Walnut Creek Cemetery

Located 7 miles southeast of Bremond. Take FM 2293 out of Bremond towards Petteway. Turn left onto County Road 438. It will cross County Road 439. Shortly after the intersection, the road will dead-end into the cemetery.

An historic marker reads: "The Walnut Creek community was established in the 1850s with the arrival of several farming families. J. Grant Taylor came as a child to this area with his parents. Tradition says the Walnut Creek Cemetery began before 1869 with the death of a two-year-old girl. She was the daughter of a horse trader who lived nearby. Taylor gave permission for the child's burial on his 30-acre tract of land. The unmarked grave is at this site under a cedar tree. The first marked grave is located under the same cedar tree and is that of Sarah Lane Johnson (1866-1869), daughter of P. and S. H. Johnson. About 1871 Taylor donated two acres for a burial ground, Union meetinghouse, and school building. Since area students attended Stump Toe School (3 mi. N), a structure was not built here until 1888. Baptist, Church of Christ, and Methodist congregations held services here, constructing brush arbors on the grounds in the summers. Classes were held in the school building until World War II when Walnut Creek consolidated with Bremond schools. Afterward, the schoolhouse was used for annual memorial services. This cemetery is all that remains to mark the Walnut Creek community." (#10955/1979)

ADAMS, JOHN B., 11.05.1881 – 01.15.1973  (hus. M. C. Evans)

ALLEN, ANNA MAE,  05.08.1912 – 09.20.1912  (dau. W. & E. )

ALLEN, EVA A., 12.07.1887 – 04.09.1937  ( wife of W. W. C.)

ALLEN, JOHN BENJAMIN, 01.05.1909 – 02.12.1909  (son of W. & E.)

ALLEN, SYBIL E., 02.25.1907 – 02.20.1910  (dau. W. & E.)

ALLEN, WALTER W. C., 04.18.1888 – 07.01.1934

ALLEN, WOODROW WALTER, 11.06.1916 – 02.16.1964, WWII

AUTREY, LAURA A., 08.22.1868 – 08.19.1875  (dau. C. P. & F. L.)

BENGE, ELIZABETH B., 07.23.1897 – 07.30.1897

BENGE, EVA ALINE, 08.01.1894 – 07.27.1897

BLANN, WILLIE, 11.01.1896 – 04.12.1896  (son. E. H. & N. E.)

BODIFORD, COLON, 09.17.1852 – 04.04.1940, w Elizabeth

BODIFORD, ELIZABETH, 10.31.1853 – 05.18.1908, h Colon

BODIFORD, JAMES FRANKLIN, 08.05.1874 – 12.30.1955

BODIFORD, NORA LEE, 05.03.1876 – 10.28.1956  (wife of J. F.)

BODIFORD, 4 infants, c Colon & Elizabeth Bodiford

BODIFORD, 2 infants, c James Franklin & Nora Lee Bodiford

BRIGANCE, ELIZABETH HUDSPETH, 02.04.1831 – 08.18.1877, b TN, h Alphred Lawrence Brigance (m 9.18.1851, TX), c Charles Seaton, William F., Frances Ann, Laura T. Ellis, Jewell, Edward W., Susie, Addie W., May

BROWN, I.W., ? - 03.29.1972

BURNS, EDDIE O’NEAL, 10.30.1887 – 04.20.1959  (hus. of A. W.)

CALDWELL, EDWARD L., 1853 - 1955

CALDWELL, JOE L., 11.17.1924 – 02.24.1959, WWII

CALDWELL, TOM W., 08.28.1920 – 02.26.1947, WWII

CALDWELL, WILLIAM H., 1885 – 1952

CASKEY, LOTTIE TAYLOR, 1888 – 1972

CLARK, COLEMAN B., 03.26.1921 – 04.15.1921

CLARK, DUNCAN L., 08.25.1876 – 12.19.1952

CLARK, ERNESTINE MAE, 10.10.1909 – 03.09.1977

CLARK, JETTIE J., 12.14.1881 – 11.08.1951  (wife of Duncan)

CLARK, KATHERINE LEE, 02.04.1959 – 02.04.1959  (dau. of Ernestine)

CLARK, NORMAN D., 06.27.1914 – 01.26.1925

CULPEPPER, EDNA, 1897 – 1923

CULPEPPER, FORREST, 1895 – 1923

CULPEPPER, WESLEY C., 08.31.1888 – 05.04.1958, WWI

CULPEPPER, infant,  ? - ?

