San Augustine County, Texas

The Cradle of Texas Independence

Woolam Cemetery
Indexed by Tim and Suzanne Sowell April 7, 2008.  The cemetery is enclosed in a chain-link fence.  It is grown up. There is one unmarked grave enclosed in a fence within the cemetery.  There does not appear to be additional unmarked graves. Pictures are linked to the names.

Directions:  The cemetery is located off CR 257 which branches off CR 256 approximately 7.7 miles from San Augustine. The cemetery sits a short distance off the dirt road to the left.  There is a dim road leading to it. 

History provided by Frances E. Jones

 

This plot is on Absalom and Elizabeth Varner Woolams homestead.

 

Absalom Columbus was born the youngest son to Bartholomew Woolam 1785 - 1845, South Carolina and Martha "Patsy" Culbreath 1790 - 1845.  Both died prior to 1846.  Absalom was put into the apprentice program in TN. in 1846.  The 1850 census shows him living with one of these families.  He then moved out to Texas and lived with his brother and his wife, Rev.  John Culbreath Woolam and Missouri Lockwood-Porter-Fowler-Woolam, who had just married in 1849.  Missouri was married to Rev Littleton Fowler prior, and John was one of his students.  You can find documents online about the marriage of John and Missouri and the fact that no kids where produced. 

 

In 1860 Absalom  is in Texas with John, Missouri and his sister Elizabeth Jane Woolam Watkins. 

 

Cecil Lula was the daughter of Washington Bartholomew and Bessie Norwood Woolam. She would be AC and Elizabeth's great grand daughter, Washington was born to their son John Columbus Rufus.

 

Mrs. Jones has a list of  the children of AC and Elizabeth that can be found on findagrave.com . The children are buried in another cemetery in the Hockley, TX area.

 
NAME BIRTH DEATH FATHER MOTHER
WOOLAM, Absolam Columbus 7-Aug-1833-(TN) 26-Feb-1905 Woolam, Bartholomew Culbreath, Martha "Patsy
WOOLAM, Annie E. 8-Jun-1898 5-May-1900 Woolam, John Columbus Rufus Horn, Eunice
WOOLAM, Cecil Lula 18-Nov-1915 5-Dec-1915 Woolam, Washington Bartholomew Norwood, Bessie
WOOLAM, E. J. Mrs. (Elizabeth Warner) 12-May-1848 21-Oct-1904 Varner, Rufus M. Hamilton, Nancy M.
WOOLAM, Julie E. 28-Jan-1896 23-Apr-1896 Woolam, John Columbus Rufus Horn, Eunice

 

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