[NOTE - Do not confuse with Rocky Mountain Baptist Cemetery a.k.a. Rocky Mt.
Cemetery
that is in the southern part of the county near Oakwood.]
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Submitted by: Eric Bonner Wood
Status: Active
GPS Coordinates: unknown
Background: West of the cemetery is Rocky Branch Primitive Baptist Church.
Served as graveyard for the Rocky Branch Community. Newspapers tend to label the
area as Wortham.
Cemetery Size: About 3 acres.
Location: Near the Kirvin community, SE of Wortham in the northern part of
Freestone County.
Directions #1: From Teague, go on Hwy 84 West to FM-1366. Take a right. Go 5.1
miles. Road should "T" with FM-1366. Far left-hand corner should see "Rocky
Branch" sign. Take this road, 1.3 miles straight on the red clay road. On the
left is the church and cemetery.
Directions #2: From Wortham, go on 27 going SE till FM-1366 dead ends into 27.
Then look for the red clay road described above.
Oldest Marked Grave: 1 May 1874 Mr. Henry Reid
| Adkinson, Wesley J. TX Pvt |
? | ? |
| Alexander, Herbert I. TX Pvt 522 Engrs WWI |
May 27, 1898 | Oct 24, 1968 |
| Banks, Alex | Nov 15, 1843 | July 21, 1927 |
| Banks, James | 1890 | 1942 |
| Banks, Kizzie | Dec 27, 1853 | Mar 14, 1936 |
| Barber, Bailey | 1868 | 1972 |
| Barber, Cora | 1872 | 1913 |
| Baty, Austin H. | June 22, 1914 | |
| Baty, Booker | Oct 22, 1910 | Jan 21, 1984 |
| Baty, Gladys C. | Nov 17, 1920 | Dec 11, 1966 |
| Baty, Philip | Apr 6, 1878 | Jan 15, 1950 |
| Baty, Robert | Sept 29, 1908 | Dec 30, 1959 |
| Baty, Roger Phillip TX STM1 Navy WWII |
Jan 14, 1912 | Apr 12, 1968 |
| Brooks, J. A. | Oct 17, 1885 | Nov 10, 1951 |
| Brooks, Oliver TX Pvt 350 MG BN 92 Div |
May 20, 1939 | ? |
| Brooks, Susan | Dec 24, 1863 | Nov 26, 1901 |
| Butcher, Roosevelt | June 26, 1903 | Jan 21, 1977 |
| Calhum, Jessie Mae | Sept 5, 1906 | Jan 18, 1937 |
| Calhum, Luther as written on stone |
July 10, 1902 | Nov 3, 1900 |
| Calhum, Willis | 1869 | 1937 |
| Carter, Ella | Jan 9, 1890 | Mar 5, 1985 |
| Carter, Maggie | Aug 10, 1866 | Mar 14, 1937 |
| Carter, MaryJane | Mar 15, 1849 | Aug 1, 1923 |
| Chalmers, Johnnie TX Pvt Co C 433 Labor BN QMC WWI |
Aug 15, 1896 | Nov 30, 1959 |
| Chambers, Erian | Dec 13, 1894 | July 30, 1971 |
| Chambers, George Washington | July 7, 1909 | ? |
| Chambers, Joe Dan | Sept 23, 1939 | Nov 9, 1968 |
| Chambers, Maybirth Navy WWII |
Mar 5, 1926 | May 13, 1982 |
| Chambers, Maybirth | May 15, 1894 | Jan 23, 1972 |
| Chambers, Paul | 1870 | 1940 |
| Cleveland, Deacon L. L. | Feb 3, 1874 | Dec 6, 1957 |