DRYER, MINNIE VIOLA, 09.27.1905 – 12.06.1967

DUNN, ANCEL LEE, 07.28.1935 – 02.07.1978, son of R. C. & Janie E. Dunn, died in a fire with his two young sons Rayford Ray & Woodrow Lee

DUNN, BETTIE A., 03.18.1880 – 10.29.1919, h E. M. Dunn

DUNN, E. M., 08.01.1863 – 10.28.1976, w Bettie A.

DUNN, ILA FAYE, 02.07.1927 – 06.14.1933

DUNN, JANIE E., 03.20.1906 – 12.19.1973, h R. C. Dunn, c Ancel Lee Dunn

DUNN, NEDRA OPAL

DUNN, SHARON KAY, 1967 – 1967  (by R. & J.)

DUNN, RAYFORD RAY, 04.17.1974 – 02.07.1978, son of Ancel Lee Dunn

DUNN, WOODROW LEE, 09.18.1972 – 02.07.1978, son of Ancel Lee Dunn

DUNN, infants (2),  ? - ?, c E. M. & Bettie A. Dunn

ELLIS, LAURA T. BRIGANCE, 11.03.1858 – 09.04.1977  (by T. S.)

EVANS, B. D., 04.?.1865 – 04.?.1885  (son of J. D. & L. E.)

EVANS, BELAH H., 04.06.1897 – 04.24.1897  (dau. of W. D. & L. N.)

EVANS, B. I., 04.?.1865 – 04.?.1865 (dau. of J. D. & L. E.) ( B. D.’s twin)

EVANS, C. D., 02.06.1856 – 11.30.1941

EVANS, EPSIE, 07.02.1859 – 07.18.1944  (by C. D.)

EVANS, THOMAS L., 04.16.1890 – 04.08.1896  (son of W. D. & L. N.)

FAULK, JAMES A., 02.22.1875 – 08.19.1878  (son of V. J. & D.)

FAULK, V. J., 01.31.1843 – 12.01.1872

FORSON, GRADY N., 04.13.1912 – 06.02.1971, WWII

FORSON, infant, 06.29.1950 – 06.30.1950  (dau. of Grady)

GUINN, MABEL, 04.02.1897 – 01.01.1970

HALEY, B., 10.01.1878 – 08.24.1879  (dau. of  W.J. & D. C.)

HALEY, ETHEL, 1888 – 1889

HAMMOND, G. W., 05.08.1889 – 11.19.1925

HAMMOND, THOMAS N., 04.22.1880 – 09.22.1899

HAMMONS, EARNEST, 07.27.1904 – 01.26.1906  (son of C. H. & L.)

HAMMONS, LOUELLA, 10.10.1880 – 09.22.1899  (wife of C. H.)

HEFNER, F. S., 08.1835 – 07.09.1876

HEFNER, F. S., 1877 – 1952

HEFNER, MARY, 1876 – 1968  (wife of F. S.)

HEFNER, NELSON DAVID, 03.12.1869 – 07.04.1913

HEFNER, ?, ? - ?

HOLLST, RUBY A., 05.13.1903 – 12.27.1972, h William H. Hollst

HOLLST, WILLIAM H., 03.21.1887 – 03.10.1970, w Ruby A.

JACKSON, ALMEDIA M., 1871 – 1950, h Joel M. Jackson

JACKSON, D. T., 11.28.1881 – 12.23.1912

JACKSON, EUNICE ROBERTA, 05.22.1909 – 02.13.1910

JACKSON, J. D., 02.09.1878 – 07.24.1912

JACKSON, J. W., 05.15.1852 – 07.17.1931

JACKSON, JOEL M., 1870 – 1950, w Almedia M.

JACKSON, JOHN, 12.19.1845 – 01.07.1929, w Sallie L.

