COLEMAN CEMETERY, San Augustine County, Texas

Recorded March 22, 2006, by Bob Britnell (misterbob@suddenlink.net) and sister,
Sandra G. Britnell.
This is another old cemetery, with graves of some early settlers in East Texas.
There are many unmarked and unreadable graves, including, possibly, the grave of our great-
great grandmother, Almedia Amanda (Hopson) Stringer, whom we are sure is buried either here or in Macedonia Cemetery.
DIRECTIONS:  From Broaddus, go east (from Pineland go west) on FM83 to FM705; go
south on 705 about 6.5 miles to FM3173 and turn right. Go about 5 miles until the 
pavement ends; continue on a very short distance on the dirt road to the cemetery.
There are a number of funeral home markers with the name "Unknown" and no other information.

BARNES, Mrs. Mary (135); Age 87 years; b. 1820 in Ga, mother of Lucy Marshburn.
BARNES, James Allen "Jim" (58); 1812 -- 1870
BOREN, Oliver H.P. (57); 1829 -- 1863. PVT Co. E, 8 Texas Cav, CSA. (Note 6)
BOREN, Frances (55); b. Aug 2, 1832; d. Nov 24, 1896. (Note 5)
BOZEMAN, Narry I. (91); b. Feb 14, 1875;  d. July 16, 1959 (Double headstone with)
BOZEMAN, Florence R. (91); b. Dec 6, 1879; d. Feb 22, 1974
BRYAN, Appie Mae (92); b. Jul 22, 1908; d. Oct 8, 1995. Buried next to her husband:
BRYAN, Stephen (93); b. May 21, 1909; d. Oct 22, 1980.
BRYAN, Lonie Bell (94,114); 1912 -- 1932. 
BRYAN, Vernice "Red" (95); b. June 29, 1940; d. May 20, 1997
BRYAN, Douglas E. (96); b. July 4, 1924; d. Nov 13, 2012. (Double with)
BRYAN, Jimmie M. (96); b. Apr 12, 1926; d. Jan 12, 2015
BRYAN, Mary Jane (97,103); b. Aug 11, 1913; d. Oct 16, 1929
BRYAN, J.W. (98); b. Oct 24, 1875; d. Jan 5, 1918
BRYAN, Elizabeth (104; b. Oct 8, 1891; d. May 19, 1983 (Triple headstone with next 2)
BRYAN, Harm W. (104,111); b. Sep 19, 1879; d. Nov 17, 1937. (Hiram Webster Bryan)
BRYAN, Mozella (104); b. Sep 25, 1881; d. Feb 20, 1912          
BRYAN, Christopher Columbus "Big Boy" (105); b. Oct 17, 1918; d. Dec 20, 1982
BRYAN, Mary (110); b. Oct 9, 1870; d. Nov 25, 1933. (Double with)
BRYAN, Seburn J. (109,110); 1844 - 1904. Co K, 1 Texas Inf, CSA     
BRYAN, H.W. (111); b. Sept 1879 (Stone is broken and piece missing)
BRYAN, Stephen (115); b. July 10, 1873; d. July 6, 1931. (Double with)
BRYAN, Dovie (115); b. July 15, 1891; d. Mar 25, 1974. Married Apr 9, 1905   
BRYAN, Lorene (116); b. Jan 2, 1928; d. Jan 5, 1928
BRYAN, C.B. (117); b. May 21, 1906; d. July 11, 1983. (Double with)
BRYAN, Beatrice (117); b. Feb 10, 1907; d. Dec 27, 1984. Married Oct 21, 1921     
