Clear Creek Cemetery

  • Alternate name: Devil's Pocket Cemetery
  • Location: on County Road 250, less than one half mile from its intersection with FM 2144 and just after its intersection with County Road 252
  • Earliest known year of death: 1855
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Audited by Ernest Mae Seaholm, Bobby Payne, Judy Payne, and Gene Payne in 1989
  • Number of known burials to date: 75

Thanks to Ernest Mae Seaholm these photographs of tombstones were taken at the Clear Creek Cemetery when it was cleaned and audited in 1989. Since there are no obituraries for many of these people, we thought that pictures of their stones might be helpful to some of you. To see a listing of all known burial in this cemetery go to Clear Creek Cemetery.

 

 

Bass, Myrtle Elmira; born: Sep 12, 1895; died: Jan 14, 1898;
Daughter of C.A. and Mattie Bass

Boettcher, Clemenz August;{false cyrpt] born: Oct 15, 1840; died: Jul 18, 1865;
Confederate veteran

Brown, Mary Anna; born: Aug 12, 1833; died: May 28, 1865;
Daughter of Joshua Pritchard and Lucinda (Henderson) Mayes...married John Duff Brown

Burgess, Martha; born: unknown; died: Feb 18, 1858; Née Miles, married Gideon Burgess

Carson, James W.; born: Nov 1, 1801; died: Aug 31, 1861

Crenshaw, J.J.; born: Jan 29, 1862; died: Dec 5, 1862;
Child of Oliver B. and Mary Anne (Andrews) Crenshaw

Crenshaw, Oliver B.; born: Jan 26, 1823; died: Oct 8, 186

Darby, Fannie A.; born: Mar 25, 1842; died: Dec 25, 1871; Married James A. Darby

Darby, Lou; born: Dec 12, 1869; died: Mar 18, 1870; Daughter of James A. and Loucintha (Henderson) Darby

Darby, Loucintha; born: May 22, 1844; died: Dec 16, 1869; Daughter of Thomas J. Henderson...married James A. Darby (his first wife)

Ellis, Martha A.; born: Jan 14, 1853; died: May 9, 1875; Daughter of C.J. and Mary A. Ward...married Charles C. Ellis, Dec 8, 1869

 

DeGraffenreid, Thomas E.; born: Aug 9, 1825; died: Jul 31, 1867;

Fowlkes, Ethelbert Bruce; born: Sep 12, 1816; died: Mar 8, 1880; Son of Edward Bass Fowlkes

Mayes, Elizabeth Ann; born: Jul 7, 1841; died: Apr 23, 1901; Daughter of Ethelbert Bruce and Mary (McClelland) Fowlkes...married Joshua Pritchard Mayes in 1860

Mayes, Joshua Pritchard Sr.; born: Dec 5, 1832; died: Jul 5, 1925; Son of Michael Warren and Mary Waldridge (Henderson) Mayes...Confederate veteran

McKinnon, Murdock; born: Jun 8, 1859; died: 186?; Son of Louison McKinnon

Mercer, Levi; born: Jul 22, 1815; died: Feb 14, 1865; Son of Eli Mercer

 

Above are the remains of several broken stones

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and after

Nunn, R.E.; born: Dec 21, 1831; died: Oct 15, 1861

Payne, Don Fernando; born: Sep 29, 1823; died: Dec 6, 1871; Son of Zachariah and Nancy (Turner) Payne...Confederate veteran

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and after

Payne, Josiah Pembroke; born: Apr 23, 1859; died: May 3, 1865; Son of Don Fernando and Sarah Elizabeth (Andrews) Payne

Payne, Zachariah; born: Mar 4, 1794; died: Mar 14, 1870

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Powell, James B.; born: 1824; died: Mar 1, 1864

 

Again we say THANKS to Ernest Mae Seaholm for furishing these photos.

Brown, Lizzie; born: Dec 13, 1877; died: May 2, 1879;
Daughter of J.D. and K.C. Brown

Overbay, San Antonio; born: unknown; died: unknown; Son of Eugene L. and Sarah E. (Bass) Overbay

Ward, C. J.; born: Jan 4, 1814; died: Jan 1, 1872

Whitley, G. W.; born: Feb 29, 1856; died: Aug 14, 1875;

2005 pictures taken by Ernest Mae Seaholm

Whitley, G. W.;[footstone] born: Feb 29, 1856; died: Aug 14, 1875;

Whitley, Sarah; born: Aug 18, 1809; died: Aug 26, 1875; married Hardy L. Whitley

Whitley, Hardy L.; born: Oct 18, 1804; died: Jun 21, 1881 [There was no name found on this tombstone. It is possibly that of Hardy L. Whitley since it is between the gaves of Sarah and G. W. Whitley.]

Lamkin, Ella N. (Henderson); born: 1857; died Oct 16, 1891; Daughter of Thomas J. Henderson; married John Anderson Lamkin, Nov 8, 1872 [Donated in 2007 by Mildred Bissell

Britton, James A. [Brown]; born: c. 1839; died: Feb 3, 1892;
Confederate veteran [Installed Oct 27, 2007 by Ron Lucas, Corky Johnson and Larry Erne - see photo below]

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Windrow, Irene; born: Jul 2, 1856; died: Feb 26, 1871; Daughter of Cleveland and Sallie Ann (Payne) Windrow [Unearthed by Joye and Corky Johnson on Nov 8, 2007]

_________Extracted by John Konesheck____________

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