The Old Davis Cemetery
Polk Co Cemeteries of TX
Located in the Big Thicket National Preserve
Transcribed by Colleen Jackson Goodwin, Laurel Goodwin, Jesse Goodwin
Submitted by Colleen Jackson Goodwin
Take 190 E. out of Livingston, TX and travel approx. 10 miles. Turn right onto FM. 1276 and travel approx. 1 mile to Camp Ruby Rd. Turn right on Camp Ruby Rd. and travel 3.3 miles to a crossroads. Turn left onto Sunflower Rd. Travel 3.7 miles, keeping to the right (there is an old "Y" in the road and you will cross 2 bridges). Cemetery is on the left,down a short drive. Can be seen from the road. This old family cemetery was taken up when the federal government procured the land for a game preserve
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Davis | John T. | Dec. 20, 1878 | Nov. 27, 1929 | May the soul of the faithful through the Mercy of God Rest in Peace Footstone: J.T.D. |
| Jackson | Thomas | Mar. 7, 1908 | Nov. 28, 1911 | son of J.T. & Stevie Davis We miss the voice of one we love. A precious form has passed away to join the angel throng above. Footstone: T.J.D |
| Kennedy | Johnnie Belle | Oct. 2, 1906 | July 23, 1971 | (no headstone, only gray funeral marker) |
| Kennedy | Joseph | Sept. 10, 1904 | May 24, 1993 | (no headstone, only gray funeral marker) |
| Boothe | William A. | Dec 1 1867 | Jul 26 1938 | FS Father The Lord is My Shepherd |
| Boothe | Ida J. | Apr 30 1880 | Apr 12 1968 | FS Mother The Lord is My Shepherd |
| Boothe | Ive Eulala | Jun 13 1906 | Jul 28 1907 | FS I.U.B. Gone to be an Angel |
| Boothe | John William | Oct. 13, 1908 | Nov. 6, 1969 | The Lord Giveth and The Lord Taketh Away. |
| Davis | O.L. | Nov. 15, 1849 | Sept. 15, 1924 | Footstone: Father Gone but not forgotten. |
| Davis | Rose | Apr. 16, 1848 | June 9, 1934 | Footstone: Mother Gone but not forgotten. |
| Warren | May | June 11, 1881 | July 2, 1957 | (No headstone, gray funeral marker) |
| Miles | Geneva | Apr. 30, 1882 | This is the only date | Gone home. Footstone: GM |
| Stroud | George Lester | Aug. 27, 1915 | May 19, 1939 | Footstone: GLS To know them was to love them |
| Stroud | Emer Ellen | Oct. 11, 1886 | Feb. 15, 1924 | Footstone: EES To know them was to love them |
| Unmarked | 4 graves | - | - | Next to Stroud |
| Davis | Wilma Jean | Apr. 8, 1924 | May 19, 1987 | Forever loved-Mother, you were the strength that kept us on our toes |
| Davis | William C. "Slim" | Jan. 30, 1920 | Sept. 14, 1978 | The lord giveth & the Lord taketh away He chose one of the finest on this date |
| Davis | William B. | Mar. 1, 1889 | June 27, 1970 | Faith, Hope, Love |
| Davis | Mattie | - | - | (No headstone, just a glass tile with name written in blue ink. |
| Unmarked | 2 graves | - | - | next to William and Mattie Davis |