”

Given Louisa’s dealings in the community, she was referenced much in the local newspaper. An article in the Brenham Banner tells of Henry McDade’s close call with death on Louisa’s property. Louisa treated her property for ants and unknown to her, the gas from chemicals poised her water well. Coincidentally, McDade was called out to clean the well and was overcome with the fumes. He passed out at the bottom of the well. After Prince Edward failed in his attempt to save McDade, Wiley Hubert scaled the well and pulled McDade to safety.

      Not only was Louisa involved in property transactions, she was also involved in several legal matters. In 1879, Louisa demonstrated her open nature to those in need and willingness to confront danger by harboring a battered woman. Louisa literally stood in the line of fire protecting the woman. The woman’s husband, Taylor Smith, tried to shoot Louisa. In her own words at Taylor’s trial, “Smith’s wife left him about a week ago on account of ill treatment, coming to my house; Smith who seemed to have been drinking came to my house on Tuesday and quarreled with me about keeping and harboring his wife; came to my house twice after dark, and each time sending his small boy with somewhat threatening messages and again came about 10 o’clock at night, this time accompanied by a double barreled shot gun. I heard a noise outside and stepping to the open window, I saw the muzzle of the shotgun, it looked large enough to drive a mule in; heard him cock the gun and stepped to one side; had hardly got out of the way when the gun was discharged, the load taking effect in the wall. I was not hurt.” Louisa not only stood up for the rights of others, she also stood up for her own rights.

     Louisa knew her rights and defended them. She filed suit for several property and custody rights. In 1884 and 1886, she sued for land rights against Wilson Mangrum – a possible relative of her husband. She also sued Charles Wilson and K. A. Sloan for failure to fulfill promissory notes, and she took Mattie Foster to court over custody of Mattie’s daughter. Although the court upheld Louisa’s right to the child, the child later returned to her biological mother. The many legal battles demonstrated that Louisa was determined to take control of her life – to act and not be acted upon.

     Louisa’s success in Brenham also demonstrated her ambitious nature. She took every opportunity to make something of her life. In 1888, she traveled to California to pursue additional prospects. She spent a year in San Francisco before moving across the bay. In downtown Oakland, she purchased a 13-room lodge on the corner of Franklin and 7^th Streets. As a lodge owner, she met several interesting people. Gustave Rutz was a well-to-do inventor of rail car safety equipment. Rutz was known for his free love philosophy which was also suspected to play a role in his mysterious and sudden disappearance.  

Another resident was the self-proclaimed General Charles Kelly of the Industrial Army and advocate of labor rights. General Kelly’s labor rights march on Washington was chronicled by the American author – and fellow marcher – Jack London. Although the movement eventually faded with little effect, it is not surprising that Louisa would be tangently connected to the labor rights movement given her pursuit and exercising of her own legal rights.

Louisa would again demonstrate her compassion for her fellow human beings. Old David McNea was a poor peddler and Oakland pioneer who Louisa found in the street and brought him into her lodge. McNea was ill and she cared for him at her own expense for the last 6-months of his life. Several years after his death, a small fortune belonging to McNea was discovered in a San Francisco bank. McNea’s choice to live a life of a poor peddler when he hoarded money across the bay left many scratching their heads and calling him a miser.

While managing the lodge in Oakland, Louisa struck a relationship with a German immigrant named Frederick D. Yoos. Unfortunately, they could not marry because California Civil Code prevented the marriage between any White person and any Black or Mulatto persons. However they did raise two children together – Frederick Daniel and Lillian Virginia. They lived together as a family while residing in Oakland.

While in Oakland, Louisa also had a run-in with the leader of the Sporting Life Gang, Frank Nolan. The Sporting Life Gang was characterized by Jack London as murderers and ballot box stuffers. Frank Nolan had a knack for getting arrested and then intimidating his way out of legal charges. Avoiding charges is not too surprising though given that Oakland’s police force at the end of the 19^th Century was considered the most corrupt in the nation. On this occasion, Nolan assaulted a woman by the name of Lizzie James. Louisa was called to be a character witness and possibly in a moment of uncharacteristic weakness, she testified that Lizzie had a poor reputation. As a result, Frank Nolan was yet again acquitted. Given Nolan’s own reputation, it is likely Louisa was also intimidated by the gang leader.

Shortly after her testimony at the Sporting Life Trial, Louisa sold the lodge. It is possible that the trial, and her role in it, persuaded her that downtown Oakland was not the best place to raise young children. Louisa and her family moved to Fair Play, California and purchased two lots of land for a homestead. They would remain in Fair Play until Fred Yoos passed away in 1906.

After 1906, Louisa bounced back and forth between her properties in Brenham and in California. Shortly after the death of Fred Yoos, Louisa and Lillian moved back to Brenham until women gained the right to vote in progressive California. It is not surprising that Louisa returned to Fair Play to exercise her right to vote at the very first available chance. She had already demonstrated by suing for custody rights, owning land in her solely her name, managing a lodge, and pursuing legal actions against others that she was a strong, smart woman willing to exercise her rights.

She remained in Fair Play until both Frederick Daniel and Lillian were married. Lillian married Jacob Harris in 1919 while Frederick married Florence Moore in 1920. Following the marriages, Louisa traveled back to Brenham for a couple of years before returning to Oakland in 1922. Shortly thereafter Lillian moved to Quincy, California and Frederick moved to Los Angeles. With her children now pursuing their own lives, Louisa would return one final time to Brenham around 1924.

In October of 1926, Louisa suffered a stroke. She was taken to a hospital in Rusk, Texas for medical care, and on January 4^th, 1927, Louisa passed away. Her body was taken back to Brenham to be buried.

Louisa Shipman-Mangrum-Yoos was one of the many forgotten voices that made up the vibrant history of Camptown. Not even her descendants knew of her life and accomplishments. Her grandson did not even know her name until he was 85 years old and knew her only has a poor, uneducated Black woman from Louisiana who adopted and raised his mother. Louisa’s memory could not have been more misrepresented! But no more! As much in life, Louisa is now again making her presence known in death. The historical revival in Camptown has stirred her spirit, hopefully never to be silenced again.

Wiley Hubert and His Role in Post-Emancipation Brenham

This is an early biographical sketch of one of the prominent black citizens buried in Camptown Cemetery.  The information is drawn from newspaper accounts and census data, though as I went back to search for a possible obituary it became apparent that there was much more data that was continuing to become available and this biographical sketch needs to be expanded.  

(photo courtesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker)

Wiley Hubert’s Role in Post-Emancipation Brenham

by Charles Swenson

Wiley Hubert

12/25/1832 - 10/6/1909

Wiley Hubert, who is buried in the Camptown Cemetery, is also one of the most widely cited black citizens of the late 19th and early 20th century in Brenham newspapers.  Though he is now practically forgotten, these references help fill out details of his life, fleshing out his rise from a slave to a well-to-do citizen to a degree of certainty not always possible with most freedmen of this period.

He is listed in the 1870 United States Census, the first listing blacks by name in Texas,  as a 37 year old mulatto literate carpenter, born in Mississippi.  He is married to 25 year old Alice Wiley, also literate and listed as “keeping house,”  with a 9 month old daughter, Savannah.  Also listed as living at their residence is Jane Atkinson, a 13 year old domestic, and Julia Johnson, a 20 year old who was attending school.   He was relatively affluent, with real estate valued at $2000 and personal property listed at $500.  By the 1880 Census he also has a son, Roy, 9, listed; according to the 1900 Census, Alice only had these two children.

Some of the newspaper articles about him are relatively uninteresting on the face of it, but reveal facets of his life that open into a broader picture of his existence.  Many are simply notices of real estate transfers, yet they document him as a propertied gentleman of relative wealth.  They also sometimes hint also at deeper business dealings, such as his transfer to Ed. Walker of a lot in Brenham for one dollar and “other considerations,” with no indication of what those considerations might have been.  He was undoubtedly a competent and trusted workman, as reflected in the multiple accountings of sums paid to him for work on city, county and school properties.  Other accounts often refer to his work as “very satisfactory.”  He a well respected carpenter who extended his work to other areas, such as bridge repair.   He was also skilled at moving buildings, whether it was the”studio of Miss Netta Botts” to a new property or the large two story gin at an oil mill 150 yards across a railroad track and gully on rollers and powered by horses, with “not a strain or break in any part of the house when it landed at its destination.”

He was not only a trusted citizen, called to serve not only on many petit juries but county and Federal grand juries but also to help rescue a failing city government.  Appointed as an agent to solicit funds for his church he functioned as a stabilizing financial force for the A.M.E. church, as well as rebuilding Camptown churches after they were devastated by the Hurricane of 1900.  

He was a proud father whose daughter’s marriage to the “ principal of the colored free school” (his daughter was a school teacher) was the “event of the season in Brenham colored society.”  Heroic impulses led him to descend by rope into a well to rescue Henry McDade when he cleaning out a well and  was overcome by gas generated by ant poison.  He and his family were there when a neighbor’s house fire drove her out in flaming clothes and helped “strip... the woman of her still blazing garments, and ministered to her hurts as best they could till a physician could be summoned.”  He was a gardener who took pride in his peaches and still seems to have found the time to raise cotton.  

While contemporary newspaper accounts tended to capitalize on the antics, arrests and human frailties of Camptown citizens, with regard to Wiley Hubert they help round out the picture of one of the leading black citizens in post-emancipation Brenham.   

Australia Guy and Bedia Guy Kinnard markers, John Henry Kinnard

Amy the Spirit Seeker, a prolific poster on FindAGrave.com and researcher of Camptown Cemetery, took many photographs of the grave markers there before the cleaning of the site.  She has kindly granted permission for the use of those photographs, and many, if not most of them, will be used here in the future.

Here is the tombstone of Australia Guy, as she found it laying on the ground in the Guy plot, laying deep in the shadows.

(Courtesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker)

This next picture is is just to the right of his grave and marker, and in the Guy plot.  I include it mainly to illustrate the impressive degree to which Mother Nature begins to take over.  The railing surrounding this grave, which seems to be part of the Guy plot, had been incorporate into the tree, which then lived out it's life cycle and collapsed and ripped up the railing when it fell.  

(photo by Charles Swenson)

As mentioned in the previous post, Australia Guy had a sister, Bedia Guy.  She was born in May of 1887, and in the 1910 Census  is listed as a public school teacher.  She was listed as being first married at age 24 in the 1930 Census, though as divorced in the 1920 Census and then as married in the 1930 Census.  

According to Reggie Brown, she was married to John H. Kinnard, and on the 1930 Census her last name is no longer Guy, although it is difficult to make out seems to read Kinard.  In that 1930 Census, she is also listed as a school teacher in the occupation category, in the industry category the listing is R.R.  She is living with her widowed mother Ellen, aged 70, who is listed as head of the house (valued at $500) and listed as now able to read and write, which differs from earlier Census data.

She died on May 11, 1939, of post-operative complications following the removal of an ovarian cyst.

