Marion County TX

Lockett Cemetery

Lockett Cemetery Historical Marker:

Royal and Martha (Smith) Lockett came to Texas from Georgia between 1856 and 1858 with their eleven surviving children and the family's slaves. Seven of  their eight living sons served in the Conferderate Army.  The earliest marked  grave on this site is that of Walter R McGarity (1853-1862), son of James H and Marie
Antoinette (Lockett) McGarity and a grandson of Royal and Martha Lockett.  Six generations of Lockett descendants are interred here.  According to family oral history, a Union soldier who died on the Lockett Plantation also is buried in the graveyard. Of the more than 45 interred here by 1999, two were Veterans of the Conferderate Army and three were Veterans of World War II.  The Lockett Cemetery continues as a chronicle of Marion County history.

Thanks to Marylee Watson Knight for the following information & thanks also to Mrs. Pauline Lockett and her daughter Miss Beatrice Lockett, who were most helpful by giving Marylee so much information. Marylee says:   Several years ago I did a lot of interviewing re the Union soldier buried at Lockett Cemetery.  Here's the story that emerged:

The Union soldier had fought in the Battle of Mansfield (LA), but deserted his unit and set out to walk home.  Accounts vary as to whether he had been wounded in the battle or whether he was ill with some disease.  At any rate as the soldier pressed northward he lapsed into unconsciousness on the side of the road, not far from the Lockett Plantation.  When word of the soldier reached Dr. Lockett, he sent his slaves to fetch the unconscious soldier back to the plantation.  Despite the opinions of his neighbors, Dr. Lockett gave the soldier the best of care.   However, a few weeks later the soldier died.  Dr. Lockett was determined to bury the soldier in the family cemetery, but, bowing to family pressure, buried him just outside the fence.  The last time the cemetery fence was replaced, it was agreed to extend the fence to include this lone grave.

At the same time I was also digging for information as to why a scout for Kit Carson was buried here.  As it turns out he married into the Lockett clan, so there is no mystery to that one.

Thanks to Bill Sweeney  zeitwanderer@earthlink.net  for the information in gold.

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Dreesen, Dr J. J. B.	Feb. 3, 1867	Mar. 14, 1942
Dreesen, Dr W. L. B.	Dec. 27, 1868	Sep. 8, 1918
Dreesen, William Jesse	Dec. 21, 1916	Aug. 15, 1987	H/o Phyllis A; Sgt US Army WW II
Holley, Bobbie Lockett	Oct. 9, 1919	Nov. 15, 1994	W/o Gordon Russell Holley
Holley, Gordon Russell	Dec. 9, 1912	Apr. 12, 1984	H/o Bobbie Lockett Holley; S2 US Navy WW II
Holley, James Randall	Jun. 25, 1968	Nov. 23, 1985
Lockett, Albert	Apr. 17, 1869	Aug. 25, 1873	S/o T N & Laura Lockett
Lockett, Ethel Berman	Jun. 11, 1920	Sep. 30, 1983	W/p Quentin R Lockett
Lockett, Eunice Beatrice	May. 20, 1874	Jun. 28, 1876	Dau of J O & M A Lockett
Lockett, Henry Pelham	Jul. 10, 1870	Apr. 2, 1872	S/o H C & Rebecca Lockett
Lockett, Infant	Apr. 12, 1873	Apr. 29, 1873	S/o T N & Laura Lockett Age 17 days
Lockett, James Henry	Jun. 26, 1879	Jul. 19, 1881	S/o  J M & Ellen Lockett
Lockett, James Marvin	Mar. 15, 1872	Jul. 14, 1873	S/o  J O & M A Lockett
Lockett, Julia F.	Mar. 5, 1835	Jul. 1, 1866	W/o Royal F Lockett
Lockett, Kelly T.	May. 1, 1956	Nov. 7, 1995	S/o  Paul & Jo Lockett
Lockett, Laura	Dec. 9, 1846	Apr. 15, 1873
Lockett, Martha A. Smith	Nov. 29, 1804	Feb. 22, 1868	W/o Royal Lockett
Lockett, Mary A.	Mar. 2, 1843	Apr. 26, 1929
Lockett, Minnie Edna	Mar. 14, 1873	Aug. 10, 1875	D/o H C & Rebecca Lockett
Lockett, Norma	Jul. 22, 1876	Nov. 13, 1877	D/o   J O & M A Lockett
Lockett, Quentin R.	Jun. 20, 1911	Jul. 17, 1987	H/o Ethel Berman
Lockett, Royal	Mar. 5, 1794	Aug. 27, 1871	H/o  Martha A Smith Royal and Martha came to Texas from Georgia with their surviving 11 children in the mid 1800's
Lockett, Royal A.	Jan. 23, 1879	Mar. 1, 1914
Lockett, Royal F.	Nov. 25, 1827	Dec. 26, 1865	H/o Julia F       S/o Royal & Martha Smith Lockett
Lockett, Royal Miles	Apr. 18, 1865	Nov. 17, 1881	S/o  J M & Ellen Lockett
Lockett, William A.	Aug. 19, 1833	Feb. 22, 1916
Lockett, William Alonzo	Oct. 21, 1881	Jan. 1, 1973
Lowther, R. J.	May. 19, 1837	Jan. 1, 1929	Scout for Kit Carson for 12 years (inscribed on headstone)
McAlexander, Sarah Ward	1829	1881
McAlexander, Thomas	1823	1879
McGarity, Hervey	Apr. 7, 1865	Feb. 28, 1868	S/o  James Hervey & M A McGarity
McGarity, James Hervey	1814	Sep. 6, 1873	Age 59 years; h/o Marie Antoinette Lockett (buried Oakwood Cemetery); f/o Albertha Pauline McGarity (buried Oakwood Cemetery)
McGarity, Jimmie A.	Jan. 2, 1874	Nov. 17, 1877	D/o James Hervey & M A McGarity
McGarity, Pouncey H.	Sep. 21, 1860	Sep. 29, 1888	S/o   James Hervey & M A McGarity
McGarity, Walter R.	Oct. 9, 1858	Jan. 2, 1862	S/o  James Hervey & M A McGarity
Northen, Capers	Feb. 7, 1855	Jul. 4, 1866
Pierce, Claud Lockett	Dec. 4, 1877	Dec. 4, 1902
Soldier, Unknown Union	unknown	1865
Walker, Elsie	Nov. 12, 1889	Jul. 28, 1892	D/o   Jno. E & Della Walker
Ward, John	Jan. 18, 1794	Jul. 3, 1872

Read by Maribeth Buce   November 2001 & March 2002.

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