Cemetery Tour
Cemetery Tour – Part 3
Block 3 is located east of Block 2, east of the Old Oak Tree, and bordered on the east by the service road. This block has 376 grave sites. There are 68 families represented to include the family names of Abbett, Baker, Bell, Blair, Blair, Bluhm, Compton, Cowan, DuBose, Farris, Fleming, Fox, Frame, Frank, Galloway, Hellums, Henry, Hodnett, Holter, Hutcheson, Jeffrey, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Jowers, King, Kirchman, Lee, Leverett, Lovell, McGee, McMahan, Moore, Pruitt, Putnam, Reed, Ridgeway, Roberts, Taber, Vickery, Watts, Way, White, Williams, Wright.
Block 4 is located east of Block 1 and to the right as you enter the main gate of the cemetery. This block has 256 grave sites. There are 52 families represented to include the family names of Accord, Alexander, Anton, Arebelo, Avant, Baker, Bock, Bozarth, Bright, Brown, Browning, Chamberlain, Cole, Corbet, Cox, Dwiggins, Ellis, Farris, Franks, Fulps, Grant, Haire, Halsell, Hellums, Huddleston, Hutcheson, Kelley, Kicke, King, Long, Martindale, Massey, Mcgee, McMahan, Millican, Moore, Nall, Neeley, Olson, Owen, Price, Reed, Roberts, Springs, Squyres, Stephens, Thomas, Wainscott, Way, Wells, White, Williams.
Block 5 is located to the left as you enter the main gate of the cemetery and bordered on the west by the service road. This block has 130 grave sites. There are 22 families represented to include the family names of Adams, Alexander, Baker, Cole, Crippen, Ehrlich, Ellis, Gideon, Harrau, Hickman, Jeffrey, Jowers, McGee, Moravits, Nite, Owen, Pearson, Rasberry, Reed, Smith, Strickland, Watts.
Block 6 is loacted to the south of Block 5 and is bordered on the West by the service road. This block has 119 grave sites. There are 22 families represented to include the family names of Baker, Boyer, Clark, Fairly, Fischer, Franks, Garner, Gideon, Kates, McCelvey, McGee, McMahan, Morris, Pearson, Reed, Rice, Singleton, Smith, Voigt, Ward, White, Woods.
Block 7 is located east of Block 5 and containes 190 grave sites. There are 26 families represented to include the family names of Baldridge, Bass, Bourg, Evans, Freeman, Galloway, Garringer, Hagan, Hanks, Henson, Jeffrey, Jowers, Lackey, McMahan, Moravits, Pekrul, Penrod, Reed, Smalley, Stall, Stephens, Stepherson, Taylor, Weiss, Williams, Young.
Block 8 is located east of Block 6 and south of Block 7. This block has 209 grave sites. There are 31 families represented to include the family names of Alexander, Bell, Belver, Buckner, Cates, Cook, Crowder, Dane, Fox, Garner, Hoover, Kiser, La Roza, Leonard, Mitchell, Morgan, Powell, Reed, Reznick, Russel, Russell, Small, Smith, Steed, Taylor, Toungate, Voigt, Watts, White, Woodland, Young.
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Block C is located west of the main cemetery across Old Colony Road in the new cemetery addition. There are 213 grave sites in this block. At this time there are only 2 families represented to include the family names of Lawler and Cole.
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By: Gregg Sterner
Posted: Nov. 13, 2011
Cemetery Tour – Part 2
As you walk through the main gates along the service road the majestic Old Oak Tree can be seen spreading out over the south end of the cemetery.
The grave of Martha Ellison, the first grave established here, lies under the western edge of the Old Oak Tree.
The Flemming Family cemetery lies just to the south beyond the Old Oak Tree.
The cemetery is organized in 14 blocks. Blocks 1 – 8 are in the main area with Blocks A – F in the new area.
Block C in the new area was opened in the spring of 2011 as there are only a few grave sites available in the main area. While there appears to be many open plots in the main area most of them are reserved by families for future internment.
Click here to view a brief video tour of Blocks 1 through 4 Note: Depending on your Internet connection speed it may take from 1 to 3 minutes to load.