| Cleveland, Riller | July 1, 1875 | Mar 17, 1967 |
| Cleveland, Vera | 1897 | July 29, 1956 |
| Cooper, Joeanner | Apr 5, 1904 | Nov 15, 1931 |
| Crawford, Arvilla | Apr 23, 1914 | Jan 4, 1958 |
| Crawford, Grover | Apr 19, 1904 | Dec 1, 1949 |
| David, A. P. | Mar 21, 1890 | ? |
| David, Elizabeth | 1871 | 1952 |
| David, Fred A. | May 1, 1914 | June 8, 1960 |
| David, W. | Dec 25, 1889 | Feb 8, 1960 |
| David, Walter B. | 1861 | 1938 |
| Davis, Nancy | 1866 | 1925 |
| Dawson, Cleveland C. | Feb 29, 1886 | May 28, 1940 |
| Dawson, Jim TX Pvt 1CL Serv BN |
? | Aug 15, 1986 |
| Dawson, John L. | Feb 6, 1868 | Dec 11, 1965 |
| Dunagan, Sol | 1886 | 1968 |
| Edwards, ? | ? | ? |
| Edwards, Edmond | Apr 30, 1890 | Nov 28, 1946 |
| Edwards, Marion A. | 1903 | 1957 |
| Edwards, Mattie E. | 1878 | 1956 |
| Edwards, Napoleon B. TX Pvt 24th Inf |
? | Nov 16, 1918 |
| File, Myrtle | 1916 | 1954 |
| Floyd, Richbill | Dec 2, 1920 | Oct 9, 1928 |
| Gamble, James | Mar 4, 1878 | ? |
| Haggard, Ben | ? | ? |
| Haggard, Carrie | June 29, 1870 | Oct 17, 19148 |
| Haggard, Jake | Feb 2, 1867 | May 12, 1944 |
| Haggard, Melvin TX Pvt WWI |
1888 | ? |
| Jackson, Anna | 1879 | 1959 |
| Johnson, Viola P. | Nov 18, 1896 | Oct 12, 1963 |
| Jones, Mrs. Jane | Mar 4, 1859 | May 11, 1938 |
| Kirvin, ? | ? | ? |
| Kirvin, ? | ? | ? |
| Kirvin, Calvin | Aug 16, 1942 | ? |
| Kirvin, Elizabeth | Aug 31, 1885 | July 4, 1940 |
| Kirvin, Lafayette Allen | Mar 15, 1886 | June 16, 1969 |
| Kirvin, Lizzrebeth | July 15, 1887 | Feb 15, 1960 |
| Kirvin, Rebecca | Apr 7, 1865 | Oct 12, 1942 |
| Kirvin, Thomas | July 12, 1932 | ? |
| Lewis, Oliver | Dec 24, 1823 | Feb 7, 1954 |
| Linley, Willey | Jan 8, 1892 | Aug 23, 1934 |
| Livingston, A. R. | July 1, 1907 | Aug 27, 1973 |
| Livingston, Lorene | Sept 26, 1905 | ? |
| Livingston, Will A. | July 4, 1814 | June 1, 1939 |
| Maberry, Maggie Bell | Jan 4, 1920 | Dec 1, 1958 |
| Molley, Sallie I. C. | Jan 7, 1882 | Feb 16, 1930 |
| Mooer, Abbie | Nov 16, 1880 | June 1, 1951 |
| Mooer, Eunice | Aug 9, 1896 | ? |
| Mooer, J. P. Jr. | Feb 18, 1925 | May 9, 1966 |
| Morgan, Charlie | Aug 15, 1857 | Oct 29, 1947 |
| Morgan, James | Nov 26, 1897 | July 1, 1983 |
| Morgan, Mary | June 26, 1878 | July 31, 1950 |
| Myles, Indiana | July 28, 1877 | Oct 23, 1956 |
| Nelson, Susie | Oct 20, 1929 | Nov 2, 1967 |
| Price, Allie B. | Mar 2, 1910 | Oct 5, 1970 |
| Price, Charles A. TX SP4 HHB 41 Art GP Vietnam |
Sept 18, 1948 | Jan 19, 1969 |
| Price, Ivory Jean | Feb 5, 1940 | Mar 17, 1968 |