(photo courstesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker)

(Found at FamilySearch.org)

According to Reggie Brown, she was married to John H. Kinnard, and on the 1930 Census her last name is no longer Guy, although it is difficult to make out seems to read Kinard.  Henry Kinard is also living in the house as son-in-law and married at the age of 35 and is 65, though it may be 55.  He is also literate, and his occupation is listed as the proprietor of a barber shop. 

John Henry Kinnard was born on January 15, 1871, although he is listed in the 1920 Census with an age of 46.  At that time he was married to Carrie J. Kinnard, who was also buried at Camptown Cemetery after her death on September 10, 1920.  They had 4 teenaged children living with them at 1220 East Main Street, at a home he owned.  His occupation was listed as a barber at a barbershop. He also appears in the 1900 and 1910 Census reports in Brenham, as a barber in 1900 and in 1910 as a barber at his own shop.

In 1940, the year after Bedia died, he is listed as single and living at 1209 East Main Street, the same house he'd been living in since 1935.  He is still the manager of a barber shop, and is living with his son Isaac, who is also a barber.  Isaac's wife Seletia and their child Herbert are also living there.  Seletia was a casher (cashier) and although the data is unclear, it may have been at a picture show.

Henry Kinnard also shows up twice in the Brenham papers.  In the July 22, 1896 edition of the Brenham Daily Banner, a mass meeting was held at the Mount Rose Baptist Church protesting a recently enacted city law requiring all hogs be kept in a pen of at least 50 feet by 20 feet.  He was listed as one of  80 "law abiding and tax paying citizens" petitioning against this ordinance.

In December of 1913 there was massive flooding along the Brazos and Colorado River bottoms.  Many calls were made for contributions to help the victims, a disproportionate number of whom were black. In an article from the December 17, 1913 Brenham Daily Banner-Press, was a statement issued by Professor D. Porter, the principal of the Brenham Normal and Industrial College.  He suggested that "every colored citizen of our town proceed to give as liberal contributions as possible to the flood sufferers...in any  -money, clothes or provisions..."  He also "sincerely hoped that all and every one of the secret fraternities will get busy and in some way contribute something through the proper course...We should remember that at least 95 per cent of these suffering people are members of the colored race and that we should do something for ourselves in this sublime crisis.  I suggest, therefore, that all contributions of whatever character be turned over to Henry Kinard, John Armbrister and Floyd Haskell, at their respective places of business.  I take pleasure in stating that these men will see that each and every, and all contributions are placed in the hands of the regular organization."  

John Henry Kinnard died on September 20, 1949, and was buried in Brenham.

(Found at FamilySearch.org)

Australia Warren Guy, 1895 -1922

An often commented on grave marker at Camptown Cemetery is that of Australia Guy.  It lies in the Guy plot, on the eastern end of the grounds.  

Time and a bit of research have garnered only small bits and pieces of his life, but they do help to reinforce the fact that he was a living, breathing human being, far more so than is first intuited from the cool stone that remembers him.  

According to the 1900 census, Australia was one of eight children of William and Ellen Guy.  William  was born into bondage in Louisiana, Ellen in Texas, and neither had learned to read or write.  All of Australia's siblings, however, were granted the gift of literacy, and his old sister Bedia, eventually even became a public school teacher in Brenham.  

Australia speaks on opportunities at his graduation

(Brenham Daily Banner, May 23, 1912 p 5)

We do know that Australia graduated from East Side High School, which ironically was immediately adjacent to Camptown Cemetery.  He spoke at his commencement exercises on the subject of "Present Opportunities," a presentation which "showed careful preparation and research and proved that the colored high school maintains a high standard."  

Australia's draft notice 

(Brenham Dailiy Banner-Press, July 11, 1917 p 1)

Australia remained in Brenham after graduation.  When the United States entered into the First World War and the draft was enacted, he registered.

(found at Familysearch.org)

(found at Familysearch.org)

He was living at 309 Bragg, and working as a clerk for Clarence Scott, a black grocer.  His build and height is given as medium, and he lists himself as married with a dependent wife.  

(found at Familysearch.org)

He was formally married to Woodie E. Jones on April 14, 1919, with a license issued shortly after his demobilization from the service. 

(found at Familysearch.org)

Australia was drafted and inducted in San Antonio, at Fort Sam Houston on August 24, 1917.  He was assigned to the Medical Department, and then into the Sanitary Department, where he served until his discharge.  He served overseas from June of 1918 until February of 1919, in the Meuse-Argonne Defensive sector.  

(found at Familysearch.org)

After his demobilization in April of 1919 (and the formalization of his marriage to Woodie Jones) Australia moved to Dallas. He was living at 2507 Flora Street there when he filed an application for a Victory Medal. 

Death notice and card of thanks regarding his death

(Dallas Express, December 16, 1922)

​

Australia and his wife moved again, to 1016 Dodd Street where they lived with his brother, Terry and worked at the Adolphus Hotel.  The Adolphus had been the site of a particularly ugly incident in the spring of 1921 during a time when the newly reorganized Ku Klux Klan was resurgent in Dallas.  Bellboy Alex Johnson was accused of "doing something he had no right to do" and was dragged from the hotel by local Klan members.  He was whipped, the initials "KKK" etched into his forehead with acid, and forced to walk back bleeding and without his shirt into the Adolphus lobby. The Sheriff and police department refused to investigated. 

This was the environment in which Australia was working as a bellboy in November 30,1922, when he somehow fell down three stories in an elevator shaft.  He shattered his pelvis and died of internal hemorrhaging at 3 in the afternoon on December 2, at St. Paul's Sanitarium in Dallas. 

Australia was a member of American Woodmen and the St. Luke lodge No. 1 of the colored Knights of Pythias.  They assisted in the transport of his body to Brenham.  Flowers were sent from the Adolphus Hotel and Titche-Goettinger's department store.  He was buried on December 15 in Camptown Cemetery, in view of the high school he had graduated from and Mt. Rose Baptist Church, of which he was a member. His story is but one of the many the cemetery waits to tell us.

Death Certificate

(as found at Familysearch.org)

Camptown Cemetery, before the clean up

The extent to which Camptown Cemetery was overgrown in early 2013 was truly astounding.  It is hard to believe that a little over over a year later it was pretty well cleaned of the vast overgrowth and urban jungle that had enveloped it.  

This video was shot in early 2013, during the early stages of removing the overgrowth.  It was shot during a walk where Bob Wishoff and I were escorting Doug Price through the inner depths of the cemetery, back to the area of the Isaacs plot.  It is rather lengthy, about twenty minutes worth of viewing, but gives a sense of not only the difficulties faced in taking on the task of clearing that we had ahead of us but of the wonder of the tremendous value of the cemetery. 

Anyone who visits Camptown now would be hard pressed to understand how close much effort the volunteers put into bringing this vital part of Brenham's history back to life.  The following video shows three of those most diligent volunteers, Doug, Bob, and Ray Mildren, and the results of that herculean task by August of that same summer.

Interview with Eddie Harrison in Camptown Cemetery

Following is some video shot during the early clean up of 
Camptown Cemetery, when Eddie Harrison sat down with me and took a little time to talk about the importance of the cemetery.   It was taken during a break during our clean up in the late summer of 2013, which accounts for the chainsaw racket in the back ground.  

He talks at length on the cemetery and it's importance in the Camptown community, along with other related subjects.  

There is more video shot at the cemetery during various stages of the clean up, and I'll be posting more in the future.  But I feel like this is actually some of the most important, so it comes first!

The Census Grows!

Since the last post, the Camptown Cemetery Census has grown, and additions have been made.  I would like to express thanks to Nick Cimino of ancestorpuzzles.com for bringing one very significant missing element, that of Robert S. "Ketchum" Sloan, whose story can be found at The Mysterious Bob Sloan - His Journey from Slavery to Freedom and Beyond . 

There is a great deal of information in the final column that has been gathered from many sources and may be a little difficult to decipher. It is generally drawn from death certificates, census data, and newspaper entries, usually from the Brenham Weekly Banner (BWB) or Brenham Daily Banner (BDB).  DC is death certificate (from which addresses at time of death, informants and cause of death are taken,) and FAG is information from the FindAGrave site, which I highly recommend. 

This version is also undoubtedly incomplete, since a large number (if not most) of the graves aren't currently marked.  Portions may well be incorrect, and if anyone does have questions or corrections, please contact me to help keep this census as accurate as possible. And it continues to grow.  After having been over every inch of the cemetery innumerable during all portions of clearing it and many visits since, I am sure more will be revealed.  

Apologies for the small print, but is the best fit I could find for this space.  Anyone wishing a pdf copy can contact me and I'd glad to send along the latest version.