BRYAN, Elton (126); b. May 25, 1924; d. Dec 27, 1987.   SF3 US Navy  WWII. (Note 7)
BRYAN, K.P. (138); b. Sept 16, 1916; d. Mar 23, 1918. Son of Mr. & Mrs. L.B. Bryan
BRYAN, Dorthie (107); 1922 -- 1922  (metal funeral home marker)
BRYAN, Baby (106); 1928 -- 1928  (FHM)
BRYAN, Emila (07); died Feb 13, 1860. Age 22 yrs
BRYAN, Barbara A. Burton (99); b. May 17, 1944; d. Sep 15, 2015. (Double with)
BRYAN, Steve J. (99); b. May 2, 1943; d. May 18, 2007
CAPLES, Vonia Bryan Vestal (124); b. Feb 10, 1891; d. Jan 9, 1936
COBB, Mary J. (12); 1849 -- 1933
COLEMAN; J.M. (05); (See Note 2 below for information)
COLEMAN, Manning & Sarah (10); Pioneers to East Texas from Georgia. (Note 3)
COLEMAN; M.C.; b. Aug 10, 1847; d. Aug 28, 1910.  Buried next to:
COLEMAN; Elizabeth (02); b. June 1, 1847; d. Jan 17, 1922
COLEMON; Jos (08); d. Aug 28, 1868
COLEMON; Sarah (09); d. Feb 11, 1872. Age 56 yrs
COX, Clifford (86,87); b. Sep 14, 1927; d. Feb 13, 2004. SP5 US Army
COX, Donna Kay (88); Oct 24, 1954 (Nothing else on the stone
COX, John Raymond (89); b. Feb 15, 1924; d. May 11, 1971. (Double with)
COX, Evelyn M. (89); b. Oct 22, 1923, d. Oct 28, 1981. Married July 24, 1942      
COX, Louis (90); b. Oct 27, 1892; d. June 14, 1968. (Double with)
COX, Alma (90); b. Apr 27, 1899; d. Dec 2, 1985
CURRY, Vinnie (15); 1886 -- 1900
CURRY, Mack (16); 1883 -- 1904
DUBOSE, Luther L. (24,64); b. Aug 12, 1911; d. July 4 1987.  TEC5 US Army, WWII. 
FREE, Vera (120); b. May 25, 1894; d. Apr 25, 1989
GARDNER, Jacob Stephen (17); b. Oct 18, 1908; d. Jan 4, 1994. (Double with) (photo)  .
GARDNER, Florence E. Cox (17); b. Feb 19, 1920; d. Jan 24, 2001. Married June 20, 1937
HOPSON, Lillian (01); b. June 27, 1919; d. June 17, 1996
HOPSON, William (44,46); b. Aug 3, 1835; d. Jan 25, 1909. (Note 4). (Buried next to)
HOPSON, Nettie (47); 1856 -- 1918, Age 62 Yrs; first wife of William Hopson
HOPSON, Nancy (49); (second wife of William Hopson; b. July 16, 1845; d. Jan, 1913
HOPSON, Hardy (163); b. 1879; d. 1927. My 1st cousin 3x removed) 
HOPSON, Delia (162); b. 1880; d. 1904; (Wife of Hardy)
HOPSON, Zachariah (80); 1783 -- 1848
HOPSON, S.E. (78); 1867 -- 1900
HOPSON, Texana (77); 1848 -- 1900  (Texana Margaret Marshall) (buried next to her husband:)
HOPSON, Hutching C. "Hutch" (75,76); 1841 -- 1903. CO E, 10 Texas Cav CSA (this is Hutchens Zachariah Hopson)
HOPSON, Frances (74); 1881 -- 1903 
HOPSON, Amanda (73); 1883 -- 1905  (dau. of Hutchens Z. & Texana M.)