JACKSON, LUCY ANN WINNEY, 12.03.1847 – 05.20.1913, Tom Jackson

JACKSON, M. L., 05.27.1875 – 08.03.1881, d M. L. & L. Jackson

JACKSON, NORA V., 06.08.1894 – 01.09.1895, d J. J. & M. A. Jackson

JACKSON, SALLIE L., 07.02.1847 – 05.12.1885, h John Jackson

JACKSON, SUSIE E., 08.22.1847 – 07.10.1903, h J. W. Jackson

JACKSON, TOM, 02.02.1849 – 07.30.1927, w Lucy Ann Winney

JACKSON, V. V., 11.02.1884 – 01.29.1903  (by J. D.)

JEWETT, ALBERT L., 04.15.1858 – 05.27.1871

JEWETT, RACHEL B., 01.13.1825 – 03.28.1911  (wife of H. J.)

JOHNSON, ELTON W., 09.22.1915 – 03.19.1936

JOHNSON, EMORY F.

JOHNSON, GEORGIA, 03.21.1892 – 08.05.1917, h Emory F. Johnson

JOHNSON, JAKE, 03.24.1883 – 02.27.1923

JOHNSON, LAURA V., 05.02.1860 – 01.18.1934  (wife of Simpson)

JOHNSON, MANDY, 02.15.1887 – 08.12.1975

JOHNSON, MARY, 1800 – 01.30.1890

JOHNSON, MARY ELLEN, 02.05.1854 – 02.14.1873

JOHNSON, SARAH H., 02.14.1830 – 01.07.1887, h Pickens Johnson

JOHNSON, SARAH LANE, 05.25.1866 – 06.11.1869, d Pickens & Sarah H. Johnson

JOHNSON, SEABORN, 1852 – 1951

JOHNSON, SIMPSON, 11.14.1855 – 08.06.1922

JOHNSON, VERNON, 10.19.1909 – 10.22.1909

JOHNSON, 2 unmarked stones by Seaborn

KIMMEY, JOHN A., 03.18.1882 – 08.07.1885   (son of A. F. & R.)

KORNEGAY, H. C., 11.02.1905 – 10.18.1909  (son of W. E. & L. L.)

KORNEGAY, J. T., 11.14.1834 – 01.11.1916

KORNEGAY, JAMES LYNN, 07.11.1890 – 07.16.1966

KORNEGAY, JOSEPH ELTON, 03.30.1892 – 12.07.1915

KORNEGAY, LULA L., 01.16.1871 – 03.15.1958  (wife of W. E.)

KARNEGAY, MARY, 1883 – 1889

KORNEGAY, R. T., 04.23.1886 – 03.10.1889  (son of W. E. & L. L.)

KORNEGAY, S. T., 01.15.1850 – 11.23.1912  (wife of J. T.)

KORNEGAY, W. E., 01.06.1866 – 01.09.1943

KORNEGAY, W. H., 08.15.1897 – 04.13.1928

LANE, LIZZIE,  01.13.1882 – 05.23.1885  (dau. of J. E. & L. J. )

LONG, B. E., 04.04.1846 – 02.2(?).1910

LONG, ERNEST, 08.28.1881 – 10.22.1883  (son of B. E. & Mary)

LONG, HENRY M., 01.18.1877 – 04.?.1877

LONG, MARY R., 12.19.1848 – 11.12.1913  (wife of B. E.)

LONG, MINNIE MAUD, 06.08.1888 – 12.24.1888  (dau. of B. E. & Mary)

LONG, PEARL E., 12.06.1883 – 02.13.1884

LONG, SIDNEY, 07.08.1885 – 03.02.1906   (son of B. E. & Mary)

LONG, WILEY, 02.22.1878 – 07.04.1897   (son of B. E. & Mary)

LUKER, MARY, 1838 – 1927

LUKER, WILLIE, 01.19.1896 – 08.21.1896  (son

MASSEY, ALICE V., 04.23.1882 – 02.12.1963  (wife of Josh)

MASSEY, JOHN M., 06.17.1848 – 03.20.1923

MASSEY, JOSH E., 09.04.1870 – 11.21.1933

MASSEY, NANCY C., 03.17.1859 – 07.31.1942  (wife of John)

MASSEY, REX, 04.14.1921 – 09.21.1962, WWII

MASSEY, WILLIAM B., ? - 11.04.1939, WWII

MASSEY, infant, 08.26.1891 – 09.01.1891  (dau. of John & Nancy)

OLDHAM, PAYTON W., 1902 – 1977  (hus. of M. E.)