?Mills, Milton Jr	9/28/1921	7/28/1935	Pottersfield per DC
?Mitchell, Jim	1850	5/2/1920
?Rippetoe, Kelly D.	1889	3/27/1932	Brenham per DC
?Rippetoe, Wilbert Hamilton	3/9/1919	3/4/1943	Brenham per DC
?Whitaker, Fannie Jackson	1868	10/6/1946	Brenham per DC
Alcorn, Lucy	About 1860	3/20/1935	Camptown 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 1877	11/27/1929	Camps per DC, FAG		1900C- 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)...................BDB June 30, 1896 p3 Husband was installed as "I.G." of Banner Progress Lodge, No. 1234, GUOofOF
Anderson, Ella (Love)	6/12/1882	3/11/1955	Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG	1210 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; Brenham Weekly Banner, vol 16 No 38 Thursday September 22, 1881 -"A Self Made Colored Man. As an example of what colored men can do, we point to Samuel Love, of Brenham, who passed a very creditable examination recently, and received a first-class certificate. Mr. Love is an indomitable student; possess a library of 200 volumes. When not at work you can find him at home, book in hand solving the knotty problems. He is is also studying Latin and making commendable progress. He is now in his fortieth year. There are a large number of other colored teachers in the county who, if called for examination, would pass with a tight squeeze; they should emulate the example of Same Love---reach for the highest prize." (Samuel Love seems to be the father of Ella Love Anderson, interred at Camptown. He bacame a reknown and much loved teacher, but was later indicted on embezelling of school funds and captured in Ft Worth in 1889 after jumping ball and rumors of his lynching.)
Anderson, Martha	1826	12/10/1910	FAG		?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,
Anderson, Willis	1830	1/5/1908	Camptown, Tombstone		His marker is on the obverside of the same obelisk as Martha Anderson
Ayres, wife of Dave		March 1902	Newspaper notice		BDB March 12 1902 p4 "The wife of Dave Ayres was buried in the Camptown cemetery Tuesday evening."
Basey, Callie	10/15/1871	10/12/1933	Brenham per DC, FAG, informant James Basey, Jr		1880C- 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, .........Brenham Daily Banner, April 25, 1902 p1 ... “Drowned in a Wash Tub. “A Eleven Months Old Colored Baby Comes to Grief in a Tub of Water in Camptown Late Wednesday Evening. “The infant baby of Callie Bassey, colored, was drowned late Wednesday by falling into a tub of water. The infant was left on the gallery, and in the absence of its mother crawled along the floor to the edge below which sat a tub of water. the child crawled right on off into the tub and there was drowned. The splash of the water or the screams of the child were never heard. When the mother returned she missed the baby and instituted a search to find it dead in the tub. The child was buried Thursday.”
Black (Block?), Julius	April 1883	5/29/1924	Camptown per DC	E. Main per WWI registration	B
Black, Louise (Roberson) (Seward per Harrison)	6/17/1847	9/29/1922	Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG		1880C- 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 1865	4/4/1930	Camp Town per DC, FAG		1930C - 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)	11/13/1867	6/18/1936	Camptown per DC, FAG	Camptown 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, Lilly	9/6/1874	11/18/1965	"Removed" from Fort Worth to Rippetoe Cemetery, Brenham, Texas per DC		1900C - 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.................................Brenham Weekly Banner, September 3, 1903 p1 “Ben Bradley, one of the best colored cooks in Brenham, has opened a restaurant and lunch stand in the St. Louis Saloon.”
Brewer, Lula		2/3/1891	"...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.	2/1/1837	5/24/1918	Willow Grove Cemetery per DC, FAG		1880C- 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..............................BWB June 12, 1884 p3 “At a special meeting of the Band of Progress Lodge No. 1934, G.U.O. of O.F. held June 4, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: M.J. Reeves, N.G.; Alex Moore, V.G.; T. Rogers, R.S. to N.G.; J. Lands, L.S. to N.G.; Chas. Banks, R.S. to V.G.; James Hall, L.S. to V.G.; Pete Lofton, P.N.G.; J.M. Parker, P.S.; Geo. Issac, E.S.; N. Lee, N.F.; A.Brown, P.N.F.; T. Day, Warden; H.J. McAdoo, W.T.; R.V. Martin, W.C.  Public installation will take place at the Fair Ground, June 19, 1884.”
Brown, Abram B. Jr.	1/15/1911	10/21/1914	FAG
Brown, George	6/11/1884	8/15/1931	Washington Tx per DC, FAG
Brown, George	April 1870	2/6/1926	Brenham per DC, FAG		A Knight of Pythias, installed as an officer with the rank of O.G. when the order was formed in 1897 ( BDB May 7, 1895 p3)
Brown, Julia (Seward)	3/4/1883	11/19/1934	Camptown per DC, FAG	1318 East Alamo
Brown, Livingston	6/30/1889	9/24/1933	Camptown per DC, FAG	1310 Alamo
Brown, Lucinda (Haussion)	12/7/1872	1/15/1939	Camptown per DC, FAG
Brown, Reddin	12/13/1881	10/10/1929	Camptown per DC, FAG	819 Sycamore
Brown, Ruby	6/25/1885	5/14/1917	FAG
Burns, Albert	1890	July, 1905	Newspaper notice		Brenham Weekly Banner, August 3, 1905 p5 “Albert Burns, a 16 year old colored boy, died in Watrousville last Saturday of pneumonia, and his remains were interred in the Camptown cemetery, Sunday afternoon.”
Bynum, Waltman	1873	6/28/1881	FAG		?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..
Carr, Sallie		September 1896	Newspaper notice		BDB Sept 15, 1896 p3 "The funeral of Sallie Carr of Watrousville who died Friday night with consumption took place at the Camptwon cemetery at 1 p.m. Sunday."
Carroll, Lula	1878	July 1896	Newspaper notice		BDB July 3 1896 p3 "Died, at her home in the Wilkins addition at 2 o'clock Tuesday, Lula Carroll, aged 18 years, of typhoid fever after an illness of three weeks. Her remains were interred in the Camptown Cemetery at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon."
Carron, Sam	1832	July 1900	Newspaper notice		BDB July 4 1900 p1 "Sam Carron, aged 68 years, died at his home nnortth of town at twelve o'clock Tuesday. The funeral will take place at the Camptown cemetery this morning. Deceased was an honorable and industrious colored citizen who, though occupying a sphere in the humbler walks of life, was respected by all who knew him. He leaves five children, all grown, and married with the exception of one."
Chadwick, S. C.	2/7/1894	9/6/1906	FAG
Chandler, Ruby M.	1904	11/6/1927	Camp Town per DC		1910C- 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), Will	5/15/1875	12/13/1955	East End Cemetery per DC	402 Rippetoe St	1920C- 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)	1890	8/13/1939	Camptown per DC
Clark, Sam	1880	7/21/1925	Camps cemetery per DC
Clay, infant	December 1893	May 1894	Newspaper notice		BDB May 11 1894 p3 "The six months old child of Henry Clay, colored, died at Camptown Thursday morning early and was buried at Camptown cemetery Thursday afternoon."
Clay, Joseph Emerson	6/26/1931	7/10/1931	Camptown per DC
Clay, Walter	1897	12/15/1927	Camptown per DC
Clayton, Liza	1876 (1886?)	4/21/1936	Camptown per DC
Colbert (?Calbert), Rebecca (Hunt)	1847	3/18/1929	FAG #106683036		Weekly Brenham Banner, vol. 26, no. 6, February 5, 1891, p.2 Collector's Tax Sale. By virtue of the tax rolls of Washington County for the year 1890, I hae levied upon and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder for cash, at the courthouse door in the Cit of Brenham, County of Washington, State of Texas, between the hours of 10 a.m., and 4 p.m., on Tuesday the 3rd day of March, 1891, so much of the following described property as will be sufficient to pay the taxes, costs and penalty due. Sale to continue from day to day until the list is completed: ...Abst. # 31, Colbert, Rebecca, Phil Coe, 4 acres
Daniels, Mary	12/19/1849	3/16/1890	FAG #105726434		Born Mary Walker, married to Spencer Daniels per posting in BDB Sept 8, 1881 p3; BDB March 20, 1895 p 3 - "Suicide. Wm. Handel, a German, "Ends his Troubles with" a British Bull-dog revolver. A German named William Handel , aged about 35 years, committed suicide Thursday morning in his room at the reisence of Mrs. Norris, near Amsler's warehouse... He left a letter addressed to Mr. Sam Schlenker dated March 16th in which he stated that he owed Mary Daniels, a colored washerwoman $51, mostly borrowed money; that she had let him have money when nobody else, and that he also wanted her to be given $25 as a present; that all his personal effects, except his papers, be given to her... BDB March 21 1890 p4 - "Mary Daniels, quite a noted woman among the colored people, died at her home near Dr. Lockett's on last Sunday of paralysis."
Daniels, Spencer	1851	12/27/1924	Camp Town per DC		A
Davis, Henry	1840	7/29/1930	Camp Cemetery per DC		1900, i. 11? BDB Dec 7 1899 p1 - "Compress Row. Between Henry Gilmore and Henry Davis. At The National Compress Wednesday morning Henry Gilmore and Henry Davis had a dispute about the proper way to run a bale of cotton, in order to place it in the jaws of the press. During the row Davis slapped Gilmore's jaws. The men were then separated and it was thought that the matter was ended. Later Gilmore caught Davis with his back turned and proceeded to wipe out the insult by plunging a pocket knife into the side of the protagonist. Two severe wounds were inflicted, one in the wrist and the other in the right side. The latter penetrated the vitals and is regarded as a very dangerous and perhaps fatal wound. A complaint charging Gilmore with assault to murder was made before County Attorney Pennington and placed in the hands of Sheriff Teague. Meantime Gilmore had skipped out has not been captured." p2 "Henry Gilmore, the man who stabbed Henry Davis at the National compress Wednesday morning, an account of which is given in another column, was arrested at the White Elephant Saloon in the afternoon by officer Burkhead."
Dudley, Hellen (Jackson)	7/16/1906	5/27/1927	Camptown per DC, FAG	819 Sycamore St	DC - Father Elijah Jackson, b. Texas, mother Savannah Morrow, b. Texas, informant Elijah Jackson (living in Houston), married, housekeeper, died of tuberculosis
Ernest (?Aunt Rhodes Little? Little Ernest - Aunt Rhodes?	?	?	FAG #106684403
