Britton Cemetery 2009

Panola Co  Cemeteries of TX

Surveyed by Don Austin ca 1981

Photos by Hap Murphy 2009

Submitted by Gloria B. Mayfield

 

The following description of the cemetery was given by Don Austin in his privately circulated book "42 Lost Cemeteries":

"Located on gently sloping ground near a creek among some large oak trees and bounded on all sides by a barbed wire fence. Seven graves were identifiable and the rest were marked with iron pipes driven into the ground at the head and foot of the grave. A couple were marked with small funeral home plaques but were illegible.

This is a rare occasion when the exact number of graves is known and in addition every grave is marked in some fashion. The first grave was that of a black woman Sukie Collins marked by a large piece of native rock and at the foot of a huge oak tree. She was believed to have been buried here sometime during the 1870’s."  Supplemental information on the persons buried in Britton Cemetery was furnished to Austin by the late J. R. Murphy of Carthage TX.

The Britton Family Cemetery (Panola County, Texas) does not have an  "entrance" as such. It is located in a cow pasture, approximately 200  yards from County Road 173. It has a chain link fence surrounding it  -- mainly to keep cattle out. There is no access road between County  Road 173 and the cemetery (Hap Murphy)
 

This cemetery has been updated, using the Hawthorn Funeral Home Records plus walking records. FH Records are identified by a page number in comments, Use this, plus the death year to locate in the Funeral Home Records. You may find duplicate entries, I left them as such so you can go to the Hawthorn Funeral Home Records for more information. (2009 gbm)

 

Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments

Anderson

Maggie E.

Jul 18 1902

Nov 04 1902

-

Anderson

Noble

No date

No date

Died as a baby

Britton

B(enjamin)F(ranklin).

Jun 16 1857

Nov 02 1938

photo by Harold L. Murphy

Britton

Blanch M.

May 12 1880

Jun 09 1915

son of B.F. & J.A  photo by Harold L. Murphy

Britton

Infant

No date

No date

-

Britton

Infant

No date

No date

-

Britton

Infant

No date

No date

-

Britton

Infant

No date

No date

c/o Will & Bertha

Britton

John M (ontgomery)

1807

May 20 1881

Mexican War  photo by Harold L. Murphy  h/o Mary

Britton

Julia Ann (Floyd)

Jun 11 1861

Aug 17 1951

d/o Jay Floyd & Elizabeth Bounds 65  w/o Benjamin F.

Britton

Lucian

Aug 07 1877

May 29 1880

s/o B.F. & J.A.  photo by Harold L. Murphy

Britton

Mary (Jane White)

Aug 05 1828

Nov 12 1902

w/o John M.  photo by Harold L. Murphy

Collins

Sukie

No date

1870's

-

Murphy

Mary Jane

No date

No date

-

Murphy

Unknown

No date

No date

-

Tidwell

Infant

No date

No date

-