Hot Cemetery |
Shelby County Texas
Transcribed by Leonard Irish, Ray Jackson and Debbie Askew, April 7, 2001.
The cemetery is located on Private property in the Patroon Area. The cemetery is complete destroyed and only one grave marker is left. It is understood that this cemetery is the burial site of Old Texan, J. M. Bradley, which is noted in the work of J. B. Sanders.
Special thanks to Vickie Lout for allowing us the entrance to her property and to Debbie Askew for her work in locating this cemetery.
Elizabeth Melton | 12/22/1833 | 08/13/1906 | - |
The following is taken from "OUR DEAD", by J. B. Sanders:
Infant Belsha | - | - | Child of Will Belsha |
Barker Ferguson | - | 1901 | - |
Sylas Killen | - | - | - |
Infant Phillips | - | 1904 | Child of Jim Phillips |
Gay Reynolds | - | 1901 | - |
Mrs. Lou Woods Reynolds | - | 1903 | - |
Infant Talbert | - | 1899 | Child of W. J. Talbert |
Frank Tinsley | - | 1903 | - |
Old Texan Burial Site |
This information is from the records of Bennie Nix and J.B. Sanders
J. M. Bradley | Unknown | Unknown | - |
Captain J. M. Bradley was murdered in San Augustine by Regulator Chief Moorman. His grave is covered with rocks--people have dug his grave for his money which everyone believed that he buried during the Moderator and Regulator conflict.