Old China Grove Cemetery
aka China Grove Cemetery
China Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Montgomery County Texas
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From Willis, Texas in Montgomery County, take
County Line Rd east approximately 8 miles and turn left (north) on Cedar Lane Loop at "Browder Community Center." Follow road
down and to left as it loops back (about 1.5 mile). You will find a new subdivision with sign
"China Grove" (see picture at bottom). Turn right (north) and
follow the main road into the subdivision approximately 6/10 miles and turn right.
Continue approximately 3/10 mile almost to end of road. The cemetery is located on the
right and uphill under the old trees. Key Map Page 100X.
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China Grove Baptist Church of Willis (SBC), which
is located several miles from the original church and cemetery was given the
deed to the old cemetery and will assist in maintaining the grounds.
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A chain link fence encloses the cemetery. Future plans include a gate and a historical marker. I found this article in the
Montgomery County Vertical files about Old China Grove Cemetery:
Lost But Not Forgotten
The Old China Grove Cemetery
by Joseph C Brewer, Jr.
Old China Grove Cemetery
aka China Grove Cemetery
aka China Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Montgomery County Texas |
Updated April 2012 Jean Smoorenburg |
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Last Name |
First Name |
DOB |
DOD |
NOTES |
Smith |
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Walker |
Molton |
25-Feb-1906 |
25-Jun-1907 |
(s/o Wesley Ira Walker & Cora Alice Jones
Cora Alice Jones is d/o of W. H. Jones)
Parents buried at Conroe Memorial Cemetery
Source: Shirley Walker Meadows - rsmeadows@cox.net |
Walker |
Annie Lee |
3-Oct-1904 |
5-Apr-1906 |
d/o Joseph Leonard Walker & Elmmie Etta Jones (d/o W. H. Jones) |
Jones |
W H |
18 May 1846 |
14-Dec-1922 |
Texas Death Certificate #35359 William Henry Jones |
Jones |
Mrs W H |
22 Mar 1851 |
11-Dec-1923 |
In 1920 William Henry and Martha Anne Jones were living with their daughter Annie and son in law Monroe Walker In JP8 Montgomery County Texas; Martha Ann Alley Death Certificate #35359 |
Martin |
Ben |
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6-Jun-1910 |
Co E 15 Regt CSA; Photo of Benjamin Martin in Montgomery County History, p 396; BW Martin & his wife are living in Willis Texas, Montgomery, Justice Precinct 1, District 105 with Sherrod Matthews & his
daughter Margaret E Martin in 1900 |
Martin |
Phabra |
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13-Sep-1900 |
Montgomery County History, p 395-396 "Benjamin W Martin died 6 Jun 1910 and was buried in Old China Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, beside his wife, Phabra." |
Matthews |
M G |
24 Aug 1891 |
May 1892 |
Moses Gordon Matthews: Age 6 months - 26 days (Son of Sherrod Moses Matthews and Margaret Elizabeth Martin |
Gunter |
Infant |
14 Jun 1889 |
2 May 1899 |
Son of ____ & Izzie Gunter; (The mother was Gehaza Martin, dau of Ben W. Martin) Believed to be child of William R Gunter and Gehaza Martin Gunter d/o Ben Martin |
Unknown |
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Many marked graves without readings |
Matthews |
Margaret |
15 Apr 1852 |
26-Jul-1923 |
Death Certificate22980 |
Matthews |
Sherwood M |
20 Apr 1851 |
2-Dec-1931 |
Death Certificate 57691 |
Smith |
Mrs. T R |
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24-Feb-1930 |
Obituary of Mrs. T. R. Smith |
Smith |
Helen Arnold |
25 Aug 1868 |
24-Feb-1930 |
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Smith |
David Francis |
14 Apr 1895 |
14-May-1936 |
WWI Veteran Pvt Batt E 344 F A Army;
Death Certificate 27096 s/oThomas R and Helen Smith |
Map of Old China
Grove Cemetery
Map from Montgomery County Property Records
From Abstract 15 - Jose Maria De la Garza Abstract [jhs]
Historical Designation of
Old China Grove Cemetery
In the Montgomery County Court Records
Jean Smoorenburg
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Photos Submitted by
Peggy Goodwin
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Entrance China Grove Subdivision
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Entrance to China Grove Cemetery
Entrance to China Grove Cemetery
April 2011
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China Grove Cemetery
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Taken April 2011
Ben Martin
6 June 1910
Co. E. 15 Regt.
CSA
Benjamin
W Martin was born September 15,
1823 in Darlington Co., SC and migrated to Dale Co., AL 1829-1832.
Benjamin W Martin was one of the
charter members of the Ozark Baptist Church, founded 23 August, 1848 in Dale
County. His family and the Matthews Family were associated with the old
Claybank Church, the Post Office and mercantile stores in Dale County. His
wife was: Pheriba or Phreby A. Andrews.
Ben was son of John H. Martin of NC,
then Benjamin B. Martin, b. 1776, NC.
