Abston Cemetery-West

Lavon, Collin Co Cemeteries of Texas

Photos by Gary Webb & Elaine Nall Baye

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Location: Abston Cemetery is 8.5 miles south of Farmersville, Texas on Hwy 78 at Lavon, Texas. The cemetery is on the west side of the road at Mallard Park.

Historical Marker: 

Abston Cemetery. John Abston (1761-1856), a soldier in the American Revolution, was a native of Virginia. In the 1830's Abston and his family moved to Missouri. In 1853 he moved to Collin County, Texas, with the family of his son Jesse. Following Jesse's death that year, the family moved farther South in the county. John Abston and Jesse Abston's widow, Sarah, purchased land in this area in 1854. A small plot of land was set aside as a family burial ground. John Abston's burial here in 1856 was the first in the cemetery. There are thirty-seven marked graves, including those of several generations of the Abston and related families. All but one of the stones bear 19th century death dates. According to family tradition, Sarah Abston at one time gave a small house and a parcel of land to a former slave, Elias Bellew, with the agreement that he would maintain the cemetery. As a result, the graveyard has also been referred to as the Old Bellew Cemetery. Descendants of those interred in this cemetery still reside in Collin County. The graveyard stands as a reminder of the area's heritage. (1988)

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East Section                            West Section

Transcription & Marker photos by Elaine Nall Bay & Patricia Nall

Surveyed December 11, 2005

West section

Name

Birth

Death

Comments

Illegible stone

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Abston, John

1757

1856

Revolutionary soldier   "Erected by Richard Royal Chapter D.A.R."

Abston, Sarah

----

----

-

Abston, Sarah F.

-

Oct 12 1879

Wife of J.H. Abstson   Aged 72 yrs

Atkinson, Lucy F.

Aug 29 1832

Feb 19 1872

Wife of J. Atkinson

Belew, Elizabeth

July 2 1810

Oct 4 1871

Wife of Z.C. Belew

Belew, Zackariah C.

May 7 1899

Mar 6 1880

(Dates are as inscribed on stone)

Boyd, Betty Byrne

Sept 27 1937

Aug 7 1998

The family of Roland Weldon Boyd

Boyd, Nannette Gay

May 17 1915

Mar 2 2000

The family of Roland Weldon Boyd

Boyd, Roland Weldon

Sept 10 1908

Dec 2 1990

The family of Roland Weldon Boyd

Bumpass, F.E.

Apr 25 1881

Aug 7 1889

Bumpass family plot

Bumpass, I.H.

Oct 24 1873

Oct 6 1946

Bumpass family plot

Bumpass, T.H.

Feb 10 1843

Mar 9 1893

Bumpass family plot

Bumpass, Verginia E.

Dec 30 1848

July 28 1881

Bumpass family plot   Born in Person Co., NC wife of ---- Bumpass

Cox, B.L.A.

-

????

Hand carved stone

Cox, Bellcenal

Feb 29 1860

Sept 12 1863

d/o J. & M.J. Cox

Cox, J.A.

-

1874

Hand carved stone

Cox, John R.

Feb 3 1871

Feb 11 1874

s/o J. & M.J. Cox

Daugherty, J.W.

1832

Oct 12 1866

-

Daugherty, Nancy

1785

Apr 7 1870

-

Glenn, Jessie A.

Feb 27 1809

July 29 1871

-

H.T.W.

- -

Footstone lying in pile of broken stones

Hall, L.C.

Apr 6 1880

Aug 12 1880

s/o T.J. & P.I. Hall

Hall, Minerva R.

Nov 25 1876

Oct ??, ????

d/o T.J. & P.I. Hall

Hall, Mrs. P.I.

Aug 2 1842

June 22 1901

-

Howard, -----

1858

1858

-

Howard, Abbigal O.

Mar 6 1860

Sept 13 1862

d/o W.J. & R.B. Howard

J.J.W.

- -

Footstone lying in pile of broken stones

Lunsford, G.A.

Feb 22 1853

July 1, 1876

Bumpass family plot

McCartney, Martha Hendry

July 5 1927

Apr 4 2001

-

McCartney, William Boyd

May 25 1926

Oct 17 2001

-

Mills, John L.

-

Jan 26 1881

Aged 44 yr, 8 mo, 4 d

Stimson, Daniel M.

Apr 26 1827

June 10 1898

-

Stimson, Isaac

Jan 30 1799

??? 6, 1877

Age 77, 6 d

Stimson, Isaac T.

Feb 2 1860

July 14 1860

-

Stimson, Joseph R.

Oct 14 1875

Mar 4 1883

s/o J.L. & M.E. Stimson

Stimson, Minney

June 1 1872

July 4 1874

d/o J.L. & M.E. Stimson

Stimson, Rachel A.

July 16 1861

July 1? 1877

-

Stimson, Rachel O.

June 7 1799

Aug 24 187?

Aged 73

Stimson, Sarah F.

Aug 6 1830

Feb 2 1870

Wife of D.M. Stimson

Stimson, Sarah O.J.

Sept 20 1863

Sept 30 1878

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Stinebaugh, Jacob

Nov 28 1794

Feb 5 1882

Aged 87 yrs, 2 mo, 6 d  (new stone signed "C.L. Cotner, Ft. Smith, Ark")

Stinebaugh, Nancy Cannon

Apr 29 1800

Sept 15 1875

Wife of Jacob Stinebaugh  Aged 75 yrs, 4 mo, 16 d  (new stone signed "C.L. Cotner, Ft. Smith, Ark")

Thompson, F.S.

Nov 187?

??

-

Williams, Mary C.

Feb 1842

July 25 1876

Wife of M.L. Williams