Evans, Freeman	1867	12/5/1920	Camptown per DC, FAG		DC - divorced, porter, father Mose Evans b. Texas, mother Celia Williams b. Mississippi; 1920 Census - b. 1871, living with mother Sealy Evans and widower Emma Simmons (informant on DC), status is married; a marriage certificate names a Freeman Evans married to Rosa House on April 6, 1888 in Washington Texas ............BDB March 25, 1890 p3 - "...Freeman Evans, colored, who raised the little rumpus with his wife, was tried by jury and acquitted." .............BDB March 23, 1890 p4 - "Rosa Evans and Freeman Evans, man and wife and both colored, were up before the mogul yesterday on two charges of disturbing the peace. The mogul reserved his decision in one case and continued the other until tomorrow. The trouble grew out of the wife accusing her husband of infidelity."...................DB April 5, 1892 p3 "In Justice Curry's Court Monday morning Freeman Evans was tried on a charge of whipping his wife, but was acquitted."...............................BDB Sept 4, 1892 p3 - "In Justice Curry's court Saturday evening Freeman Evans was tried on a charge of using abusive language to Narcissa Wilburne and fined $5 and cost, the cost by reason of its having been a jury trial being something over $20."...........BDB Jan 15 1893 p3 - "Constable Boyd Saturday evening captured Freeman Evans who has been owing a fine for the past three or four months, during which time he has been dodging the officers, and upon his failure to liquidate the old claim was locked up in the county jail."...................BDB August 8, 1894 p3 - "In Justice Binz's court Tuesday morning Freeman Evans was fined, including costs, $15.50 for disturbing the peace."..................BDB Feb 28, 1895 p3 - 'There was a row at a dive in the northern part of the city Tuesday night, at a place known as the "Twin Sister" as developed by the evidence in the Mayor's court Thursday morning when Freeman Evans was fined, including cost, $14.95 for assaulting Rosa Lee Evans with a picket at this place. It seems that she entered the house to get her husband out and that he knocked her out.".............................BDB Sept 30, 1897 p3 - "Distric Court. Divorce Cases Taking Precedence Over Other Proceedings. Wednesday was "divorce day" in district court and the orders show ten dismissals as follows:...Freeman Evans vs. Rosa Evans."..................BDB Feb 16, 1901 p1 "In the Temple of Justice. Things are being gotten in shape at the court house preparatory to the spring term of district court, which will convene on the 4th of next month. Present indications are that the greater part of the court's time will be occupied in disposing of suits filed against delinquent tax payers, who are behind in their accounts to the state for the years 1898 and 1899. It is estimated that 200 such suits will be filed, Thirty two citations were issued from Districk Clerk Krug's office Friday and turned over to the Sheriff, who will have the delinquents cited to appear at the approaching ter of court. Following is a list against whom the state brought suit Friday: ....Freeman Evans...".................
Ewing, Emily (Hill)	1857	3/10/1924	Camptown per DC, FAG	Emmanuel St ? "E. Maine"	(The Dallas Express, vol. 31, no. 19, March 22, 1924) Mrs. Emily Ewing, the aged mother of "Mrs. M. E. Stringfellow, died March 12th. Funeral at Mt. Rose Baptist Church. Rev. J.A. Jackson officated. Remains laid to rest in Camptown Cemetery, under the auspices of the S. M. & T. etc. She leaves several relatives and friends to mourn her. Mr. Joe Forney, undertaker." DC Widowed, "about 67", b. Alabama, father Joe Hill, mother unknown, informant M.E. Stringfellow; housekeeper, 1880 Census - Emily Ewing, est. DOB 1850, husband Work Ewing 40, dtr Mollie 11 (later married to Lee Stringfellow), dtr Elizabeth 7, son Wiley 20, other Silvy Ewing 13;
Finley, "Carrie" (Anderson)	1863	4/21/1953	Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG	604 Prarie Lea St	DC - Widowed, DOB unknown "about 90", father Willie Anderson, mother unknown, informant Mrs Hattie Mae; 1940 Census - widowed, living alone, age 70, b. Texas; 1920 Census - est DOB 1862, widowed, owns her own home, living with granddaughter Carrie Lee Williams 20; 1910 Census - est. DOB 1860, son Earl Finley 19, also living in house Martha Anderson 70 (also listed as 'head'); 1910 Census - DOB May 1859, husband Abraham 52 (laborer at compress), daughter Eliza 24, dtr Maggie 18, dtr Hattie 14, son Carl 10, home owners, parents illiterate, children literate, father b. Louisiana, mother b. Virginia;
Finley, Carl	1892	8/24/1931	Camptown per DC, FAG		DC - porter, married to Cordilia Finley, father Abe Finley b. Mississippi, mother Carrie Mable b. Texas, informant Hattie Mae Chadwick; 1930 Census- Earl Findley 30 living with wife Cardelia Findley 33 in household of Bessie Williams 43, with children Earl Findley Jr 14, Mack Findley 11, Charley Findley 11, Wibburns Findley (M) 6, Brenadine Findley 3 and Dorothy N Findley 1:
Fischer, Helen		May, 1921	Newspaper notice		The Houston Informer, May 14, 1921 p4 “Brenham. “...Mrs. Helen Fisher, who had lingered for several months, died Saturday. She was a member of Little Zion Baptist Church. She was laid to rest Sunday in Camptown cemetery, Rev. S.W. Ellis officiating...”
Flewellen, Esther S.	1872		FAG		1900 C - b. July 1872, father born in Georgia, mother born in Texas, married 6 years to Robert Flewellen 30, 4 children, 2 living, daughter ?Robert M 4, son Earl 1, boarder Edgar Graves; husand and wife able to read and write, own their home (farm?) w/mortgage, Robert's occupation Fireman Fchy
Foote, Sophia			Newspaper notic		Brenham Daily Banner-Press, October 11, 1921 “Sophia Foote Found Dead. “Sophia Foote, wife of Matt Foote, a well-known colored citizen, was found dead in her bed at an early hour Monday morning. Justice Rankin held an inquest and returned a verdict of death from heart failure. The body will be interred in the Camptown cemetery.”....................................BDBP October 17 1921 p4 “Big Funeral at Camptown “One of the biggest colored funerals ever held in Brenham, was that of Sophie Foote, wife of Matt Foote, who died a few days ago of heart failure, from the Independent Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Young officiating. “The Household of Ruth, a religious order of which decedent was a member attended in a body.  The interment was in the new Camptown Cemetery. “Two daughters, one from California, and the other from New York city, came for the obsequies.”.............................................................Husband Matt Foote was an Odd Fellow, serving on the building committee for the new building (BDBP July 7, 1914 p8)
Franklin, Benjamin	6/20/1798	11/5/1935	Camptown per DC, FAG, 95 years old per 1930 census		? Robert,
Garrett, Henry W.		5/7/1902
Garrett, Maggie	2/11/1882	9/17/1940	FAG, East End Cemetery per DC, worked for WPA	1515 Lorine	DC - worked for WPA, father Soul Cloud (b. Tx), mother Classie Jackson (b. Tx), informant Rev. JR Garrett; 1910 Census - est DOB 1885, spouse Jeff T Garrett, son Jeff Garrett Jr 6, son George 4, dtr Mellie 3, dtr Lula 1, living with Mancy Garrett (f) 51, Mary Garrett 24, Cara Garrett 22, Marie Garrett 20, Catherine Garrett 14, Maltie Garrett 12; 1920 Census - in Brenham, with head of household Frank James 47, wife Cora James 29, daughter Frankie M James 4, daughter Mattie E James 1, brother-in-law Jeff Garrett 40, sister-in-law Maggie Garrett 29, nephew Jefferie Garrett 17, nephew Wade Garrett 16, niece Mallownee Garrett 13, niece Eliza Garrett 9, niece Classey Garrett 8, niece Kathryn Garrett 6, nephew Frank Garrett 3, nephew Reubin Garrett 1; .........................Brenham Daily Banner, February 28, 1902 p1 “Three Weddings. “Last Wednesday was one long to be remembered among the colored society in Brenham. On that evening there were three weddings, to-wit: Jeff Garrett and Maggie Cloud and Silas Clemons and Sarah Wade were joined in marriage at Mount Rose Baptist church, Camptown, Rev. Jackson officiating. Nathan Lewis and Bessie Browning were married at the Methodist church in Watrousville, Rev. Taylor officiating. All three of the grooms are industrious boys and are respected among their race.”
Garrett, Rev. Jeff	1885	6/9/1947	FAG		DC - b. Washington Co. widowed, parents unknown, informant Mrs Della Graves; 1930 Census - est DOB 1880, wife Maggie Garrett 49, dtr Eliza 18, dtr Katherine 15, son Frank 12, son Ruben 11, dtr Fanny 9, dtr Adelle 7, dtr Alice 4, dtr Mary 2; 1920 Census - living in Pflugerville, additional family Jeff Ree 17, George 15, Melernee 13, Classie 9, Frank 4; marriage certificate to Maggie Cloud Feb. 26 1902; WWI registration b. Sept 26, 1879, medium height, medium build, nearest relative Maggie Garrett, address "Camps, Brenham, Texas"; WWII draft registration, "Jeff Ree Garrett Sr", DOB Sept 26 1878, b. Navasota, residence 1515 Lorene, Brenham, mailing address 1025 East Main, Brenham, 'person who will always know your address' Addel Garret 1515 Lorene, no place of employment; San Antonio Register, June 6 1947 p7 “Recreation Head. (photo) Frank Garrett, city’s first Negro supervisor. It was announced, this week, that Frank Garrett, well known young San Antonio athlete, had been named supervisor of all Negro playgrounds and park recreation centers in the city of San Antonio, the first Negro to serve in this capacity. “Garrett’s work in the recreational field and playground activities began seven years ago, at Boys club unit No. 3. Prior to this, he had coached boys and girls basketball teams at St. Peter Claver academy for two years. “He attended WPA projected classes for the training of recreational workers, and was assigned as athletic instructor and assistant director at Boys club unit No. 3, in 1940. “He was an outstanding player in the Alamo Athletic association basketball league, a star of the legendary Boys club “five little men of iron” in 1941-42, and an all-city selection that year. He was also the winner of the 1940-41 AAA sportsmanship award. “In 1942, he enlisted in the United States coast guard, played on service teams in baseball and basketball that boasted some of the biggest names in sports, and was an outstanding amateur boxer. “He attended Jack Dempsey’s school of recreation in New York, attaining third class rating as an athletic instructor. “He later saw much combat service from the freezing waters of Alaska to the Pacific tropics, and was in the battle of Attu. Garrett was separated from the service in n1945 with the rating of first class petty officer. “Following his discharge, he returned to his job as Boys club athletic instructor. Later, he was appointed director of Central playground, and worked at that position until he was named supervisor of all colored recreation centers. “Garrett is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Jeff Garrett of Brenham, Texas, where he attended Pickard high school, and was a four-letter man, starring in baseball, basketball, football and track. He came to San Antonio in 1935, to a CCC unit. A few years later, he and Miss Fannie M. Johnson of Brenham were married. They have one son, Frank Jr.”
Glover, Ellen	1875	10/31/1935	Camptown per DC, FAG		DC - spouse - Wilson Glover; 1930 Census - est DOB 1881, husband Wilson Glover 56;
