Cherokee County, Texas

MILES CEMETERY

    The Miles cemetery is located about four miles SW of Jacksonville, Texas. South from U.S. highway 79 onto FM 747, then south on County Road 3111. The cemetery is just over the top of a hill on the right side of County Road 3111. It is about two hundred yards down an unpaved lane on the right.  The cemetery is about 100 yards square enclosed in a barbed wire fence.  A pasture complete with cattle surround it.  Although covered by trees it is occasionally mowed, but leaves and twigs are about six inches deep.  Most graves are unmarked and some marked graves have broken and partially missing stones.  Row designations proceed from East to West.  Gayle and Linda Hancock, 578 CR 3111, Jacksonville, TX 75766, 903-586-8537.

    CCGS member Sue Vaughn Taylor has some of her family in Miles cemetery and provided several names that are known to be buried there. 

This survey was completed in Sep 1996 by Ira Gaylon White.

 Arnold, Imer I. ..............Mil J Jun-14-1906  Oct-21-1906 Beside William R.PRIVATE

Arnold, infant son ...........Mil J ...-..-1913  ...-..-1913 "Inf son of MF Arnold" Beside Martin F.

Arnold, Martin F. ............Mil J ...-..-1874  ...-..-1914 Beside Infant son Arnold

Arnold, Ollie M. .............Mil J Nov-09-1903  Jan-03-1904 Beside infant Bolton

Arnold, William R. ...........Mil J Mar-29-1878  Jun-20-1908 Beside Imer I.

Bolton, infant son ...........Mil J Jun-05-1901  Jun-05-1901 "Inf son of JM & AL Bolton; our loved one"

Brown, Unknown .............. Mil G ...-..-....  ...-..-.... KTB wife of Wilson N. Brown, near center of cemetery

Casey, Mary Cathrine .........Mil A Aug-21-1853  Feb-20-1931 "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal"

Clark, Callie ............... Mil B Jun-25-1873  Nov-17-1873 "Inf Dau of WA & LA"

Earle, Maxey M. Blansett......Mil L ...-..-1811       ca1853 "Born in Kentucky; 1st wife of Elijah Earle"

Ferguson, M. O. ..............Mil B ...-..-1817  ...-..-1903 Beside Mary Ann Ferguson

Ferguson, Mary Ann ...........Mil B Sep-21-1831  Mar-23-1933 "Wife of M.O. Ferguson"

Forester, W. J. ..............Mil G Oct-26-1860  Mar-18-1906

Hicks, Etta Hazel ............Mil B Mar-30-1901  Dec-13-1902 Beside Walter Arden

Hicks, Walter Arden ..........Mil B Apr-17-1896  Oct-15-1897 Beside Etta Hazel Hicks

Hunt, Lillie E. Tidwell.......Mil H ...-..-1885  ...-..-1918 "Wife of WH Hunt; Mother"

Miles, Belzora .............. Mil G Sep-10-1884  Sep-09-1886 With Mary Luraney; Sandstone block

Miles, George E. .............Mil G ...-..-1881  ...-..-1881 Name broken but KTB; Sandstone block

Miles, Mary Luraney ..........Mil G Jun-10-1827  Sep-09-1886 With Belzora Miles; Sandstone block

Neely, Caroline ............. Mil C Oct-31-1815  Oct-26-1870 "Consort of Wade B. Neely" broken stone

Neely, Wade B. ...............Mil C May-02-1812  Mar-27-1872 Name broken off but KTB; Beside Caroline

Slider, Carl F. ..............Mil I Jun-10-1900  Jun-28-1901 Beside Lee D.

Slider, Ellen P. .............Mil I Aug-17-1865  Dec-27-1939 Beside William R.

Slider, Florence M. ..........Mil K Mar-04-1889  Dec-26-1969 With George B. "She is not dead only sleeping"

Slider, Fred W. ..............Mil I Jan-19-1891  Sep-18-1906 Beside Carl F.

Slider, George B. ............Mil K Jan-16-1889  Jul-03-1944 With Florence M. "He is not dead only sleeping"

Slider, Lee D. ...............Mil I Apr-27-1898  Aug-03-1899 Beside Carl F.

Slider, William R. ...........Mil I Feb-11-1866  Jan-20-1931 Beside Fred W.

Smith, Virginia ............. Mil F ...-..-....  Oct-06-1967 TMP; "Age 94 years"

Smyrl, Infant son ............Mil I Dec-08-1928  Dec-08-1928 "Inf son of Mr & Mrs Melvin Smyrl"

Taylor, Henrietta Kirby ......Mil H Feb-26-1833  Apr-28-1900 "Hettie" KTB

Taylor, Sylvester ........... Mil H Aug-23-1824     Abt 1860 KTB

Tidwell, C. L. ...............Mil H Feb-18-1882  Oct-04-1902 1st name gone from Header, initials C.L.T. on footer

Unknown, unknown ............ Mil B ...-..-....  ...-..-.... Broken stone, poss Jul 22 on one piece

Unknown, unknown ............ Mil G ...-..-....  ...-..-.... TMP unreadable

Unknown, unknown ............ Mil K ...-..-....  ...-..-.... Broken "Weep not papa & mama for me for I....."

Walker, James E. .............Mil E ...-..-....  Jul-11-1880 Stone in several pieces

Williamson, Alene ........... Mil B Jun-23-1895  Dec-23-1895 "A little flower of love than blossomed but..."

Revised June 24, 2018 by Gordon Bennett

Updated October 24, 2024 by Gordon Bennett

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