Block 1 is located in the northwest corner of the main area and has 379 grave sites. There are 68 families represented to include family names of Adams, Andrews, Baker, Bandelman, Barrow, Basham, Blundell, Boyko, Bozarth, Bradberry, Bright, Clogsten, Cole, Colebank, Cowan, Coward, Crippen, Crozier, Dancer, Daniels, Earmer, DeShazo, Diggs, Duran, Ellen, Etheredge, Fellers, Fowler, Fox, Franks, Galloway, Garner, George, Hellums, Hickman, Hilliard, Hurst, Hutcheson, Jeffrey, Linam, Long, Lorrine, Lunn, Martin, McMahan, McMullen, Mitchell, Moffett, Pogue, Reed, Roberts, Rodenberg, Rowe, Rutherford, Taylor, Tinney, Van Horn, Wade, Wales, West, White, Williams, Willis, Womack, Woodland, Wright.
Block 2 is the largest of the blocks and is located in the southwest corner of the main area and has 681 grave sites. Several sites are blocked by the Old Oak Tree and others are blocked due to beadrock in those locations. There are 95 families represented to include family names of Adams, Alexander, Allen, Baker, Barron, Berry, Blundell, Boyer, Bryant, Bundick, Canning, Carpenter, Clark, Cole, Compton, Curlee, Daniels, Davidson, DeViney, Dinges, Eaker, Ellis, Ellison, Evans, Fleming, Franks, Garner, Gibson, Gray, Guthrie, Hagen, Halsell, Handley, Hartley, Helford, Hellums, Hindman, Hocker, Hurst, Ingram, Jeffrey, Jowers, Jurst, King, Lewis, Lillian, Long, Magee, Martindale, Massey, Maynard, Mayo, McDonald, McGinnis, McMahan, Moore, Morris, Munsell, Nauert, New, Northcutt, Owen, Parish, Rice, Riddle, Roberts, Robison, Rodenberry, Rogers, Rowe, Shaw, Shehan, Shelton, Shinn, Starr, Stephens, Stevens, Stoker, Taylor, Tinney, Toungate, Tumlinson, Van Horn, Vanderhoof, Vann, Vickery, Watts, White, Whitehorn, Williams, Woods, Woolridge.
The graves of Richard and Sarah (Jefferies) Cole and Matthew Jeffrey, early settlers of the area are found in Block 2 surrounded by a protective fence.
By: Gregg Sterner
Posted: Nov. 12, 2011
Cemetery Tour–Part 1
As you approach the gates of the Jeffrey Cemetery you are greeted by the Texas Historical Marker that was erected in 2004 by the Texas Historical Commission.
This marker offers a brief history of the establishment of the cemetery.
“Tennessee native Abraham Roberts wed Cynthia Jeffrey in Alabama in 1828. The couple arrived in Seguin, Texas, ten years later with their family. In 1840, Roberts purchased land on Tinney’s Creek in what was then Gonzales County. He and other area residents petitioned the Texas Legislature to create a new county, which was formed in 1847 and named Caldwell. That year the Roberts family made the first burial on family property when granddaughter Martha Ellison died while visiting them. The family and local residents soon began using the site as a community burial ground.
There are conflicting stories about the origins of the cemetery name and about which family gave the land for the site, but a 1921 deed cited acreage conveyed earlier to a cemetery association. In 1938, the community officially adopted the name Jeffrey Cemetery and elected officers to a board of trustees.
Today, the association maintains the site and continues traditional homecomings for families and friends of those buried here. Among the several hundred graves are the names of veterans of military service dating to the U.S.-Mexican War, as well as generations of area residents. Historic Texas Cemetery – 2004″
As you walk toward the main gate you see the twin pillars of the veteran’s memorial with the names of the veterans buried here. They continue to stand guard over the cemetery just as our men and women of our armed forces stand guard today at home and around the world. Ever vigilant and ever ready to fight and die for our freedom.
Veterans buried here dating from the Mexican-American War, American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq War, and other events are listed on the Pillars in no specific order.
The Pillars stand 6 ft. tall and new names are engraved to honor their service as a veteran is burried here.
Passing through the main gate of the cemetery you immediately notice the flowers place by families and visitors. The American flags are placed on the veteran’s graves by the American Legion and VFW. It is quite evident that this is an active cemetery where many families visit often to place flowers and small tokens of the memories of their loved ones buried here.
The cemetery is maintained year round by the Jeffrey Cemetery Association with regular mowings and trimmings of the grounds. Maintenance of the headstones is in the care of the families.
Two black-top driveways provide access by service vehicles during maintenance and internment services. Visitors are asked to park in the areas provided outside the cemetery fence.
Upon entering the main gates you can’t help but notice the Old Oak Tree that majestically stretches out over the graves on the south side of the cemetery.
The grave of Martha Ellison (b.1840, d.1847), the first to be buried here, lies under the west side of the Old Oak Tree.
By: Gregg Sterner
Posted: Oct. 30, 2011
