ZION HILL CEMETERY

To go to Zion Hill Cemetery from Groveton, Texas, take U.S. Highway 287 west seven and one-half miles to Farm to Market Road 1280, turn left, and continue for about eight miles to a sign for Zion Hill Baptist Church. Turn left and go one mile to church, and the cemetery is across the road from the church.

You may contact the cemetery association through Trinity County Historical Commission, P.O. Box 123, Groveton, TX 75845, if you have any corrections, questions or information to add to this listing. For the compiled list, both Trinity County Cemeteries ©1980 and the second edition Trinity County Texas Cemeteries © 1992 both published by Trinity County Historical Commission (TCHC) were consulted.

MARKER IN FRONT OF ZION HILL CEMETERY

Rachel Elizabeth Thompson 1799-1867 donated the land for the original Zion Hill Cemetery and for the second site of Zion Hill Baptist Church, which stood just South of this marker.  Flooding on White Rock Creek at the time of her death prohibited burial at this site.  She was buried in September 1867 at Poston Ford, about 2 miles North of this spot, in a grave which is now lost.  This memorial is dedicated to the Loving Memory of Rachel Elizabeth Thompson by eight generations of her descendants.  June 27, 1999.

List compiled by Susan Waller on 22 August, 2002 Trinity County Historical Commission.  Updated October 15, 2004/pc

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Other

ANDERSON

Claudia L. (Lee) Fussell

(Dec. 7) 1911

(May 22) 1990

Dau/ A.T. Fussell & Nina M. Thompson

ASHWORTH

Homer

Mar. 30, 1892

Feb. 29, 1918

Wife/ Vanda V. Long Not found: 2004

BAGWELL

Alice

Sep. 26, 1892

Feb. 15, 1918

 

BAGWELL

B. H.

May 10, 1853

Nov. 29, 1913

Dbl stone/Nancy A. 

BAGWELL

Cora Bell

1915

1946

 

BAGWELL

Curlia

Feb. 15, 1888

Jul. 29, 1962

 

BAGWELL

E.D.

Jul. 8, 1883

Dec. 3, 1955

 

BAGWELL

Evaline V. (Virginia)

1890

1979

 Dbl stone/L. W. Bagwell

BAGWELL

Grady L. (Lee)

(Jul. 14) 1921

(Jun. 17) 1982

Dbl stone/Mary M.

BAGWELL

Hugh

Oct. 31, 1918

Apr. 2,1973

Wed Feb 22, 1942; Dbl stone/Jessie ‘Jackie’

BAGWELL

Jessie ‘Jackie’

Nov. 5, 1921

 Dec. 27, 1986

Wed Feb 22, 1942; Dbl stone/Hugh 

BAGWELL

L. W.

1888

1940

 Dbl stone/Evaline

BAGWELL

Leo

(Sep. 28) 1911

(Jan 7) 1977

 

BAGWELL

Marvin Lester

Jul. 31, 1928

Nov. 28, 2003

CPL US Army - Korea

BAGWELL

Mary M.

1919

 

Dbl stone/Grady L.

BAGWELL

Montie Hugh II

Jul. 3, 1969

Jun. 15, 1982

In memory of our beloved Little Grouch.  Picture ‘Butch’

BAGWELL

Nancy A.

Jun. 10, 1859

Jul. 1, 1921

 Dbl stone/B. H.

BAGWELL

Nell

Oct. 7, 1913

Nov. 23, 1998

Dbl stone/Travis

BAGWELL

Travis

Feb. 26, 1923

 

Dbl stone/Nell

BAILEY

Joseph Weldon

Feb. 7, 1910

Mar. 31, 1988

Dbl stone/Opal Irene

BAILEY

Opal Irene

Sep. 29, 1915

Jul. 29, 1986

Dbl stone/Joseph W.  Wed Dec. 31, 1935

BAKER

Maurice

Oct. 18, 1910

Aug. 9, 1973

TX P A US Navy WWII

BILA

Linda Sue

Apr. 25, 1959

May 15, 1988

Picture

BOTTOMS

Carlton Mac Jr.

Dec. 11, 1975 

Dec. 12, 1975

Our Baby

BOTTOMS

Kristina Nicole

Sep. 29, 1974

Sep. 30, 1974

Our Baby

BRENT

Dewey H.

1898

1900

 

BRENT

Epsie

Mar. 11, 1894 

Mar. 19, 1980

Age 86

BRENT

Fronia

May 22, 1875

Apr. 1, 1911

 

BRENT

Infant

 

 

2 stones

BRENT

Jessie H.

Apr. 8, 1898

Sep. 19, 1948

TX Cpl 131 Field Arty 36 Div WWI & II

BRENT

Leva

1906

1921

B. E. Brent’s Wife & Children

BUTLER

John E.

1852

1934

Dbl stone/Martha A.

BUTLER

Martha A.

1853

1944

Dbl stone/John E.

BYNUM

Arthur Eugene

Apr. 15, 1934

Mar. 6 1996

Dbl stone/Beverly Brown.  Wed Sep 3, 1954

BYNUM

Arthur Graham

Dec. 14, 1907

Jun. 16, 1979

Dbl stone/Reba Dell

BYNUM

Baby

Jan 26, 1941 

Jan 27, 1941

 

BYNUM

Beverly Brown

Jun. 4, 1936

 

Dbl stone/Arthur Eugene. Wed Sep 3, 1954

BYNUM

James Louis

Jun. 7, 1905

Aug. 25, 1975

Dbl stone/Ruby Frida Bynum

BYNUM

Reba Dell

Nov. 12, 1910

Jun. 18, 2000

Dbl stone/Arthur Graham.  Wed Jun. 13, 1933

BYNUM

Ruby Friday

Nov. 8,1909

 

Dbl stone/James Louis

COLEMAN

Clara M.

1902

 1984

Dbl stone/James A.

COLEMAN

Doris Louise

Aug. 25, 1938

Sep. 3, 1938

 

COLEMAN

James Al, Jr.

Oct. 20, 1936

Oct. 18, 1986

 

COLEMAN

James Alvin

Feb. 15, 1897

Nov. 24, 1961

TX CPL US Army WWI.  Dbl stone/Clara M.

COLEMAN

Linnie B.

May 31, 1905

Jun. 24, 1944

TX Tec 5-9 Inf. WWII

COLEMAN

Nora F.

1874

1930

Dbl stone/ William G.

COLEMAN

William G.

1871

1936

Dbl stone/Nora F.

COOK

Betty Sue

May 22, 1930

Feb. 16, 2001

 

COOK

Waymon D. (Daniel)

Aug. 12 1919

Mar. 14, 1980

SGT. US Army, W. W. II

COOPER

Fred Friday

Jun. 2, 1905

Dec. 15, 1987

 

COURTNEY

Mollie

1873

1897

Grandmother

COURTNEY

Nancy Ann

Mar. 8, 1898

May 18, 1935

(Mother) Dbl stone/Wille C.

COURTNEY

Wille C.

Nov. 27, 1892

Feb. 14, 1981

 Dbl stone/Nancy Ann

DRISKELL

Alto Williams

Sep. 19, 1907

Jun. 18, 1997

Dbl stone/Annie Bagwell Mason

DRISKELL

Annie Bagwell

Jun. 16, 1913

Jan 6, 1992

Dbl stone/Alto W.  Wed.  Jan 11, 1931 Picture

DRISKELL

Louis D.

Oct. 17, 1931

Feb. 2, 2002