Bolton Cemetery

Pittsburg, Texas

32.9518991, -94.9346878

Bolton Cemetery - Ebenezer (Ebb) and Martha Bolton settled in this area in the 1850s. They established an extensive plantation and owned a number of slaves before the Civil War. Following Ebb Bolton's death in 1877, his widow made arrangements to provide land to their former slaves. This cemetery, which began in 1861 upon the death of Martha Bolton's mother, Rebecca Durley, became a part of the Bolton community, a Freedmen's town which built up in the area. Both Ebb and Martha Bolton are interred here, as are many of the former slaves and their descendants.

This cemetery has a historical marker.

Thanks go to Tricia Grimes and Maribeth Buce for allowing us to use their transcriptions!
Thanks go to Maribeth Buce and Howard Cobb for allowing us to use their pictures!
Your hard work and dedication is appreciated!

Name	Birth	Death	Info/Transcription
Abraham, Janie Carr	Sep 1876	Mar 23, 1939	Added per death certificate
Abron, Homer	Sep 25, 1912	Feb 21, 1956	Death Certificate; S/o Walter Abron & Anna Talley; He was a homicide victim.
Alfred, D R	Aug 12, 1852	Mar 6, 1902
Armstrong, James Howard	Jul 27, 1936	Mar 6, 1938
Askew, Herman	Jan 31, 1926	Feb 25, 1965	TX STM2 US Navy WWII
Askew, Minnie	Sep 31, 1907	Feb 27, 1939
Askew, Shirley Searcy		Aug 7, 2013
Banks, Dave		Mar 5, 1937	Pvt 332 Labor BN QMC
Beck, Elmo	1871	1935
Beck, Vinie		Nov 3, 1920	W/o Elmore B Beck; m. 1892
Black, Annie Garrett	Dec 6, 1887	Nov 17, 1942	W/o Joe L Black; m. 1903; D/o Columbus & Delia Buchanan Garrett
Black, J L	Jul 24, 1907	Feb 19, 1952	Joe L Black; H/o Anna "Annie" Garrett Black
Bledsoe, Solomon "Sol"	Jun 19, 1899	Feb 18, 1969
Bolton, Arbie Lee	Aug 28, 1933	Aug 18, 1970	TX Pvt US Army Korea
Bolton, Calvin	Dec 20, 1935	Jul 5, 1996	BM2 US Navy Vietnam
Bolton, Clinton	Feb 12, 1882	Nov 20, 1965
Bolton, Col Ebb	Oct 19, 1815	Apr 28, 1877	H/o Martha A Durley Bolton
Bolton, Edith	Mar 22, 1891	Aug 16, 1985
Bolton, Effie M	1896	1979	W/o Fluis Bolton; m. 1916
Bolton, Etta Traylor	1863	1934	W/o Titus Bolton; m. 1877
Bolton, Fluis	Jul 25, 1895	Apr 9, 1975	H/o Effie M Wallace Bolton
Bolton, Gus Jr	Sep 10, 1906	Sep 23, 1971	H/o Elizabeth "Lizzie" Traylor Bolton
Bolton, Gus Sr	Mar 12, 1890	Sep 18, 1937	S/o Dave & Anne Cunningham Bolton
Bolton, Lee	Jan 18, 1887	Feb 7, 1977	H/o Mollie Cash Bolton; S/o Titus & Rosetta Bolton
Bolton, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Traylor	1906	1972	W/o Gus Bolton Jr; m. 1931
Bolton, Maggie	Apr 10,1900	Jul 19, 1970
Bolton, Marjorie	Oct 12, 1932	Nov 26, 1990