OWENS, EVER L., 07.10.1884 – 10.18.1886

REAGAN, LOLA B., 03.26.1908 – 01.02.1969

RHODES, AUSTIN L., 07.02.1902 – 08.09.1902  (son of C. M. & S. M.)

RHODES, FLORENCE LILLIAN JACKSON, 02.23.1870 – 01.23.1941, h John Henry Rhodes (m 1.20.1887), c Albert Durwood Sr., Ollie Lou Wynn, & Roy "Ikey" Deckard

RHODES, JAMES D., 02.03.1845 – 07.23.1905

RHODES, JOHN HENRY, 11.15.1867 – 11.18.1956, b Rhodes Chapel, s William Benjamin & Elizabeth Johnson Rhodes, w Florence Lillian Jackson

RHODES, WILLIAM BENJAMIN, 03.09.1843 – 03.19.1893, b Perry Co., AL, w Elizabeth Johnson, c John Henry, Benjamin Pickens, & Mattie Paralee, came to Robertson Co. about mid-1860s from AL, brother of John, Wesley, & Isaac Mitchell "Ike"

ROBBINS, GEORGE D., 03.23.1872 – 01.23.1891

RUSHING, ANNIE, 01.17.1863 – 10.24.1880  (dau. of W. M. & H.)

RUSHING, CHARLES THOMAS, 11.23.1873 – 09.21.1913

RUSHING, HATTIE, 04.02.1838 – 05.07.1898  (wife of William M.)

RUSHING, N. A., 03.22.1859 – 02.24.1891

RUSHING, WILLIAM M., 07.12.1825 – 07.24.1879

RUSHING, WILL F., 11.24.1871 – 12.16.1955

SHAFFER, NELL M., 03.27.1900 – 02.01.1978

SHAW, HUBBARD T.,  01.18.1865 – 03.09.1940

SHAW, JOHNNIE TINSLEY, 12.09.1904 – 03.31.1907  (son of  E. D. & E.)

SHAW, NANCY E., 04.01.1865 – 01.17.1955  (next to Hubbard)

SHELBY IRVIN R., 06.22.1890 – 07.22.1892  (son of T. O. & G. C.)

SLAUGHTER, GLENN, 01.02.1917 – 02.22.1920

SMART, CHESTER RAY, 8.1.1932 - 12.6.1991, w Mary L. McCain, c William Russell "Bill" Smart

SMART, WILLIAM RUSSELL "BILL", 9.16.1970 - 3.28.1990, s Chester Ray & Mary L. McCain Smart

SMITH, JOHN BENTON, 06.22.1902 – 01.24.1972, WWII

STARKEY, MARY ANN, 08.15.1842 – 01.31.1907  (wife of J. H.)

STRANGE, JACK, 1850 – 1927

STRANGE, LULA M., 03.12.1884 – 08.02.1900  (dau. of S. J. & N. E.)

STRANGE, NANNIE, 1851 – 1910  (wife of Jack)

STRANGE, SADA L., 02.03.1900 – 07.08.1918

TAYLOR, ALICE J., 12.26.1882 – 09.29.1948  (wife of E. T.)

TAYLOR, ANNIE A., 01.20.1856 – 07.26.1876  (wife of J. G.)

TAYLOR, ANNIE R., 04.06.1832 – 11.04.1870  (wife of  J. H. J.)

TAYLOR, ED, 07.17.1880 – 05.05.1964

TAYLOR, I. M., 09.25.1860 – 11.05.1929  (wife of J. G.)

TAYLOR, J. GRANT, 04.06.1855 – 12.24.1925

TAYLOR, JOHN A., 04.14.1845 – 11.23.1899

TAYLOR, JOHNNY HUBERT, 06.28.1902 – 04.20.1960

TAYLOR, LON, 1882 – 1928

TAYLOR, RAYMOND GAY, 06.17.1908 – 01.19.1970

TAYLOR, ROY LEE, 12.25.1915 – 11.16.1969

TAYLOR, WILLIAM HENRY, 1903 – 1961  (hus. of Gladys A.)

