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HERRON-SPINKS CEMETERY
Located West of Crockett off Hwy 7, 5.2 miles from loop. Turn Right at
DicksonHopewell sign, go past church, pass over creek bridge and cemetery is
on the left.
Located on John Spinks property, and was fenced when John acquired the
property more than forty years ago. Only one marker remains, with evidence
of some thirty or more graves at one time.
Any interested persons should contact John or Georgia Spinks before
attempting to find the graves, there being no other access except through
John's locked gate.
In the abstract of title to the property, the name Herron is spelled five to
seven ways: Hearon, Heron, Hearron, for example.
Mr. Herron came to Texas from Alabama, and the homestead was located near
the burial grounds. We remember parts of an old picket fence in the cemetery
in 1938 which appeared to be a small enclosure about the grave of a child.
Miss Wyncie Barnhill, a teacher at Porter Springs, recalls attending the
funeral of Andrew Herron, believed to be the last burial here.
We are indebted to Roland Murray, Elizabeth Ellis, Georgia Jolley, and
possibly others for this information.
The graves we have traced are as follows:
HEARON
David R.; b:
9-13-1807; d: 10-6-1872
HEARRON (HERRON)
Andrew; elderly man
found by Murray neighbors, no dates.; Last burial here. His place was
located at the back of John Spinks
property, known as the McCarty or Bet Vaughn place.
DICKSON
Frances, buried in
1930s; Mother of Rev. Ed Jolley
W W (Winston); no
dates; husband of Lizzie
SIMMONS
boy, no information,
a white person
Submitted by Georgia Spinks
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