WALNUT CREEK CEMETERY
This cemetery is located in a field on the south side of Highway
1187 across from where Teague Road intersects the highway. It is about six miles
west of Mansfield. W. L. Raley sold the land in 1904 to Tarrant County for
$100. The oldest legible grave marker is that of M. A. Hopper, wife of S. W. Hopper
(1847 - 1881). Originally, there was also a church on the property.
The property is no longer in use for a cemetery, as the last burial
was that of Dora Hopper Long and the part set aside for a church was sold to a private
individual.
Almost all those buried at Walnut Creek, known locally as Hopper
Cemetery, are related by blood or marriage.
HOPPER Cayce S., 1 Sep 1891 - 2 Jun 1892, son of T. W. & Allie
HOPPER Allie 11 Aug 1874 - 21 Sep 1891, wife of T. W.
HOPPER M. A., 4 May 1847 - 17 Jun 1881, wife of S. W.
BLACKWELL Fannie E., 10 Jul 1849 - 10 Dec 1897, wife of A. P.
Fieldstone, A. P. R., no dates
McATEER J. R., 26 Mar 1859 - 20 May 1887
Fieldstone, no inscription
Metal marker
HOPPER Harden, 18 Dec 1892 - 5 Mar 1893, son of J. D. & M. C.
HOPPER Nannie, 8 Apr 1894 - 19 May 1894, dau of J. D. & M. C.
Fieldstone, no inscription
Wooden board, no inscription
WALKER Martha M., 1874 - 1949
WALKER William M., 1872 - 1923
WALKER Howard Lee, born & died 16 Jun 1924, son of Lee & Faye
HADDOCK F., 21 Feb 1819 - 12 Sep 1895
HADDOCK Martha E., 1 Dec 1874 - 8 Dec 1940, Mother
NICHOLS J. W., 13 Oct 1840 - 28 Mar 1904
NICHOLS Samantha, 6 Oct 1844 - 3 Oct 1896, wife of J. W.
HAMPTON Nancy Ellen, 27 Feb 1873 - 25 May 1907, wife of T. J.
MERRITT James R., 1899 -1904, son of J. A. & N. N.
MERRITT Rosa M., 7 Jun 1889 - 26 Sep 1961, Mother
MERRITT S. H., 6 Nov 1884 - 29 Dec 1913, Woodmen of the World
MERRITT Rhoda I., 10 Aug 1850 - 17 Jan 1899, wife of H. H.
PATRICK S. 2 Nov 1893 - Sept ?, (partly illegible) son of J. J. & W. P.
(NOTE: another source has this grave as MERRITT, Patrick)
HOPPER Martha J., 18 Oct 1845 - 19 May 1917, wife of S. W.
SHIPPS William Coy, 21 Sep 1909 - 22 Oct 1917
HADDOCK Charles Eugene, 15 Dec 1943 - 22 Nov 1945
HADDOCK Wm. Frederick, 5 Jun 1941 - 18 Jul 1952, Sonny Boy
HADDOCK Frederick M., 25 Feb 1869 - 19 Mar 1951, Father
HADDOCK Naomi B., 5 Nov 1822 - 15 Aug 1890, wife of F.
HOPPER S. W., 21 Mar 1845 - 6 Nov 1923
HOPPER Mattie E., 10 May 1867 - 11 Mar 1933, Sister
LONG Dora, 21 Jul 1884 - 21 Apr 1971
FAULKS Leslie, 19 Jan 1973, Only date, "Baby", Metal marker
HADDOCK Herbert Newton, 28 Aug 1901 - 26 Nov 1962
HADDOCK Alta Areta Hawkins, 25 Jan 1915 - 24 Jan 2003 Info by Sharon
Manning
HADDOCK Charles E., 20 Nov 1898 - 13 Dec 1969, Texas Pvt. 8 Service
Comd. WWII
Metal Marker, no inscription
Fieldstone, no inscription
Fieldstone, no inscription
Sandstone, no inscription
MANNING Charles M., 13 Nov 1942 - 31 Mar 1971, GA S. AMS Bomb SQ AF Sgt
7 Vietnam
Metal Marker, illegible
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