Bolton, Martha A Durley		Dec 30, 1883	W/o Ebenezer "Ebb" Bolton
Bolton, Mollie	Apr 3, 1898	Feb 23, 1952	W/o Lee Bolton; m. 1914
Bolton, Oliver	May 6, 1912	Sep 2, 1943	D/o Gus Bolton Sr; per death certificate Oliver is a female
Bolton, Oscar Lee	1932	1992
Bolton, Please	Mar 1841	Dec 28, 1885
Bolton, Ruben	Aug 24, 1898	May 19, 1953
Bolton, S W	Oct 19, 1927	Jul 2, 1959	TX Pvt US Army Korea
Bolton, Thomas	1876	1958
Bolton, Titus		1893	H/o Rosetta "Etta" Traylor Bolton; Favorite Slave of Col Ebb Bolton
Bolton, W Jane	Apr 23, 1938	Sep 14, 1938	D/o Gus Jr & Lizzie Bolton
Bolton, Walter	Dec 24, 1885	Apr 7, 1963
Boyd, Eugene	May 8, 1935	Mar 11, 1997
Buchanan, Harriette	Oct 17, 1835	May 18, 1913	W/o Mitchell Buchanan
Buchanan, Herman Dale	Mar 22, 1949	Dec 11, 1969	Washington Cpl Co B 6 Inf 198 Lt Inf BDE Vietnam
Buchanan, Isadore	Jun 13, 1912	May 27, 1991
Buchanan, Jerry Sr	Aug 21, 1903	Jun 6, 1974
Buchanan, Joe Lewis	Oct 30, 1879	Apr 8, 1972
Buchanan, L C	May 2, 1949	Oct 26, 2008	Obit
Buchanan, Mitchell	Jul 21, 1903	May 20, 1972	S/o Charlie & Cora Vernon Buchanan
Buchanan, Ruby Walker	Mar 14, 1902	Jun 12, 1976	D/o James Walker
Buchanan, Sedalia	Feb 4, 1918	Apr 1, 2001	W/o Timothy Buchanan
Buchanan, Timothy	Mar 9, 1910	Dec 19, 1970	H/o Sedalia Walker Buchanan; m. 1934; S/o Charlie & Cora Buchanan
Cheatum, Georgia Grant Bradley	Jul 11, 1908	Mar 29, 1998	1st Husband P J Cheatum m. 1927; 2nd Husband Tobie Bradley m. 1945; Remarried P J Cheatum 1965
Cheatum, J C	Feb 28, 1930	Dec 20, 1969	S/o P J & Georgia Grant Cheatum
Cheatum, Lizzie Lee Lawton	Jun 21, 1939	Jan 1, 1970
Cheatum, Tony	Mar 8, 1957	1986	US Army
Clements, Lola	May 30, 1891	Aug 14, 1899
Davis, Dorothy	Sep 7, 1944	Feb 11, 1991
Dudley, Rebecca	Oct 19, 1877	Sep 23, 1961	M/o Martha A Durley Bolton
Duffey, Odessa	Jul 15, 1917	Dec 23, 1989
Duffey, Wesley	Jul 22, 1922	Mar 24, 1989
Durley, Rebecca	Oct 19, 1777	Sep 23, 1861
Fomby, Joseph	1951	1985
Garrett, J C	Sep 16, 1919	Sep 17, 1948	TX Cpl 775 Mil Police BN WWII
Goldsmith, Leo Marie	Jun 25, 1919	Jun 4, 1980
Grant, Albert	Mar 19, 1925	Jun 27, 1988
Grant, Alice Faye	Jul 2, 1939	Mar 14, 2008	Obit
Grant, Ellen	Jul 12, 1886	Jan 19, 1978
Grant, Len G	Mar 7, 1914	Jul 26, 1997
Grant, Lucious	Feb 11, 1911	May 12, 1991
Grant, Naomi	Apr 4, 1927	Dec 13, 2013
Grant, Ruthie Mae	Mar 19, 1927	Aug 23, 2011	Obit
Hale, Johnnie Etta	Aug 24, 1925	Aug 27, 2011	Obit
Harper, Floyd Rex	Jan 3, 1933	Mar 11, 1995
Harris, A C	Jan 16, 1922	Dec 19, 2006	Obit; US Navy
Harris, John Mark	Feb 5, 1961	May 11, 2011	Obit
Hashaway, Charlie Mae	Sep 28, 1945	Feb 20, 1988