Grant, Annie	1882 (1872 per DC), Feb 1866 per 1900 Census	4/29/1931	Camptown, Tombstone		DC - Father Alfred Waller (Tx), Mother Ellen Hase (Tx), occupation Housekeeper, widowed, 1900 Census - Listed in Household as daughter ofBD Feb 1865) of Alfred Waller, 53 and wife Ellen Waller, 54, with siblings Lovie Waller (F 18), Ella Bright ( F 24), Mary Shaw (F 38), Janette Simpson (F 35) and Willie Waller (M 34) Also listed in 1900 Census as married to Will S. Grant for 12 years, with BD of February 1866, with son Willie Grant, 11; in 1920 Census a widowed female, b 1871, owning home, literate, no other persons in household..........................Brenham Daily Banner-Press, July 24, 1917 p1 “Three Negro Homes Destroyed By Fire “Residences on Lorraine Street Burned Tuesday Afternoon. “A most disastrous fire visited the negro section of Brenham on Lorraine street near the Normal and Industrial college Tuesday afternoon, and as a result the homes of Annie Grant and Tom Walker were completely destroyed with their contents, and the home of Walter Ewing was badly damaged. The total loss is about $3,000, and so far as could be learned there was no insurance. “The fire started from a defective flue in the kitchen at the Grant house, there being a hot fire in a large cook stove at the time. The fire department made a rapid run to the scene but were at a distinct disadvantage, having to return to town for more fire hose. The firemen made a valiant fight, and saved numerous other houses in the vicinity. This fire was the biggest which has occurred in Brenham in many months.”
Gray, Tom	1888	7/6/1930	Camptown per DC, FAG
Green, Piner	1829	1881			1870C- 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)	11/18/1892	9/7/1959	Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG	1109 E. Alamo	1920C- 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.	9/13/1895	12/2/1922	FAG		Dallas Express, Dec. 16, 1922, p6 - "Body of Young Man Shipped to Brenham for Burial - Australia Warren Guy, 1016 Dodd street. man who was so seriously injured in an elevator at Adolphus hotel, Now. 30, succumbed to his injuries at St. Paul Sanitarium at 2 o'clock, Saturday after noon, December 2. Survivig Mr. Guy is a wife, a mother and several sisters and brothers to mourn their loss. He was a member of Mt. Rose Baptist church of Brenham of which the Rev. J. A. Jackson is pastor. He was a member of American Woodmen and St. Luke lodge No. 1, K. of P. His sremains were shipped to Brenham, the old home for burial." p6- "Card of Thanks. We take this method of Thanking our friends and St. Luke Lodge No. 1, K. of P., American Woodmen and Mellrose Court for kindness shown us in the illness and death of our husband and brother-in-law, Australia W. Guy, who died, Dec. 2. We also thank our friends at Adolphus hotel and Titche-Goettinger department store for floral designs. May God's choicest blessings abide with you. Sympathetically yours, Mrs. A. W. Guy, wife. Mrs. A. C. Harper, Sister. Terry Guy, Brother. Mrs. Ellen Guy, Mother." Brenham Daily Banner-Press, July 11, 1917 - Australia Guy listed on list of Washington County draft registrations with serial number 14, with draft drawing to follow
Guy, Hadie	1/6/1880	5/21/1881	FAG, marked on concrete border
Guy, Howard	12/12/1884	6/25/1885	FAG, marked on concrete border
Guy, L. Robert Eugene	12/26/1877	9/24/1938	FAG	501 S. 17th St, Temple, Texas
Guy, Robert Eugene	7/1/1889	5/9/1952	Removed to Washington County Colored Cemetery per DC, FAG
Guy, William M.	1885	3/18/1918	FAG		This may be the "Bill Guy" mentioned as a member of the building committee of the Odd Fellows which was appointed by the lodge for the new Odd Fellow Lodge "way out on Alamo Avenue" (BDBP July 7 1914 p8)
Hamilton, Eliza	1880	9/30/1918	Headstone		1910 Census - widowed, living with 6 year old son Autrey Hamilton
Hammend (?Ellen, mother of L. Robert Eugene Guy per his DC), (Mother of Bedia Guy Kinnard with William M Guy?	12/26/1877	9/24/1938	FAG
Harris, Alex Seward	6/6/1848		FAG
Harris, Daisy	1878	June 1918			Brenham Daily Banner-Press June &, 1918 "Daisy Harris, a well-known colored woman, who resided at Terrapin Lake, died at her home Friday, aged about 40 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon, and internment was made at the Camptown Cemetery."
Harris, Ed Seward	7/14/1859	5/26/1922	FAG
Harris, Elvina (Clay)	11/9/1884	12/23/1927	Camptown per DC, FAG
Henderson, Infant Girl	8/10/1925	8/24/1925	Camps per DC, FAG
Hill, Jennie	12/19/1851	4/5/1938	FAG
Hill, John	6/4/1847	3/26/1934	FAG
Hill, Plasie		2/19/1919	FAG
Hill, Topsy	12/23/1876	3/26/1936	FAG
Hubert, Alice Gray (Crutchville)	8/31/1847	8/9/1917	Camptown per DC, FAG	1108 Alamo	DC - Widowed, laborer, born in Alabama, informant Mrs SB McCoy (1108 Alamo, widower living with her daughter Alice per 1920 Census); mother of RL Hubert by Wylie Hubert by RLH's DC; mother of Savannah Bess McCoy (widowed school teacher, buried in East End Cemetery) per SBM's DC;
Hubert, Annie Mae (Williams)	1905	9/9/1997	FAG		1940 Census - Annie Mae Hubert 35, married to Raymond Hubert 38 carpenter in building construction, dtr Alice 11, Ray 4, Albert 1, and "mother" Emma 60 (public school teacher); 1930 Census - Annie M Hubert 26 living with Raymond Hubert 32, Alice B Hubert 1, with head of household Roy L Hubert 60 and Emma Hubert 54; there are 2 other black Annie Huberts living in Brenham at this time, one married to Jake Hubert, the other the daughter of Tom and Mary Hubert; San Antonio Register, July 30, 1943, p 7; p7 “Relatives Visit. Mrs. Mary Bonnett, 102 East Hollywood, has returned home from Brenham, Texas, where she was the house guest of her mother, Mrs. Annie Hubert. Also home were her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Brown of El Paso, Texas, and her brother, Sergeant Tommie Hubert, of Capitola, California. She reports a pleasant trip."
Hubert, Emma (Barton)		1/14/1876	FAG	1616 East Alamo St
Hubert, Frank			Newspaper notic		BDB Thursday, August 7, 1902 p1 ................ "The remains of Frank Hubert arrived from Beaumont Wednesday at noon and were interred in the Camptown Cemetery, under the auspices of the colored Hook and Ladder Company."
Hubert, Harvey Sr	1835	7/15/1926	Camptown per DC, FAG		BWB June 18 1891 p5 - "Marriage Licenses. Following is the list of marriage licenses issued from the County Clerk's office for the week ending,Wednesday evening, June 17, 1891 : ...Harvey Hubert to Anna Hogans..."
Hubert, Raymond, Barton, Jr	10/4/1922	10/4/1922	FAG
Hubert, Robert Henry	1/17/1939	6/1/1973	Camptown per DC, FAG	1313 East Alamo St
Hubert, Roy L.	5/10/1874	12/2/1935	FAG	1616 East Alamo St
Hubert, Wiley	12/25/1832	10/6/1909	FAG		Brenham Evening Press, October 6, 1909 p1 “Wiley Hubert “Well Known and Prominent Colored Man Dead. “Wiley Hubert, colored, age about 76 years, died at his home in Camptown, at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, after a lingering illness. he was a well known carpenter and house mover, having moved many large houses around Brenham during the past few years, was an energetic, honest old man, greatly esteemed among the white people. “He leaves one son, Roy Hubert, and a daughter, wife of Prof. McCoy......................................”Brenham Weekly Banner, vol. 31, no. 46, October 21, 1897, p. 5, "County Court Jurors - For the November term of county court which convenes on the 15th of next month the following jurors have been drawn by the jury commissioners:...Wiley Hubert, Jr., Brenham..."; married to Alice Gray Hubert (nee Crutchfield), with children RL Hubert and Savannah Bess McCoy
Hughes, Johnnie	1/28/1903	7/13/1920	Camp Town Cemetery per DC
Hughes, Johnnie	1874	5/10/1918	Camptown per DC
Isaacs, George Peter	June 10,1848	10/12/1918	Camptown per DC, FAG		1900 - Married to Martha Flewellen12/24/1879, immigrated to United States 1875, naturalized, son Lawrence 16, daughter Ruby Vernita (b. 4/15/1891; 4/18/1890 per DC, d. June 16, 1975, public school teacher in Waco), 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...........................BDB Oct 2, 1901 p1 "...In the case of George Isaacs vs. Martha Isaacs, divorce, the divorce was granted. The property was ordered divided as per the agreement. The officers costs were taxed against the plaintiff's part of the property..."...................BDB Oct 9 1901 p1 "Real Estate Transfers...George Isaacs to Alexander Scott, 1 lot in Brenham...$175...".................BDB April 25, 1884 p3 "Real Estate Transfers...Wiley Hubert and wife to George Isaacs lot in Brenham...$200..."...............Brenham Daily Banner, June 3, 189 “Colored Teachers’ Association. “The colored teachers County Institute met at the city public school building Saturday with Prof. J.R. Colbert acting as president. An interesting and instructive program was carried out. “The Summer Normal which commences July 3rd was discussed. E.L. Blackshire, of Austin, will be be conductor and the following executive board was recommended to Supt. Carlisle: J.H. Colbert, president; R.M. Mackey, Geo. Isaac, J.W. Scott, W.S. Grant and J.H. Hughes. The next meeting will be the second Saturday in June.”......................Brenham Weekly Banner, June 12, 1884 p3 “At a special meeting of the Band of Progress Lodge No. 1934, G.U.O. of O.F. held June 4, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:... Geo. Issac, E.S.... Public installation will take place at the Fair Ground, June 19, 1884.”
Isaacs, Lawrence L.	1885	1915	FAG		1910 C- Single male mulatto, head of household, sister Anie Isac 22, brother Edgar Isac 22; ?marriage of L.L.Isaacs to Atsey Rogers, Nov. 23, 1910 in Washington County
Isaacs, Martha F.	1865	10/9/1905	FAG		DC - About 45, died of cancer of the stomach; 1900 Census - b. Jan 1865, married to George P. Isaac, b. Nov. 1854, w/son Lawrence b. Jan 1884 and dtr Ruby B. b. April 1890, children at school; 1880 Census - she is 17, living with husband George Isaac 25, w/12 Felders .......................BDB July 27, 1895 p3 A notice regarding a non-member ofthe Knights of Liberty is singed "Martha Isaacs, President."
Jackson, Alice	6/3/1882	10/21/1925	Camptown per DC, FAG		DC - Widowed houseworker, father Isaac Jackson, mother Eliza Johnson (b. Missouri), informant Wilson Jackson;
Jackson, Gertrude	1885	February 1897	Newspaper notice		BDB Feb 23, 1897 p3 "Gertrude Jackson, twelve years old, died Monday in Watrousville. The funeral will take place this afternoon at the Camptown cemetery."
Jamerson, Alice Hubert	10/5/1899	10/7/1999	FAG
Johnson, Adline (Atkinson)	1864	6/28/1926	Camp Town per DC, FAG		DC - about 62, married, housekeeper, father Alsey Atkinson, mother unknown but b. N. Carolina, informant Willie McGregor; 1880 Census - Adeline Atkinson 16, dtr of A Atkinson 60 and Watia Atkinson 52, both b. N. Carolina, w/ siblings Mary 10, Elvira 25, Vina 5 and William 13; 1870 Census - Father Alsey Atkinson 50 (personal property value $150), farm laborer and Baptist minister, mother Weita 43, Cornelia 17, Parthenia 15, Elvira 13, Adeline 6, William 5, Mary 2, Elbert Atkinson 22 b. Mississippi, Georgia Hill 20 b. Georgia, Rebecca Atkinson 43 Alabama, Savannah Akinson 5, Judga Atkinson m 21, b. Mississippi
Johnson, Carrie	11/4/1888	8/8/1935	FAG, b/d per DC
Johnson, Henry	1853	6/11/1924	Camptown per DC		DC - about 71, married, laborer, died of sun stroke, parents unknown, informant Sarah Johnson;
Johnson, infant		11/20/1896	Newspaper notice		BDB November 11, 1897 p3 "The infant son of Rube Johnson, colored, who resides in the Wilkins addition, died Friday night annd was buried at the Camptown cemetery Saturday."
Johnson, Roxie (Evans)	9/12/1864	10/10/1936	FAG		DC - Widowed, housewife, father James Evans, street "Hogs Branch", informant Wille Bell Lea;
