Sears Chapel Cemetery

AKADoss Cemetery  and Lindsey-Springs Cemetery (original name)

Fannin County, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by Susan Hawkins

Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

 

This cemetery is located on a hill one mile east of Whitewright. It was used by the early settlers who lived near the Sears Chapel. It is located near Lindsey Springs and is mentioned first under that name. Some early obituaries, confirmed by tombstones are listed as Lindsey-Springs burials. The Doss family owned land there and buried there later. Originally a road was on the east and the north side of the cemetery. Today you can get there by following Grand Street eastward out of Whitewright and after the large curve look for a drive to the west. It is now behind a large open pole barn. The Chapel was further to the west of the cemetery.

Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments

Atkins

Jackson P.

Jan 24 1858

Dec 11 1862

S/o J.G. & Pauline Atkins

Aldridge

Infant

Apr 01 1866

Apr 03 1866

S/o W.W. & M.E. Aldridge

Aldridge

Margie A.

Jun 11 1861

Aug 26 1862

Same Stone W/ Mary & Infant

Aldridge

Mary P.

Mar 05 1863

Jul 20 1867

C/o W.W. & M.E. Aldridge

Aldridge

Infant

-

-

S/o W.W. & M.E. Aldridge

Anderson

Evy Jane

Oct 07 1884

Nov 24 1885

D/o D.C. & N.T. Anderson

Barbee

Claudie

Dec 03 1879

Aug 17 1880

S/o J.C. & Addie Barbee

Barbee

Infant

Sep 01 1870

Sep 06 1870

S/o W.L. & Nanie A. Barbee

Barbee

J.C.

Apr 05 1839

Feb 17 1892

H/o Addie Barbee

Barbee

John L.

Feb 11 1881

Feb 27 1881

S/o W.L. & D.G. Barbee

Barbee

Joseph Dorris

Nov 24 1806

Mar 07 1868

-

Barbee

Nanie A.

Mar 17 1847

Sep 06 1870

W/o W.L. Barbee

Bryan

Martha

Dec 14 1834

May 10 1868

W/o S.J. Bryan

Burnett

Esther

Dec 10 1818

Aug 05 1889

W/o Moses Burnett

Crowell

Arrie Bell

Dec 06 1882

May 31 1917

W/o O.H. Crowell

Davis

Issac A.

-

-

-

Davis

Jane A.

Oct 15 1819

Jun 12 1889

W/o Issac

Davis

Robert L.

Jul 16 1859

Mar 31 1884

-

Dixon

John

Oct 20 1808

Nov 07 1871

H/o Susanna

Dixon

Susanna

Feb 14 1823

Mar 02 1899

W/o J.H. Dixon

Dixon

William

Apr 04 1849

Mar 06 1868

S/o J. & S. Dixon

Dobson

B.B.

Oct 16 1816

Mar 21 1879

B: Wilson Co., TN

Dodd

John W.

Jan 06 1881

Aug 26 1882

S/o T.J. & N.J. Dodd

Friend

Issac F.

-

Feb 06 1880

Age: 46 yrs

German

Zacheus

Mar 05 1789

Aug 13 1878

Age: 89 yrs 5 mos 8 days

Griffin

Cora Alice

Jul 10 1881

Sep 14 1882

-

Hamilton

Edgar

Jan 20 1873

Jun 18 1874

-

Harding

Ambrose

ca 1799

aft 1881

Info - family rec. & obit  Unmarked Grave

Harding **

Amelia "Milly"

ca 1799

Dec 28 1886

W/o Ambrose  M: Jan 12 1824 Greene Co., KY   Unmarked grave

Hayter

Irene

-

-

D/o R.L. & L.M. Hayter

Hayter

Norine

-

-

D/o R.L. & L.M. Hayter

Hedgpeth

J.M.

Jul 26 1851

Jun 06 1894

-

Hill

Didama

Dec 01 1821

1885

-

Hill

E.G.

Oct 03 1817

Feb 11 1883

-

Hill

Sara

Jan 02 1852

Oct 21 1885

EMK Foot Marker

Liston

Jesse

1847

1895

CO B 10TH IL CAV

Lloyd

Gertie E.

Jun 05 1871

Jul 24 1876

Same Stone W/ Willie, Children of J. & S.A. Lloyd

Lloyd

Willie E.

Jun 13 1869

Jul 18 1876

Same Stone W/ Gertie

Loveall **

Alex

-

Jan 16 1919

B: Dade Co., MO Age: 73 yrs

Loveall

Leafy

Jan 18 1895

Dec 06 1896

D/o J.D. & Ida Loveall

Loveall

Sarah L. Hill

Jul 22 1847

Aug 08 1896

W/o Alex

Loveall

Stanley

Sep 12 1891

Oct 29 1892

S/o J.D. & Ida Loveall

Maloch

?

Sep 25 1846

Mar 12 1875

D/o J.H. & W.J. Maloch

Maloch

Edward M.

Nov 09 1854

Jan 06 1874

S/o J.H. & W.J. Maloch

Maloch

Thomas H.

Dec 19 1857

Jan 17 1874

-

Medlen

A.

1827

-

H/o M.C.  No Marker

Medlen

James P.

Jan 14 1861

Oct 04 1863

S/o A. & M.C. Medlen

Medlen

M.C.

Jan 29 1832

Jun 11 1895

W/o A. Medlen

Medlen

Thomas C.

Jan 22 1865

Sep 20 1873

S/o A. & M.C. Medlen

Otwell **

L.W.