TILLERY, JOHN C. B., 11.11.1857 – 01.26.1878 s John S. & Sylvania Tillery

TILLMAN, UNICE, 03.11.1900 – 10.07.1900

WALKER, ALICE, 1851 – 1901

WATSON, BOBBY RAY, 1953 – 1953

WATSON, infant, 1951 – 1951

WATTS, ALEC A., 11.27.1866 – 03.29.1956

WATTS, JODIE, 11.17.1861 – 12.19.1923

WATTS, JOHN WILEY, 11.08.1873 – 01.05.1959 (husband of Lucy B. Yelverton)

WATTS, LUCY B. YELVERTON, 03.29.1871 – 04.18.1956, (dau. of William G. & Eliza Ann Caldwell Yelverton), (wife of John Wiley Watts)

WATTS, WILLA C., 11.14.1874 – 06.17.1954  (wife of Alec)

WEST, EMLAY, 09.01.1849 – 04.03.1908

WEST, ROBERT EARNEST, 03.17.1908 – 09.24.1910

WEST, SALLIE, 05.25.1880 – 08.10.1900

WEST, WILLIAM EDGAR, 08.29.1898 – 07.19.1900

WORLEY, ALEXANDER COREY, 11.03.1835 – 04.29.1909, w Sylvania (Mrs. John S.) Tillery (Mrs. A.) Cunningham (Mrs. Alexander Corey) Worley (m 11.9.1876)

WORLEY,  J., 10.20.1817 – 02.19.1886

WORLEY, WILLIE, 12.08.1877 – 11.18.1878, s Alexander Corey & Sylvana Worley

WYNN, ALTON E., 1912 – 1973

WYNN, JOHN CARLTON, 05.18.1927 – 01.15.1972, Korea

WYNN, LIZZIE LELA, 12.10.1902 – 11.10.1908

WYNN, MARY FRANCES, 09.25.1930 – 08.08.1935

WYNN, RUBY OLA, 08.16.1905 – 11.12.1908

WYNN, VIOLA M., 02.14.1902 – 11.19.1971  (wife of William H.)

WYNN, WILLIAM H., 07.27.1898 – 09.19.1976

YELVERTON, ELIZA ANN CALDWELL, 04.18.1844 – 10.31.1914, d Henry Allen & Susan Russell Beckham Caldwell, h William Gappa Yelverton Sr. (m 1866, Coffee, AL), c Mary V. (Mrs. Joseph M.) Toler, Eula (Mrs. Joseph Thomas) Johnson, Lucy Blanche (Mrs. John Wiley) Watts, Laura (Mrs. J. A.) Barnes, Henry G. Yelverton (w Alta Lowery), Eugene Yelverton, William Gappa Yelverton Jr. (we Velma Josephine Eddington)

YELVERTON, EUGENE,  10.23.1876 – 10.11.1902, William Gappa Sr. & Eliza Ann Caldwell Yelverton

YELVERTON, HENRY G.,  03.31.1879 – 12.27.1924, s William Gappa Sr. & Eliza Ann Caldwell Yelverton, w Alta Lowery,

YELVERTON, SUSAN, 10.13.1866 - 1880, d William Gappa Sr. & Eliza Ann Caldwell Yelverton, b Coffee, AL

YELVERTON, WILLIAM GAPPA SR., 07.26.1841 – 09.12.1915, b Dale, AL, s Gappa Talmage & Martha Simmons Yelverton, w Eliza Ann Caldwell, CSA

YELVERTON, infant, ? - ?, d William Gappa Sr. & Eliza Ann Caldwell Yelverton

The above list is partially based upon information contained in the out-of-print book Cemeteries In Robertson County, Texas by Verna Corn Floyd and Vernelle Corn, copyright 1980, D. Armstrong Co., Inc., Printers/Publishers, Houston, Texas.  Updates, additions, and corrections have been made as a result of extensive cemetery and family history research and the invaluable assistance of relatives of people buried in this cemetery.