Henley Cemetery

Blanco Co Cemeteries of Tx

Submitted by Joel Honeycutt and Pat Althaus

Prepared for Cemeteries of TX  by Wanda Qualls

Used with  permission of the Blanco County Historical Commission,  101 Pitchfork, Johnson City, TX 78636.

Located: Just west of the Hays County Line (inside Blanco County) on Hwy 290, 16 miles east of Johnson City.  The Cemetery is 200 yards before the Perdernales Park turnoff.  The Cemetery is to the left of 290, through a gate on a gravel road and .4 of a mile.  It has a wire fence around it and about 55 graves in 1984.

Transcribed by: Mrs. June (Clifford) Baird.

--------From Henly Cemetery & Miller Creek Cemetery in Blanco County, TX by the Hays County Historical Commission Project, copied and compiled by Jo Ann Elam Hearn, Dorothy Wimberly Kerbow, Carolyn Harmon Parman, 1994.

The mother of Charles Griffin, b. 1854- d. 1938 was Mary Clements b. abt 1812/14 d. 1900.

Unmarked graves are the last children born to Cecil Griffin and his wife 1934. 

Jim Neal, dates not known, but was born sometime late 19th century.

Malone family stones are mounted in concrete slab 12 x 12.

Infant, no headstone, beside Della and James Shipp.

Name Birth Death Notes
Caudell, Carrie Oct 25 1805       Jun 00 1885
Stone crumbled, dates gone
Davis, Fairnetta Jun 26 1870 Aug 23 1965
on stone with Wayne. Funeral home  marker beside stone says Mrs. Nancy F.   Davis. Nancy Fairnetta Davis (nee  Trammell) was sister of Eli Trammell.  Children: Lonnie, Allen, Arnold plus 2 girls.
Davis, Lola W.  Aug 09 1900 Apr 05 1913 "Dau of Wayne & Fairnetta"
Davis, Wayne
Jan  18 1870 Aug 04 1934 on stone with Fairnetta - gave 1 acre of land for cemetery
Eskew, Mary Barbara Jan 05 1894 Dec 10 1897 "Dau. of D. & M.A."
Gravenor, W. J. Sep 14 1830 Aug 22 1907
Griffin, Charles B Nov 12 1854 Jul 14 1938 on stone with Marietta - Parents: Stanley and Polly Griffin
Griffin, Clements
no date
no date
Married Maritta Dorton. Children: Clifford, Lonnie, Lee, Roy, Olla, Lillie, Ellen, Belle, Bessie, Verna, Amy.
Griffin, Marietta Feb 20 1868 Jul 16 1924 on stone with Charles - Born in Avon, Canada
Griffin, Unmarked Grave

stillborn child, lastborn, of Charles & Marietta Griffin
Griffin, Unmarked Grave 1934 1934 stillborn son of Cecil & his wife.
Griffin, Polly Clements no date
no date
no marker
Herring, America L.
Jun 26 1852 Dec 10 1922 "Mother," on stone with Sam - nee LeGrand married Samuel Herring
Herring, Grover Mar 13 1883 Jun 26 1912 Parents: Samuel & America LeGrand Herring.
Herring, Samuel Mar 14 1849 Dec 07 1934 "Father," on stone with America Married America Legrand, Children: Mollie Herwig, Annie (Julia Anne Herring) Herwig, John, Grover, Rhoda Herring Massey, Jessie Herring Collier.
Koerner, Alvin Oct 18 1876 Jan 06 1919 "W.O.W. Devoted Husband, Loving Father" married Alice Trammell
Koerner, Ralph Feb 18 1906 Aug 12 1906 "Our Darling Baby"
Lawrence, H. O. Nov 31 1844 Sep 16 1911 (possibly son of Matterson Lawrence)
Lawrence, Matterson Jan 01 1819 Sep 16 1882 
Stone broken in pieces
Luersen, Egon Jul 31 1880 Jul 18 1887 "Hier Ruht in Frieden, Ruhe Sahst"
Luersen, Robert Lee Oct 17 1911 Nov 24 1911 "Baby, Gone to be an angel" son of Ernest & Martha Wegner Luersen
Luersen, Vernon


Location of burial in cemetery unknown.
Malone, Diddie Kinser Mar 30 1887 Jan 25 1918 "Wife of JE Malone".  2 stones
Malone, infant
Jan 20 1918 "infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. "2 stones. Other says she died 1/22/1918 - mother died 5 days later.
Malone, John E. Jan 10 1877 Aug 10 1964 "Papa"  marrieed Diddie Kinser
McCarty, Carroll
Mar 17 1802
Mar 18 18?8

McCarty, John W. Aug 00 1821 May 16 1892
McCarty, Louisa J. Dec 16 1852 Aug 08 1891 death day date illegible. Wife of W. A. McCarty - mother of Claude McCarty
McCarty, Mary V.  "Molly"
1848 1928
McCarty, W.A. 1848 1930
Neal, Jim
no date
no date
no marker
Reed, Curtis Apr 09 1876 Mar 25 1946 son of Martin & Mary Jane Reed - never married
Reed, Edgar Lisle Feb 08 1884 Dec 11 1884 "son of C.C. & J.E. Reed"
Reed, Martin Luther Dec 18 1832 May 14 1916  Confederalte flag by stone,  Stone is in very bad condition. Ran Henly store and post office for Caudell family.  Married Mary Jane McCarty.  Children were: Curtis, Tom, Rosey Lee, Albert, Josie.   Martin was the first Commander of Camp McCollough.
Reed, Mary Jane Oct 04 1843 Jan 04 1911 "wife of M.L." nee McCarty.
Reed, Rosey Lee Feb 12 1883 Dec 01 1884 "Dau. of ML & MJ Reed"
Shipp, Della 1858 1949 nee Smith - married James W. Shipp
Shipp, James W. 1847 1919 son of  Thomas Hickman Shipp and Isabella Shipp
Trammell, Eli Aug 27 1888 Jan 17 1964 "Daddy"
Trammell, Lela K. Aug 02 1852 Jun 06 1967 "Mother"
Trammell, Mrs. T. J.  "Elizabeth" Dec 02 1852 Apr 19 1943 on stone with T.J.
Trammell, T. J. Aug 23 1847 Mar 11 1916 on stone with Mrs. T.J.