War Records from Alabama Archives: Last Name: Martin
First Name: Benjamin Birth Information: USA, NC (Error; was SC) Branch: Infantry
Regimental Unit: 15th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: E
Authority: Historical Roll near Richmond, VA 1865/01/03. Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 1861/07/03 Enlistment Information: Age 19, (Error; was b. 1823) Alabama,
Westville, Private Promoted 2nd Corporal Engagements: Present: Winchester 1862/05/25, Cross Keys 1862/06/08, Cold
Harbor 1862/06/27, Malvern Hill 1862/07/02, Cedar Mountain 1862/08/09, Hazel
River 1862/08/23, Manassas Junction 1862/08/27, Manassas Plains
1862/08/28/30, Fredricksburg 1862/12/13, Suffolk 1863/05/06, Gettysburg 1863/07/02-03, Battle Mount
1863/07/24, Chickamauga 1863/09/20, Raccoon Mountain 1863/10/27, Lookout
Valley 1863/10/28, Campbell Station 1863/11/16, Knoxville 1863/11/20 & 29,
Dandridge 1864/01/16, Wilderness 1864/05/06, Remarks: Present: Williamsburg
Road 1864/10/27;Absent Detail: Chantilly 1862/09/01, Harpers Ferry
1862/09/13, Sharpsburg 1862/09/17, Shepards Town 1862/09/19, Chickamauga
1863/09/19.
Residence: Westville, Alabama. Promoted 2nd Corporal
1864/07/08. Remarks con't: (Engag. con't) Spottsylvania 1864/05/08 & 12, Cold Harbor
1864/06/03, Chester Station 1864/06/17, Deep Bottom 1864/08/14, Fussell Mill
1864/08/16, Fort Gilmer 1864/09/29, Fort Harrison 1864/09/30, Darbytown
1864/10/07, Darbytown Road 1864/10/13, (con't) (no second pg)
Norm
P.S. While state of birth and age are in error this has to be him
based on his headstone. They had many transcription errors.
They migrated to Montgomery County, Texas
before 1880. Please contact
Norm Brown,
relative of Martin.
Cemetery
List Submitted
by
Peggy Goodwin
Infant son Gunter
Gunter (Infant son)
b. Jan 14, 1889
d. May 2, 1889
“Son of ? & Lizzie Gunter”
Source: Tombstone
(Believed to be child of William R Gunter
and Gehaza Martin Gunter d/o Ben Martin)
Molton Walker
Taken April 2011
Walker, Molton
b. Feb 25, 1906
d. June 25, 1907
Source: tombstone
(s/o Wesley Ira Walker & Cora Alice Jones
Cora Alice Jones is d/o of W. H.
Jones)
Parents buried at Conroe Memorial Cemetery
Source:
Shirley Walker Meadows
Taken April 2011
M G Matthews
age 8 mos 26 days
Matthews, M. G. (Moses Gordon)
“Infant”
b. Aug 24, 1891
d. May 1892
Sources: Tombstone & Montgomery County History Book
Son of Sherrod Moses Matthews
& Margaret Elizabeth
Martin
Matthews, Margaret
b 15 Apr 1852
d. 26 Jul 1923
Source: Death Certificate #22980 jhs
Buried China Grove
Matthews, Sherwood M
b. 20 Apr 1851
d. 2 Dec 1931
Source: Death Certificate #57691 jhs
Buried in China Grove
Taken April 2011
Mrs. W H Jones
Jones, Mrs. W. H. (Martha Ann Alley)
b. Mar. 22, 1851
d. Dec. 11, 1923
Sources: Tombstone &
Shirley Walker Meadows
Jones, W. H. (William Henry)
b. May 16, 1846
d. Dec. 14, 1922
Death Certificate #35359 jhs
Source: Tombstone & Death Certificate
Martin, Ben (Benjamin W) (CSA)
See photo above
b. Sep 15, 1823
**Confederate pension application
stated age 76 yrs old on Sep. 15, 1899)
Birth is not stated on tombstone
d. June 6, 1910 Source: Tombstone)
Co. E, 15th Reg. Alabama Inf. Source: Tombstone
Confederate Soldier of America
Co D. 57th Regiment Ala Source: Pension
application
Martin,
Phabra (Andrews?) (Unmarked)*
w/o Ben Martin
b. July 28, 1824
d. Sep. 13, 1900
Source: Montgomery County History Book, p. 396,
by Melva Yates Whitehead
Article states she is buried next to her husband
Obituary of Mrs. T. R. Smith
Smith, Helen Arnold (unmarked)
b. Aug 25, 1868
d. Feb. 24, 1930
Burial plot unknown
w/o Thomas R. Smith
Source: Newspaper obit article & family information
Smith, Thomas R. (Unmarked)
b. Mar 2, 1864
d. Sep. 16, 1945
Burial plot unknown
h/o Helen Arnold Smith
Source: family history and bible records
Smith, David Francis
(Unmarked)
WWI Veteran
Pvt. Batt E. 344 F. A. Army
b. Apr 14, 1895
d. May 14, 1936
Burial plot unknown
Death Certificate #27096 jhs
s/o Thomas R and Helen Smith
(Source: family history)
Annie Lee Walker
Taken April 2011
Walker, Annie Lee
b. Oct. 31, 1904
d. April 15, 1906
Source: Tombstone
(d/o Joseph Leonard Walker & Clemmie Etta Jones
Clemmie Etta Jones d/o W.
H. Jones)
Parents buried at County Line Cemetery
Source: Shirley Walker Meadows
There are numerous gravesites marked only with large
iron ore rocks and many graves and markers are lost. (It is rumored that someone
threw the tombstones in Peach Creek so they could cross it when the water level
was low.)
I have identified one Civil War Veteran and one World
War II Veteran
so far.
If you have any ancestors buried in this cemetery
please contact me so I can add their names to this list. I am trying to
reconstruct the names of the persons buried here.
If you have any information on this cemetery please
contact me.
Thank You
Peggy Goodwin
P O Box 84
Conroe Texas 77305
pgoodwin54@consolidated.net
Great Granddaughter of Thomas and Helen Smith
Sources: Obits & Tombstones
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