Johnson, Will	3/5/1884	11/2/1925	Compton cemetery per DC, FAG		1900, p.11---Daughter of Lucy Johnson, Farmhand x3 yr, read yes, write yes, school ? BDB Aug 1 1897 p3 "An infant child of Wm. Johnston died in Camptown Saturday." (? Wm was 13 at time of infant's death?) BDB November 22 1901 p1 "Early Morning Shooting. At 6 o'clock Thursday morning Henry Stringfellow and Will Johnson became involved in an altercation in front of Krause and Guerrech's saloon. Stringfellow applied an epithet and Johnson applied his fist, knocking his assailant down, who immediately arose with a drawn six-shooter and made a desperate attempt to fire upon Johnson, who grappled with him, and in the ensuing struggle the pistol was discharged, the bullet doing no damage further than perforating the iron awning over the gallery on which they were fighting. The scrap culminated by Johnson realizing his dangerous disadvantage and doging into the saloon and out of reach and range of his antagonist. Constable Burch arrested both parties." "Justice Court. Will Johnson charged with an assault on the person of Henry Stringfellow plead guilty and was fined $5 and costs. Henry Stringfellow charged with unlawfully carrying a pisto., plead guilty and was fined the minimum fine of $25."
Jurner, J. V. Anderson Banks	?	?	FAG, concert border
Kinnard, Bedia (Guy)	1894	5/11/1939	FAG
Kinnard, Caroline "Carrie" Ranson	4/16/1889	9/10/1920	FAG
Kinnard, Chas H.	7/22/1869	8/7/1917	Camptown per DC, FAG
Lee, Robert	?	?	FAG, hand etched concrete marker
Leonard, Burl	1881	June 1902	Newspaper notice		BDB June 13, 1902 p1 Burl Leonard, colored, aged 23 years, died on Thursday at his home near the old compress. The funeral will be held today and burial will be in the Camptown Cemetery.............BDB June 14, 1902 p1 "The funeral of Burl Leonard, colored, was held Friday evening and his remains were buried in the old Camptown cemetery. The lodge of Seven Stars of Consolidation had charge of the funeral arrangements."
Lewis, Albert	?	?	FAG, hand etched concrete marker
Lewis, Carlton, H.	11/25/1905	4/25/1925	Camp Town per DC, FAG
Lewis, Tom Seward	7/17/1857	10/6/1917	FAG		Brenham Weekly Banner, vol 14, no 30, Friday, July 25, 1879 - "Cutting Scrape. -- Jo. Jackson married a sister-in-law of Tom Lewis, and is the step-father of a little girl, all the parties being colored. The girl, contrary to Jackson’s orders, went to Lewis’ house to see her cousin. Jackson went after her and took her home; he then proceeded to give her an unmerciful whipping, when her uncle Tom Lewis walked to the fence and remonstrated; this enraged Jackson, who followed Lewis with a razor, Lewis, seeing him, Jackson, advancing broke a picket off a fence and struck him over the head, breaking the picket---the head wasn’t hurt. Jackson closed in on Lewis and worked on him with his razor, inflicting seven wounds as follows: one back of head; one in left arm; one in right arm; one on each cheek; one on each cheek; nose cut and one cut on left fore finger. Dr J.R.Williamson dressed these many wounds, none of which are serious. All of this at Camptown on Saturday." (This may have been the Tom Lewis buried in Camptown Cemetery.)
Lewis, William	1835	6/10/1919			1900C- 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 Stevenson	3/18/1855	2/22/1918	FAG
Marshall, Lula	1882	6/10/1926	Comp Lawn cemetery per DC
Martin, Frank	1874	4/7/1923	Camp Town per DC
Martin, Vander	4/11/1890	3/23/1940	Camptown per DC, FAG		BWB March 20, 1890 p5 "...Russell Scott, who was indicted by the last grand jury for kiling Vander Margtin, the colored man who was killed in Camptown during a Christmas frolic, was brought into court and entered into recognizance in the sum of $500..."
Matthews, Eugene	11/26/1926	11/26/1926	Camptown per DC, FAG
Mays, Fred	1901	12/18/1930	Camptown per DC, FAG
McKinney-Brooks, Daphney Bradley	10/14/1882	2/4/1950	FAG
McKinney, Willie	7/27/1918	10/16/1943	FAG	901 Washington Road, Navasota, Tx
Mills, Infant Boy	12/18/1925	12/18/1925	FAG
Molley, Serne	?	9/8/1898	FAG
Moreland, John	1846	February 1901	Newspaper notice		BDB Feb 19, 1901 p1 "John Moreland aged 55 years, a well known colored drayman, died at his homme in Camptown Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Moreland was well thought of by the older citizens of the town, who had known him for many years as a faithful, industrious colored man. He was a member of the colored lodge of Odd Fellows and by them he will be buried in the Camptwon cemetery this afternoon at 6 o'clock."
Murray, A.B.Jr.	3/15/1920	3/15/1920	FAG
Murray, Hattie (Hunt)	1879	10/24/1921	Camp Town per DC, FAG
Murray, James	3/17/1921	3/17/1921	Camptown per DC
Nathan, Eula	3/5/1895	2/15/1925	FAG
Nelson, Millie	5/1861	5/31/1921	FAG
Parish, Eliza	1863	1/15/1926	Camptown per DC, FAG
Parish, Matilda	1880	12/24/1925	FAG
Parker, Kizzie	1857	1887
Parker, Sidney		May 1902	Newspaper notice		BDB May 29, 1902 p4 "The remains of Sidnney Parker were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in the Camptown cemetery."
Patrick, James	9/15/1870	7/7/1922	Camptown per DC		Farmer, father FJ Patrick (Indiana), mother from Mississippi, married
Peel, George	1845	3/3/1929	Camps per DC, FAG		DC - Laborer, informant Joe Forney
Polly, Emily	9/22/1847	7/28/1904	FAG		1900 i.18?
Porter, Daniel Brackens	5/10/1863	9/10/1916			1870C - 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: Brenham Daily Banner, June 22, 1884 p3 - D. Porter was one of the managers of the Gay Hill Emancipation Day ceremonies.......Brenham Daily Banner, June 22, 1884 p3 “At Gay Hill emancipation day was duly celebrated and notwithstanding the threatening weather there was a large crowd present. The managers were R.B. Tarver, D. Porter, and George King marshal of the day. Constable Lauderdale was present but had nothing to do. J.K. Colbert delivered a very entertaining address. R.M. Johnson of Lee county also spoke.”
Porter, Henrietta P.	10/8/1869	12/18/1909			Amendment 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, Donaciano	1855	7/11/1925	Camps per DC, FAG
Randolph, Sallie		7/2/1898	Newspaper notice		BDB July 5, 1898 p4 "The funeral of Sallie Randolph who died Saturday night occured Sunday afternoon at the Camptown cemetery."
Richard, John	3/18/1843	7/25/1925	Camps per DC, FAG		DC - died of senility, born in Germany, parents unknown, informant R.O. Gusicke; listed as in the household of the Simon family in the 1880, 1900 and 1920 Census - in 1880 census as a yard boy, in 1900 as a hostler, in 1920 as a yard boy, single until 1920 when he is listed as married; Alec Simon was a dry goods merchant born in Poland of Polish parents, married to Julia, who was born in Pennsylvania of Dutch and English parents, with two Simon sons listed as "Gents Furnishers" and a third with a listed occupation of Capitalist
Richardson, Alex	1852	9/9/1925	Camp Town per DC, FAG
Rippetoe, Asa	12/22/1844	6/17/1914			"In Loving Memory of My Father" erected by Ada Hill; 1880 Census - laborer, born in Alabama, married to Caroline Rippetoe 33, children James Basey, 11, Callie Basey 9, Lilly Rippetoe 6, Ada Rippetoe 3; in the 1870 Census he is as "Asa" living in the household of Albert H. Rippetow 53, a white physician and farmer, as a farm laborer, he has no last name listed though another domestic does have her last name listed; AH Rippetoe does have a 6 year old slave in 1850 slave census (of a total of 9 slaves; 1900 Census he is literate, a teamster, still married to Caroline, with Mariah Rippetoe 15 and Talmage Rippetoe 19 (Talmadge had a boy with Cedel Washington (maiden name) on May 24, 1915, while living at 1519 Garrett St in Brenham); Asa is also listed as father of Kelly D. Rippetoe (d. 3/27/1932 at age of 43 years, 1 month, 21 days, mother Caroline Clay, occupation preacher, widowed from Eliza Rippetoe, informant Talmage Rippetoe) The Daily Banner, March 28, 1879 p3 "Marriage Licenses issued by H.M. Lewis, county clerk, for the week ending March 27:...Asa Rippetoe and Caroline Basey..."
Rippetoe, Charley					On same headstone as Damzel Rippetoe: 1910 Census Charley Ripitoe 27, living in Brenham with wife Eliza, 18, with Charley's parents listed as born in Alabama
Rippetoe, Damzel	?	?	FAG
Rippetoe, John	?	?	FAG		? John Rippetoe, death certificate, d. 9/30/1945, single, common laborer, address - General Delivery, father Georgy Rippatoe, mother Bessie Dew (maiden name), informant Callie Graves, 902 E. Alamo, buried in Brenham
Rippetoe, Mary	1837	3/13/1927	FAG		1880 Census - 45 year old widowed mulatto laborer, b. Alabama (parents b. Alabama), daughter A. Brown 18, son Willie Rippetoe 4, daughter C.P. Rippetoe 11, daughter Carrie Rippetoe 8, son Sam zero years old; 1870 Census - listed in household of Charles Daniel, white dry goods merchant as domestic servant along with son Baucum Rippetoe 13, daughter Annette Rippetoe 11 and daughter Inta 8 months old; 1910 Census listed as widowed 67 y.o. mulatto head of household with daughter Tula Johnosn 40 and son-in-law Ed Johnson 53:
Rippetoe, Robert Lee	4/1/1937	9/27/1939	FAG		Son of Fannie Garrett
Robinson, Caroline	1857	4/5/1931	Camptown per DC, FAG		1870 Census - in household of Elizabeth Cartwright, 50, black female, as Caroline
Rogers, Alex	8/1/1856	2/7/1961	Camptown per DC, FAG	1003 East Alamo	per Death Certificate, a laborer, father was George Rogers, informant was Rachel Jewel Nunn; 1880 Census - 12 y.o. mulatoo son of George Rogers 51 (b. Alabama) and Rose Rogers (35, b. Georgia), living with John Rogers 19, Mary Rogers 16, Willie Rogers 10, Elizabeth Rogers 5, Georgann Rogers 3, Bennie Rogers 1 and Willam Riley 48; in 1940 Census he is listed as a 70 year old single male lodging with the divorced Louis Brown; there is discrepancy between his age on census data with that on his death certificate
Ross, Charles	1848	1/18/1925	Camptown per DC, FAG		DC - Married, born in Massachusetts, carpenter, informant AB Toland (Port Arthur); 1920 Census est. DOB 1856 in Texas, married to Rebecca Ross, (nee Rebecca Toland, married 3/16/1895; 1910 Census - est DOB 1854, living with wife Rebecca and father-in-law Alvin Thompson
Russell, Caroline	1901	7/17/1925	Pottersfield per DC, FAG