| Price, Johnny | Oct 14, 1900 | Mar 23, 1968 |
| Reed, Leroy | Aug 3, 1909 | Nov 7, 1974 |
| Reed, Macy | Apr 1, 1876 | May 26, 1942 |
| Reid, Henry | May 1, 1874 | ? |
| Reid, Rogers | Feb 17, 1909 | Feb 25, 1961 |
| Reid, Sarah dates wrong |
Apr 15, 1810 | Nov 11, 1948 |
| Seay, Lula Reid | Oct 26, 1886 | May 29, 1970 |
| Shaw, Katie Bell | 1905 | 1924 |
| Sims, Ben | Mar 15, 1862 | May 6, 1944 |
| Sims, Mary | Mar 10, 1872 | July 1, 1953 |
| Smith, Annie Baines | Apr 1, 1893 | Feb 24, 1965 |
| Smith, William A. | Sept 17, 1890 | Mar 5, 1977 |
| Stallworth, Britt E. | Feb 13, 1906 | June 8, 1968 |
| Stallworth, Hattie | Dec 28, 1865 | Sept 17, 1919 |
| Stallworth, Selestine | Aug 31, 1919 | June 4, 1948 |
| Stephens, John Thomas | Apr 12, 1921 | Sept 28, 1986 |
| Tarlton, Cindellia | Oct 14, 1902 | May 3, 1945 |
| Thomas, Delton TX Pvt 333 OM |
1912 | ? |
| Thomas, Fred Douglas | Dec 23, 1900 | Nov 17, 1966 |
| Thomas, Ike | 1859 | 1933 |
| Thomas, Jacob | May 11, 1936 | ? |
| Thomas, Kittie age 51 |
Oct 27, 1918 | only date |
| Thomas, Rev. A. T. | 1865 | 1935 |
| Thomas, Saul | 1849 | 1915 |
| Thomas, Willie | 1889 | 1915 |
| Wadley, Baby | ? | 1954 |
| Wadley, Ruth | 1919 | 1954 |
| Walls, Josephine W. | Sept 24, 1874 | Dec 19, 1914 |
| Wigfall, Jerry | Aug 15, 1853 | Jan 18, 1939 |
| Wigfall, Josephine | Aug 4, 1868 | July 2, 1917 |
| Wigfall, Sam TX Pvt 449 Res Labor BN |
Nov 20, 1934 | ? |
| Williams, Abraham B. | Aug 19, 1896 | Jan 11, 1945 |
| Williams, Clara D. | Sept 26, 1897 | July 22, 1956 |
| Williams, George W. | 1874 | 1952 |
| Williams, Savannah | Aug 8, 1875 | May 26, 1940 |
| Winn, B. W. | Feb 19, 1893 | Oct 20, 1966 |
| Winn, Ellis Ray | Nov 9, 1939 | Jan 6, 1984 |
KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES
Based on death certificates:
| Carter, Lillie Mae | Dec 20, 1912 | May 2, 1913 |
| Carter, Maggie | Dec 10, 1862 | Aug 31, 1925 |
| Christal, Leeann age 62 yrs |
? | Oct 3, 1926 |
| Dale, Maggie | Apr 10, 1890 | Jan 3, 1931 |
| David, Sedalie age 9 mths |
? | Apr 12, 1913 |
| Dawson, Jim | July 10, 1895 | Aug 15, 1936 |
| Henley, Loyl | Dec 5, 1904 | Dec 19, 1923 |
| Johnson, Loveless | Dec 18, 1845 | Sept 8, 1926 |
| Nance, Marcella | May 30, 1897 | May 13, 1932 |
| Nelson, Sidney age 13 yrs |
? | Feb 22, 1913 |
| Reed, Nellie age 26 yrs |
? | Jan 5, 1912 |
| Reeves, Leford | Jan 4, 1923 | Nov 4, 1923 |
| Ross, Chester | Nov 19, 1869 | Mar 3, 1939 |
| Stallworth, L. R. | Sept 26, 1876 | Apr 3, 1946 |
| Stalworth, Jimmie | Aug 17, 1923 | Oct 21, 1923 |