HOPSON, Mandy (72); b. April 28, 1877; d. June 3, 1917
HOPSON, Sadie (71); 21 -- 24 (Double with) 
HOPSON, Leon (71);  24 -- 24
HOPSON, Elmer (70); b. Aug 29, 1923; d. Dec 15, 1923
HOPSON, William Green (54); 1808 -- 1845  GA  (Note 1)
HOPSON, Mrs. Martha (53); b. Feb 23, 1810; d. Mar 28, 1887.  (Note 1)
JEFFERS, N. (134)  (no dates--just inscription: "Mother is waiting for her darling boy")
LAKEY, James Troy (43); 1880 --1956
LAKEY, William Thomas (160); b. Dec 2, 1887; d. June 13, 1955  (husband of Ophelia Rebecca Hopson, my 1st cousin 3x removed)
LANE, Nancy (26); wife of ED Lane; b. Jan 10, 1852; d. Apr 9, 1917
LANE, Z.W.E. (27); b. May 4, 1843; d. Feb 5, 1902
LANE, T.J. (28); b. Mar 9, 1884; d. Jan 22, 1902
LANE, Green (32); 1824 -- 1876. CO F 11 Texas Inf, CSA.  Buried next to:
LANE, Lavisey (33); b. Dec 22, 1826; d. Jan 20, 1890
LANE, Martha (34); b. 1800; no death date. (FHM)
LANE, Ben (36); b. May 20, 1829; d. Feb 2, 1885
LANE, Henry Green (42); b. Jan 24, 1876; d. Feb 14, 1902
MARSHALL, Vater Vestal (130); 1916 -- 1935
MARSHBURN, Lucy (136); b. Nov 12, 1838; d. Feb 4, 1903. (Note 8)
MCCALL, Angelina (62); b. Dec 5, 1881; d. Aug 7, 1911. wife of H.O. McCall 
MCDANIEL, Nolan Lane; b. Nov 10, 1981; d. Nov 10, 1981
MEIGS, Easter (41); b. Mar 4, 1861; d. Mar 24, 1886. wife of D.T. Meigs
MILLER, Bessie (156); b. July 17, 1888; d. Mar 28, 1925.  Photo.
MILLER, Henry A. (149); b. May 25, 1904; d. Aug 20, 1964. Photo.
MILLER, Burten (143,148); b. May 9, 1900; d. July 11, 1905. Photo.
MILLER, Jency (142,147); b. May 27, 1909; d. July 19, 1925. Photo. (dau. of Albert Jack Miller and Zana M. Townsend)
MILLER, Zanie M. Townsend (146); wife of A.J. Miller; b. July 18, 1872; d. Oct 26, 1946. 
MILLER, A.J. "Jack" (145); b. Oct 18, 1877; d. Oct 3, 1964
MOTT, Martha P. (79); b. July 1, 1868; d. Feb 21, 1892. (dau. of Hutchens Z. & Texana M. Hopson) 
NEELY, Donald George (85); b. Nov 7, 1943; d. March 12, 1974
PARKER, A.L. (14); no dates
POWELL, Sallie (137); b. Jan 22, 1871; d. Mar 16, 1959
POWELL, Rhoda A. (35); 1855 -- 1928
POWELL, Nancy (37); 1883 -- 1883
SALINAS, Tomie Vestal (131); b. June 28, 1918; d. Nov 19, 1985
SHORT, Edcor (118); 1921 -- 1923
SHORT, Jack (119); 1916 -- 1919
SHORT, Perry Albert (121,122); b. May 12, 1924; d. Sept 19, 1996. Son of Abb & Vera Short Free.
SMITH, Henry M. (21); 1886 -- 1976. US Army WWI.  Buried next to :
SMITH, Dora M. (22); b. July 24, 1886; d. April 24, 1934
SMITH, Earl (67,69); b. Mar 10, 1921; d. June 27, 2002. PVT US Army WWII
STONE, Sybil (161); no dates. (Metal plate on concrete base)
TOWNSEND, Baby (30); b&d June 5, 1878. Dau. of G.N. & M.J. Townsend
TOWNSEND, Lowvicie (31); b. Jan 1, 1870; d. Jan 1, 1870. Dau of G.N. & M.J. Townsend
TOWNSEND, William Green (66); b. Oct 27, 1856; d. Dec 16, 1943
TOWNSEND, Amanda Jane (65); b. Mar 10, 1868; d. Feb 15, 1926. 
TOWNSEND, Martha J. (61); died Aug 25, 1900, age 64. Wife of Calvin M. Townsend.
TOWNSEND, Calvin M. (60); died Jan 31, 1899; age 90.
TOWNSEND, James E. (59); b. May 27, 1874; d. June 14, 1895
TOWNSON, Martha Jane (151); b. Jan 18, 1897; d. Feb 10, 1897. Dau of Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Townson.