Schneider	2/23/1824	"Juli 1881"	Headstone		1870 Census Catsprings, Austin County - Charles Schneider 47, merchant, est DOB 1822-1823, b. Prussia, wife Therese 36 b. Bavaria, 5 children (Julia 15, Augusta 14, Charles 10, Louis 3, Oscar 1), value real estate 2000, value personal property 2000 The Schneider tombstone is unusual because it is the only one in Camptown that is not only in German, but with German script. The first name is broken off with “arl” legible, with Karl or Carl as the most likely candidate as a first name. The date of birth is 23, Feb 1824, day of birth broken off, month and year as Juli 1881. Census records provide no Carl Schneider in Brenham for this time period, but the closest match is a Charles Schneider in the 1870 census for Cat Spring in Austin County. He was born in Prussia, with an estimated date of birth is 1822-1823. He was a 47 year old merchant married to Therese, a 36 year old native of Bavaria, with 5 children listed on the census. This is the same Charles who appears in the Austin County tax rolls from at least 1858 to 1871; it is likely the same person as a Charles Snider who also appears on the tax rolls in 1849 and 1851. Charles Snider is listed in the 1860 Census as 35 (est DOB 1825), born in Germany as was his wife T. Snider, 28. Also listed in the household are the German born William and Julia Snider, 70 and 60 respectively, and children Julia, 4, “A”, 3 and “C”, 1. In the 1882 Austin County tax rolls, Terese is listed as owner of the same properties as previously owned by Charles/Carl. While listed in the 1880 Census as still married to Chas Schneider, with an additional three children under 10, she is listed in the 1900 Census as widowed, born in April of 1831 in Germany. Charles Schneider is also listed as the Postmaster in Millheim in Austin County in The Texas Almanac for 1871, and Emigrants Guide (Portal to Texas History site), although the post office was not established until 1878 (TSHA website.) Cat Spring, settled by German immigrants in 1834, is interesting in that 93% of it’s population voted against secession. (99 against, 8 for), according to Walter D. Kamphoefner in New Perspectives on Texas Germans and the Confederacy (Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. 102, issue 4). The dates of birth on census records matches, and his sudden disappearance from the tax rolls with his wife as owner of the properties, as well as her later status as a widow on the 1900 census, indicates the date of death matches. This information matches the tombstone information. However, Karl P. D. Schneider, b. Feb. 23, 1824, d. July 4, 1881 is also listed as in the Millheim Cemetery, as well as his wife Therese Schneider, b. April 21, 1831, d. Nov. 18, 1907. At this time, it is not known if there is a tombstone in the Millheim Cemetery.
Scott, Robert	10/21/1896	5/21/1939	Brenham per DC, FAG		;
Seward, Caroline	4/10/1811	4/19/1902	FAG
Shelton, Helen	10/8/1927	9/8/1932	Comptown per DC, FAG		1930 Census - Helen Elsie Shelton 2, father Ed Shelton 34, mother Geneva Shelton 33 nee Harris, Edward Shelton 16, Susie Shelton 14, Harold Shelton 12; died of diptheria
Sloan, Robert S	1858	10/21/1916	Grave		DC Married, Gospel Minister living in Stafford, died of a gunhot wound, father Sam Jordan b. Tennesse, mother Maria Jordan b. Tennessee;......................BDBP October 23, 1916 p1 Old Negro Resident Dead, Bob Sloan, Lately of Stafford, Was Once Active in Local Colored Politics. Bob Sloan, negro, for many years a resident of this city, died at his home in Stafford, Saturday, and the body was brought to Brenham for internment today. Sloan was active among his own people, and took a leading part in the colored politics of the county, voting the Democratic ticket striaght. He had the respect of all of the white citizenship.......................San Antonio Express, October 23, 1916 p2 Negro Preacher Attending Dance is Assassinated. Richmond, tex. Oct. 22. Sunday morning Judge Fenn was called to Stafford to hold an inquest over the body of Robert Sloan, a negro preacher who was assassinated Saturday night at a negro dance and supper. While standing near the dance platform a pistol was fired and Sloan fell dead, a bullett having pierced the left breast. The case will be taken up by the grand jury monday and a large number of witnesses will appear before that body.
Smith, Arthur	12/10/1893	12/14/1971	Camptown per DC, FAG, DOB is 7/10/1896 per DC	1619 Garrett St	DC - retired laborer, died of Parkinson's disease, informant Effie Williams, father Frank Smith, veteran of "War I"; 1900 Census - Living with grandparents Daniel and Sarelda Smith, and mother Tennessee Brown 25, literate seamstress; per WWI draft card he is tall, slender, black eyes, black eyes, a laborer at Gulf Refining Co in Brenham, single, and gives DOB as 1/13/1896; WWII draft card gives address as c/o C.W. Scott's Store, Camptown, Brenham, DOB as 1/13/1896, contact as Effie Williams, Camptown, Brenham, employer as day work for numerous people; 1920 Census lists him as single and renting; 1930 Census lists him as single and living with his 75 year old grandmother Seaolda; 1940 Census lists him as head of household living with Effie Williams, a 33 year old black widowed public school teacher and her son McKinley, 12;
Smith, Sudie	1880	4/11/1926	Camptown per DC, FAG
Speakes, Ellen	1852	4/11/1926	Camptown per DC
Steitler, Edmond	1871	1/13/1918	Camptown per DC, FAG	Mulberry St	SA Register Feb 9 1940 p5 Martha L Stiteller buried, native of Brenham, married to Sam Browning of Brenham, one child Bessie
Steitler, Lucy	1835	3/17/1935	Brenham per DC, FAG
Stevenson, Eliza	6/21/1878	5/3/1939	Camptown per DC, FAG
Stevenson, Rev. Shadrack "Sandy"	4/20/1871	4/23/1936	Brenham per DC, FAG		DC - minister, father Shedrick Stevenson, mother unknown, married to Eliza Stevenson, informant FC Brown; Brenham Weekly Banner, Vol 26, No 30, Thursday, July 30, 1891 "Shedrick Stevenson died at his home in this city Tuesday at 11 o’clock a.m. He was born in Macon, Ga. and came to Texas in 1851 when owned by the Bartley’s. He was at the time of his death 76 years, seven months and thirteen days old, and leaves a wife and twenty children to mourn his demise. Old “Uncle Shed,” as he was familiarly called, was an upright, honest, hardworking negro, who has been a resident of this city since the war and was well known to everybody his and had many friends, both white and black, who regret to learn of his death. Peace to his ashes."; 1930 Census - Sandy M. Stevenson 66, father born Georgia, mother Alabama, wife Eliza Stevenson 56, stepson Bennie Hill 41; 1920 Census, est. DOB 1865, wife Eliza 49, son Bennie 36, daughter Zelma 10, resident Lolo McCurtis 21; BDB Feb 8, 1902 p4 "A divorce suit styled Lizzie Stevenson vs. Sandy Stevenson was filed with district clerk Krug Friday." BDB November 22, 1884 p3 "Quick Work. - Thursday evening Shed Stevenson, a 14 year old moke, was caught in the act of stealing a box of cigars and was arrested. Friday morning the mayor turned him over to the justice of the peace, the justice turned him over to the county court, where he was tried, found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs and to be confined to the county jail for one day. At last accounts Shed was still in jail and he is likely to stay there until hired out."
Stringellow, L.R.	12/12/1872 ?	7/26/1915		1114 E. Alamo	DC - Chef Cook, married, father Jim Stringfellow, mother Harriet Brown (b. Louisiana) informant Mollie E. Stringfellow (same address); married Mollie E. Taylor, 11/21/1895; father Mollie Ewingof Marion Jewel Stringfellow with July 23, 1893, Hattie Oct 15, 1906?"; 1910 Census - est DOB 1870, wife Mollie 36, dtr Marion 18, dtr Hattie 12, living with Jack Avery 58, Ella Avery 46, sister in law Amanda Rodes 50, nephew Jessie Rodes 10, nephew Hinry Hodge 29; 1900 Census - b. Sept 1857, cook, owns his own home, literate, wife Mollie b. March 1869, literate, ....................... BDB Nov 28, 1895, p7 "The following is a list of marriage license issued from the county clerk's office for the week ending Wednesday, November 27, 1895...L.R. Stringfellow and Mollie E. Taylor" ............................... BDB November 22, 1895 p3 "A Swell Affair. The Marriage Last Night in High Colored Circles. The Marriage last night of Mr. L. R. Stringfellow and Miss Mollie Ewing at Mt. Rose Baptist church was a notable event in the upper circles of Brenham colored society. The Services at the church were impressive and were witnessed by a large assemblage of the friends and acquaintances of the bride and groom. After the ceremony at the church carriages were taken and the happy couple, followed by the invited guests, were driven to the Knights of Pythias hall, where a sumptuous banquet had been prepared by the Seven Stars of Consolidation, of which society the groom is an honored member, as also a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. The banquet room was artistically and tastefully decorated for the occasion. In the center of he hall were seven tables, arrangedin the shape of the figure 7, and laden to their full capacity with toothsome edibles and costly confections. An hour was spent in discussing the good things thus prepared, and at its conclusion the bride and groom retired to a charmingly improvised reception room divided off by curtains and containing a sofa, a stand with vases of flowers and other appropriate fixtures. Here the presents to the bride and groom were received, as follows: Knights of Pythias lodge - Set of silver knives and forks, also set of dishes. Odd Fellows lodge - Set of elegant furniture. The Pleides lodge No. 6 - Set of plush parlor chairs. Altogether the ceremony and banquet was a grand affair and passed off in first-class style." .................................. BDB August 17, 1902 "Lee Stringfellow has opened a restaurant on Quitman street." ............................. BDB March 25, 1902 p1 "A little colored girl, daughter of Lee Stringfellow died in Camptown Monday." ....................... BDB December 2 1897 p3 "The Supreme Lodge of the Seven Stars of Consolidation of the United States, an organization of colored people for fraternal and benevolent purposes, is in session in Camptown...Committee on claims:...L.R. Stringfellow...".................One of the founding members of the Colored Knights of Pythias Lodge, installed as an officer with the rank of V.C.C. (BDB May 7, 1895 p3).....................................BDB June 4, 1895 p3 The Pleiades Lodge No. 6 of the Seven Stars of Consolidation installs Master L.R. Stringfellow as "Father Daniel".............................BDB December 2 1897 p3 Appointed at Supreme Lodge of Seven Stars of Consolidation as a member of Committee on Claims...
Stringfellow, Jim	?	2/4/1891	"...interred at the colored church yard in Camptown" per Brenham Weekly Banner		Brenham Weekly Banner, Vol 26, No 6, February 5, 1891 - "Jim Stringfellow, colored, died at his home in Camptown Wednesday night, of pneumonia having relapse from the la gripe. He was interred at the colored church yard in Camptown Thursday evening." 1880 Census - living in Independence ?
Swain, Daphney	1834	6/16/1919	Comptown per DC, FAG
Swain, Lowell E.	11/9/1916	12/5/1921
Swearengen, Spencer	1882	1/7/1940	Camptown per DC, FAG
Taylor, Lee Percy	2/14/1881	9/29/1961	Camptown per DC, FAG, DOB is 2/8/1881 per DC
Thomas, Piner	2/1/1872	1/6/1959	Camptown per DC, FAG	1404 E. Alamo
Unknown (Father of Ada Hill)	12/22/1844	6/17/1914	FAG