Sep 21 1857

Apr 24 1881

Age: 23 yrs

Rea

M.M.

Oct 24 1811

Nov 13 1877

W/o Rev. J.W. Rea  Same Stone W/ M.M. Smith

Reynolds

A.J.

Sep 22 1869

Aug 21 1882

-

Richardson **

Kansas Hinton

-

Sep -- 1877

Age: 21 yrs  1St W/o John Thomas Richardson  Unmarked Grave

Sanders **

Infant

-

-

S/o J.C. & Jerome

Sanders **

Margaret McGreiger

 

-

W/o?

Sears

Christopher C.

Feb 25 1804

Jul 20 1881

Age: 77 yrs 4 mos 23 days

Sears

Esca

-

-

Age: 6 mos 21 days  S/o F. & M.A. Sears

Sears

J.F.

May 26 1870

Jan 18 1890

-

Sears

Mary E.

Aug 13 1856

Dec 06 1857

D/o J.H. & M.R. Sears

Sears

Milam H.

May 24 1872

Sep 26 1873

S/o H.G. & I.M.C.

Sears

Nancy C.

Jan 31 1836

Jun 09 1853

-

Sears

Norah E.

Sep 15 1866

Oct 09 1876

D/o H.G. & M.G. Sears

Sears

Robert Donnel

Jan 13 1834

Nov 24 1860

S/o C. & M. Sears

Sherrell

Craven Bennett

Apr 09 1864

Dec 21 1884

-

Sherrell

John Wesley

Jun 06 1873

Jan 09 1894

-

Sherrell

Sarah Josie

Dec 30 1866

Feb 04 1885

-

Sherrell

Sydia

Feb 14 1883

Feb 14 1883

Twin/o Lydia

Sherrell

William Jackson

Oct 03 1837

Jan 10 1888

-

Shotwell

Allie E.

Sep 25 1846

Mar 12 1875

W/o C.H. Shotwell D/o J.H. & W.J. Maloch

Skipworth

Bone (A.B.)

Mar 01 1850

Jun 28 1904

-

Skipworth

Esther J.

Mar 28 1880

Oct 29 1881

D/o J.M. & N.J. Skipworth

Skipworth

Everett B.

May 28 1885

Aug 13 1885

-

Skipworth

Infant

Jan 26 1892

Jan 26 1892

S/o A.B. & M.A. Skipworth

Skipworth

James M.

Oct 25 1871

Aug 15 1894

S/o A.B. & Martha Skipworth

Skipworth

Jessie S.

Oct 18 1881

Nov 09 1881

S/o J.M. & N.J. Skipworth

Skipworth

Johnnie V.

Mar 17 1877

Apr 22 1882

S/o B.F. & F. Skipworth

Skipworth

Joseph M.

Apr 01 1880

Jun 18 1892

S/o J.M. & N.J.Skipworth

Skipworth

Nancy J.

Jan 22 1844

Sep 18 1897

W/o J.M. Skipworth

Skipworth

Thomas

Jun 16 1888

Mar 31 1889

S/o B.F. & F. Skipworth

Smith

Etter L.

Feb 26 1876

Apr 22 1877

D/o E.C. & A. Smith

Smith

J.H.

Jul 09 1827

Nov 23 1908

-

Smith

J.R.

Oct 26 1856

Apr 11 1901

-

Smith

M.A.

Aug 02 1831

-

-

Smith

M.M.

May 26 1860

Jul 25 1877

D/o J.H. & E. Smith

Stapp **

A.W.

-

1877

Age: 53 yrs 3 mos 27 days   A Mason

Stephens

Alice

Feb 01 1881

Nov 30 1899

W/o F.B. Stephens

Touchstone

J.A.

Jun 19 1812

Jan 04 1877

-

Vestal

Baby

Jun 16 1883

Jun 16 1883

I/o S.J. & Dorah Vestal

Vestal **

David T.

1824

1864

-

Vestal

John T.

Jun 18 1818

Dec 08 1869

-

Vestal

Mary A.

Apr 04 1864

Sep 06 1879

D/o J.T. & M.C. Vestal

Vestal **

Miriam Catherine Tate

Jan 09 1824

Jul 14 1909

-

Vestal

Zada

Mar 14 1881

Aug 02 1881

D/o S.J. & Dorah Vestal

Wall

James H.

Jul 29 1855

Sep 29 1867

S/o L.C. & E. Wall

Wilson

B.P.

-

Oct 03 1880

-

Womack

Eliza Maybell

Feb 14 1876

Nov 07 1877

D/o J.H. & M.R. Womack

Womack

Infant

Nov 15 1885

Nov 15 1885

I/o J.H. & M.R. Womack

Womack

M.R.

Oct 03 1851

Sep 28 1888

-

Wyrick

S.L.

Sep 17 1873

May 11 1892

S/o R.M. Wyrick

 

Amelia "Milly" Harding – from family records and obituary "Last survivor of the original colony" speaking of the Kentuckytown colonization.

Alex Loveall – obituary says "Laid by the side of his wife who died 23 years ago."

L.W. Otwell died on a visit to Texas at the home of his relatives, Mollie & Frank Sears.

Kansas Hinton Richardson – mother of Rosa and Thomas J. information from family records and J.W. Connolly records.

Sanders – no dates mentioned in the Floy Hodge book as being here in this cemetery.

A.W. Stapp – an obituary in the Bonham paper says May 25 1877 says George W. Stapp age 52 buried Sears Chapel.

David T. Vestal – appears in some records. Brother of John T.

Miriam Catherine Vestal – information from death record and family records.