TOWNSON, Nancy Louisa (150); b. 1877; d. May 5, 1888
TRUETT, W.H. (139,140); b. Dec 22, 1833; d. Jan 4, 1921. William Hiriam Truett, PVT CO G 13 Texas Cav Confederate States Army
VESTAL, Baby (127). (No dates)
VESTAL, Hugh (128); b. Apr 6, 1906; d. Nov 11, 1965
VESTAL, Bessie (129); 1896 -- 1970 (Double with)
VESTAL, Ewen (129); 1895 -- 1981
VESTAL, Allie Gordon (125); 1872 -- 1936
WHITEHEAD, Lee (144); b. Aug 3, 1908; d. Sep 12, 1909. Son of T.E. & Ettie Whitehead
WILLIAMS, Thomas H. (23); b. Mar 17, 1852; d. Mar 5, 1917
WILLIAMS, Morris Henry, "M.H." (25,63); b. Feb 1, 1921; d. May 16, 2004. US Army Air Forces WWII
WILLIAMS, Ella (29); b. Oct 19, 1860; d. Aug 1, 1886
WILLIS, Maryann Eliz (06); 1835 -- 1871
WOOD, Earl P. (159); b. Aug 4, 1901; d. Dec 24, 1968
WOOD, Mary E. (158); b. Sept 18, 1863; d. Oct 23, 1954. (Buried next to:)
WOOD, John T. (157); b. Feb 11, 1860; d. Nov 24, 1943
WOOD, J.W. (155); 1896 -- 1918
WOOD, Pearl (154); 1918 -- 1918
WOOD, J.C. (153); b. Jan 13, 1892; d. Nov 1, 1912
WOOD, Olly E. (152); b. Oct 3, 1885; d. Dec 26, 1905
WOODS, Thomas Wayne (19); b. Apr 24, 1946; d. Jul 9 2005

NOTE 1:  Martha "Patsy" Ferrell, wife of William Green Hopson, and mother of Almedia Amanda Hopson, who married Abner D. Stringer in GA.  Abner & Almedia migrated to Texas, and became my great-great grandparents. The widowed Martha accompanied Abner & Almedia to Texas, along with her children. Her husband, William Green Hopson, died in Florida fighting in the Creek Indian War, and is buried in Leon County, FL in the Strickland-Ferrell cemetery. He has a memorial marker here in Coleman cemetery. Wm. Green & Martha Hopson were my maternal gr-gr-great grandparents.
NOTE 2:  J.M. was probably James Manning Coleman. The round concrete hand-engraved marker is broken and almost impossible to read. Best guess- born Dec. 7, 1851; died Feb 2, 1873.  
NOTE 3:  Probably Jacob Manning Coleman, born abt 1805 in SC; died 1880 in San Augustine Co. and his wife Sarah Henshaw, born abt 1808 in SC. Information from the 1860 census. Married May 27, 1834 in Monticello, Territory of Florida.
NOTE 4:  Military marker reads: "William Augustine Hopson; Pvt Co G Crump's Cav & Co E 10 Texas Cav; Confederate States Army". His middle name was actually "Augustus".
NOTE 5:  Wife of Oliver H. P. Boren. Frances Leah Hopson was the daughter of Wm. Green & Martha Hopson, and was my gr-great Aunt.
NOTE 6:  Many parents named a son after Oliver Hazard Perry, the War of 1812 "Hero of Lake Erie". 
NOTE 7:  SF3 is the rating abbreviation for the US Navy rating (the individual's occupational specialty) of "Shipfitter". Shipfitters performed maintenance, repair, and fabrication duties aboard ships and shore installations of the US Navy. In 1972 this rating was merged with the rating of Damage Controlman (DC) to form the rating of "Hull Maintenance Technician" (HT). In 1988 the two ratings were again separated, with the Damage Controlman rating re-instated. The HT rating continued the extensive duties of the earlier Shipfitter rating. The "3" indicated the Rate (paygrade, or rank) of Petty Officer third class.
NOTE 8:  Lucinda Hockaby, wife of J.J. Marshburn, who is buried at Little Flock Cemetery. Lucy & J.J. Marshburn were the in-laws of my great-grand Aunt Martha Ann Stringer, wife of Archie Marshburn. Lucy was a daughter of Mary Lucinda Barnes, who is buried here.