Van Buren, Martin	1856	Sept 1896	Newspaper notice		Brenham Daily Banner, Sept 23, 1896 p3 "Martin Van Buren, colored, died at his home in Camptown at 4 o'clock, Tuesday morning with dropsy. Deceased was about forty years old, and had been sick about six months. The funeral occurred Tuesday evening at the Camptown cemetery." BDB March 7, 1889 p3 "W R Van Buren 2 Lots Camp add" under listing of Collector's Tax Sale.....Brenham Daily Banner, June 19, 1881 p3 “Fayette County. “Round top, June 17th. “Editors Banner: “The colored people of Fayette county celebrated emancipation to-day, at Taylor’s garden a mile and a half from this city. There was between six and seven hundred people on the grounds. W.R. Van Buren, colored, of Brenham, was the orator of the day, and delivered a very able address. - The Brenham brass band, colored, furnished the music for the occasion. Everything passed off quietly and pleasantly.”.........................Brenham Weekly Banner, May 27, 1886 p3 ‘Fire. - About 1 o’clock Tuesday morning the fire alarm was sounded; this was caused by the burning of the dwelling house of W.R. Van Buren, a colored school teacher, residing in Camptown. The house and contents were a total loss. Van Buren and his family were not at home. Amount of loss not known. This is a severe blow to the family as their all was consumed.”
Walker, Amelia (Toms)	1843	3/3/1931	Camp Town per DC, FAG
Walker, John "Johnnie"	4/1888	11/15/1953	Camptown Cemetery per DC, FAG
Walker, Steve	1856	2/20/1931	Camptown per DC, FAG
Waller, Columbus	1879	1/27/1921	Camptown per DC
Welch, Rita		May 1912	Newspaper notice		BDB May 6 1912 p1 "Gus Miller's Daughter Dead. Mrs. Rita Welch, a daughter of Gus Miller, one of the best knwon and most highly respected colored men who ever lived in Brenham, died Sunday evening and will be buried at Camptown cemetery this afternoon. Rev. McGill officiating. Gus Miller, who was an employee of the Banner office for many years, but is now living in Houston, came to Brenham to visit his daughter during hher last illness and attend her funeral."
Wheeler, Infant Boy	9/10/1917	9/10/1917	Camptown per DC, FAG
Whitaker, Felix III	10/6/1882	7/29/1909	FAG, DOB 1883 per DC		Brenham Evening Press, July 20, 1909 p4 “Felix Whitaker, colored, age 18 died at Camptown Monday, after an illness of about two weeks. He was taken sick at Beaumont and came home about ten days ago. He never rallied from his first illness until death relieved his suffering Monday night..........................................”BDB Early 1889, multiple listings of property listed as "Felix Whitaker Lot Potter & White $4.48 as posted for "Collectors Tax Sale...so much of the following described property as will be sufficient to pay taxes, costs and penalties due. Sale to continue from day to day until the list is completed." BDB September 21, 1894, p6. "In the Mayor's court Thursday morning Felix Whitaker, on a charge of vagrancy, was fined $1 and cost. BDB March 31 1897 p2 Felix Whittaker, the 16 year old son of Fannie Whittaker, who resides in Camptown, was run down by a northbound Santa Fe freight train at Cameron Tuesday and his right foot badly crushed and mangled. He was brought home on the evening passenger and placed under the care of Dr J B York." BDB Sept 18, 1898 p1 "Stole a Purse. Felix Whitaker in Jail for Robbing a Japanese Cook. Felix Whitaker, a former employee of the "Dixie," was arrested Saturday morning by Marshal Whitman charged with stealing $62.75 from Jim Cole, the Japanese cook at the Palace restaurant. Whne searched $2.75 was found on his person. He confessed the theft and said he had thrown the purse on top of the shed at Fischer's market. it was subsequently found there, but instead of $60 in currency it contained three $20 Confederate bills. A $2 bill which the purse contained had been exchanged at Fischer's for silver. No trace of the balance of the money has yet been found. Whitaker was lodged in jail and a complaint for theft made against him." BDB sept 22, 1898 p4 "Felix Whitaker Goes to the Walls For Two Years. Felix Whitaker plead guilty to theft in the distric court Wednesday and was sentenced to a two years' sentence in the penitentiary. Felix is the adult bootblack who stole $62.75 from Jim Cole, the Japanese cook at the Palace restaurant In passing sentence Judge Sinks said: "the sentence of the court is that you be remmanded to the county jail, from whence you came, there to remain until turned over to the proper authorities for transportation to the State penitentiary where you will serve a term of two years at hard labor," etc. Felix didn't quite catch the closing paragraph and responded, with a broad grin: "Did you say hard livin', judge?"" BDB July 24, 1900 p4 "Felix Whitaker has returned from a trip of two years to the penitentiary. He stole a wad of money from the cook at the Dixie saloon." BDB November 3, 1887 p3 "First Premium - Some days ago the Banner mentioned the fact that Felix Whitaker, a colored man of this town, had made a hammer and pair of pincers which he proposed to send to the colored people's fair at Fort Worth. The news now comes that his handiwork took the first prize, getting the handsome sum of fifty dollars. Felix is as proud as a peacock over his success. The tools are beauties indeed, and could not be excelled by any factory in the country."
Willaims, Bessie (Finley)	3/10/1885	4/11/1934	Camptown per DC, FAG
Williams, Baby					In Garrett plot
Williams, Charlie	3/16/1893	10/1/1951	Camptown per DC, FAG
Williams, Eliza L. Finley	2/22/1891	4/9/1943	Brenham per DC, FAG	602 High Street
Williams, Hiram A.	12/20/1858	3/1/1943	Brenham per DC, FAG		1870 Census - Son of Wilson Williams 39 and Mary Williams 27, family members Pierce (15), Henry (7) and Laura (6). 1880 Census- Single, widowed, mulatto, son Clarke Williams, 10. 1930 Census - Living with wife "Rosa" Williams and brother in law Alex Rodgers (46). 1940 Census - Married, wife Rhoda Williams (70). Married to Rhoda Johnson November 23, 1927 in Washington County. Marriage also shown in marriage certificate as Dec. 8, 1878 to Rhoda Rogers." BDB October 21, 1887 p3 "...In the afternoon a motion for continuance in the case of Hiram Williams, charged with participation in the assault on Jno. Lockett was argued. The ground was absence of witnesses, by whom the defense proposed to prove, that Hiram Williams was elsewhere when the assault was committed, that in fact another person, viz. Ben Hill committed the assault, that the razor found near the scene of the assault was Ben Hill's razor, that immediately after the assualt Ben Hill fled the country and is now a fugitive from justice, and various other facts and circumstances. Mess. O. L. Eddins and J.C. Muse are defending Williams." BDB October 30, 1887 p3 "Intimidation. - It is understood that a number of savage and cut-throat negroes have made threats against Francois a colored man and one of the principal witnesses against Hiram Williams and Sam Rucker. The citizens of the town are determined to protect Francois and those characters who have made these threats had as well understand at once and for all that such conduct will not be tolerated and that if they attempt to injure him, they will pay dearly for it."
Williams, Jardan	1842	12/6/1937	Camptown per DC, FAG		1900 Census- Jordan Williams, day laborer, b. Oct 1846, married to Lizzie Williams, washwoamn, b. April 1877, both illiterate. Son Ed Williams, b. June 1891, at school. 1930 Census - Shown as head of household, widowed.
Williams, Rev. Robert Lee	12/2/1876	10/9/1935	Camptown per DC, FAG	1002 E. Main	DC - Born in Arkansas, parents unknown, married to Mollie E. Williams (informant), lived at address 9 years; 1930 Census Robert L Lee 61, b. Arkansas, living with wife Mollie E Williams 50, b. Texas;
Williams, Rhoda Rogers	1860	7/20/1946	FAG, DOB per DC is 11/10/1869(1859)		Married Dec 8, 1878 to Hiram A Williams. 1880 Census - Rhoda Williams (b 1858) , living with Janet Bragg (59, sister?), brother Terry Rogers (16), brother George Brown (19), sister Ella Guy (23), brother in law Willaim Guy (24), Niece Sarah Guy (12), niece Fleeta Guy (5), nephew Robert Guy (2) and niece Mary (0). BDB July 19, 1892 p3 "Justice Court Precinct 1. The following is a list of the cases disposed of in Justice Buchanan's court last Friday...State vs. Rhoda Williams, fined $1 and cost."
Williams, Virginia (Gober)	9/15/1842	3/12/1934	Camptown per DC, FAG		Listed in 1930 Census as widowed, head of household, born in Louisiana (as were her mother and father). BDB Sept 29, 1892 p4 "Marriage License....Ivison Jones to Virginia Williams."
Yancy, Ben	1852	12/31/1922			1880C- 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 BDB Nov 2, 1895 p7 "Fingers Crushed. Friday morning about 6 o'clock Allie Nicholson, an employee of the Brenham oil mill, had the finers of his left hand band crushed by getting them caught in a meal press. He was taken to Dr. Lockett's residence and had the wounded members dressed, after which he went to the home of Ben Yancy and has been unable to get home. The bones in his fingers are so badly crushed that amputation may be necessary, but this will not be done if it can possibly be prevented. At last accounts he was doing as well as could be expected." BDB March 3 1889 p3 "Justice Curry rendered his decision on Saturday in the damage suit of Ben Yancy vs. City of Brenham in favor of the defendant." ..........................................Brenham Daily Banner, June 19, 1894 p3 “Seven hundred colored people are expected here this morning from Austin to attend the emancipation celebration at the Fair grounds to-day and to-morrow.” “The following policemen were sworn in Monday to protect the peace here during the emancipation celebration: A.W. Moore, R.S. Sloan, Ed. Deadman, Ben Yancy, Lee Copeland, Joel Armbrister, Jno. Monroe, Jno. Randle, and Jake Johnson.”
Yancy, Fannie	1894	5/5/1935	Camptown per DC, FG
Yancy, Fannie		12/16/1939	Headstone
Yancy, Josephine	12/12/1873	8/17/1903	Headstone		Brenham Daily Banner, May 13, 1896 p3 “B.Y.U.P. “The young members of Mount Rose Baptist church met last Monday night and reorganized the society known as the “Baptist Young People’s Union,” and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: “Mr. R.S. Sloan, President. “Mr. C. Williams, Vice President. “Miss E.L. Finley, Secretary. “Miss J. Zana, Assistant Sec. “Mrs. C. williams, Cor. Sec. “Miss J. Yancy, Organist. “Miss F.A. Guy, Treasurer.”BDB March 28, 1896 p3 "The Canton Excelsior Club held their regular meeting on Thursday night and the following program rendered at Lou Clark's hall: Vocal Solo - Miss Josephine Yancy..." BDB June 4, 1896 p3 BDB J"Union Program. The folowing program will be rendered at Mt. Rose Baptist Church Monday night, June 8th: ...Paper - Miss Josephine Yancy...The Union will give an entertainment Saturday night, June 6th, at Mt. Rose Baptist church. Everybody invited to attend. A small admission fee will be charged both nights, and good behavior will be had..." BDB June 9, 1896 p3 "Miss Mattie E. Lewis was elected the Goddess of Liberty for the approaching Emancipation celebration to take place in this city this month. The eleation took place Saturday night at the Mount Rose Baptist church in Camptown. There were three young ladies in nomination namely: Miss Josephine Yancy, Miss Rebecca Graves. Miss Lewis however was unanamously elected, accepted the honor conferred on her much to the gratification of her friends."..........................
Zachry, Gus	1842	12/5/1921	Camptown per DC, FAG