Hashaway, Lizzie Bel	Jan 12, 1921	Jul 7, 1993
Hawkins, Jasanda	1907	1936
Hollins, Willie M	1926	1982	US Army WWII
Hubert, Cora Della	1878	1973
Johnson, King	1898	1975
Johnson, Lincoln Charles	Dec 25, 1929	Mar 9, 1992
Johnson, Lonnie	Dec 7, 1902	Jun 26, 1986
Johnson, Mary Mollie Huff	Oct 28, 1884	Dec 27, 1957	D/o Jerry Huff & Cynthia Peterson
Johnson, Pvt R P			No dates on stone
Jones, Dorothy Ann	Apr 16, 1952	Dec 8, 1980	D/o Willie Jones & Lucille Walker
Jones, Ruth E	Aug 22, 1919	Feb 14, 1998
Justice, Charlie Mae Askew	1957	Dec 1, 2014	Obit
Lawton, J L	Mar 3, 1905	Apr 20, 1944
Miles, Ozie Mae	Jun 26, 1920	Jun 4, 2009	Obit
Moton, Annie Lou Rogers	Apr 4, 1920	Jul 28, 1999	W/o Bill Moton
Moton, Bill	Nov 30, 1912	Mar 7, 1998	H/o Annie Lou Rogers Moton
Moton, Bobby Earl	Aug 4, 1944	Jul 1, 2000	SGT US Army Vietnam
Moton, Charles Edward	Nov 1, 1942	Dec 15, 1979	S/o Bill & Annie Lou Rogers Moton
Owens, J B	Feb 4, 1907	Apr 10, 1991
Owens, Ruby L	Aug 5, 1903	Jan 30, 1985
Puckett, Joe Lewis	Apr 25, 1936	Mar 28, 1987	S/o Willis & Ola Lee Puckett
Puckett, Ola Lee	Aug 16, 1910	Nov 5, 2001	W/o Willis Puckett
Puckett, William	Dec 4, 1933	Jul 1, 1998	S/o Willis & Ola Lee Puckett
Puckett, Willis "Willie"	Mar 28, 1910	Jan 25, 1981	H/o Ola Lee Puckett
Ray, Lawrence Eugene	May 31, 1920	Oct 8, 2011	Obit; H/o Ruby Ray; S/o Arthur & Bessie Ray; US Army WWII
Rogers, Alice Bolton	Dec 25, 1876	Jan 18, 1927	W/o Sam Rogers
Rogers, Buster	Oct 1, 1850	Mar 20, 1912
Rogers, Johnny Ray	Apr 17, 1911	Dec 30, 1963	S/o Sam & Alice Bolton Rogers
Rogers, Sam	Mar 9, 1877	Mar 25, 1947	H/o Alice Bolton Rogers
Sales/Sayles, Anderson		May 26, 1930	Added per death certificate
Simmons, Lizzie W	Sep 22, 1913	Mar 25, 1981	D/o John Simmons & Bell Johnson
Thomas, Billy Joe	Mar 15, 1937	Aug 12, 1994	Pfc US Army
Verner, Chester A A		Aug 9, 1940
Verner, Rev George Washington	Nov 15, 1871	Jun 2, 1905	Reverend
Verner, Lavina Bolton	Mar 20, 1904	Sep 17, 1966
Verner, Napoleon	1895	1931
Wade, James Ervin Jr	Jan 7, 1957	Dec 3, 2008	Obit; S/o Ruthie Mae Grant
Walker, Charlie	Dec 25, 1908	Apr 29, 1963	TX Pvt 1326 ENGR GEN SVC REGT WWI
Walton, Mayri "Skoogie"	Nov 10, 1922	Oct 10, 1931
Walton, Miriam	1898	1931
Walton, Obie	Apr 26, 1933	Nov 7, 1968	S/o Alfred & Laura Bolton Walton
Warren, Eva Bolton	Dec 19, 1908	Aug 4, 1974
White, Artie Mae Moreland	Nov 20, 1896	May 16, 1966	D/o Ike & Vina Bolton Moreland
White, Ernest John	Nov 28, 1926	Feb 15, 1945
Williams, Iola	Apr 11, 1902	Dec 26, 1943
Williams, J W	Apr 26, 1886	Nov 4, 1928
Williams, Sammie L	1926	1975