Sabine
County Cemeteries SPEIGHTS CEMETERY
(aka Speights-Pratt Cemetery)
Sabine County, Texas
Indexed 17 June 2001 by Kay Parker McCary
| DIRECTIONS Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas - From the courthouse in Hemphill, Texas take FM 83 East 1 block to State Hwy 87. Go North or Left on Hwy 87 for 4.7 miles to a gravel driveway on the Left. Take this driveway up and to the Left 0.1 miles to the Cemetery. The cemetery has a cyclone fence and is well kept. Additional information added in parenthesis. |
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First Marked Burial 10 Jan 1862 ** Last Marked Burial 4 Mar 1997 |
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| Name | Born | Died | Inscription | Comments | ||
| 1 | BOHANNON, J. B. | 9 Mar 1904 | 28 Mar 1970 | "Gone but not forgotten" | ||
| 2 | CHAMBERS, Drayton | 1912 | 1931 | |||
| 3 | CHAMBERS, Lena Pratt | (Dec) 1877 | 1922 | (dau of Drayton Pratt & Mary Benena J. Low) | ||
| 4 | CHAMBERS, Thomas I. | 1881 | 1951 | |||
| 5 | CLIFTON, Evalyn | 14 Oct 1904 | 7 July 1905 | "The fair sweet flower in paradise shall bloom - Dau of Z. H. & E. M. Clifton" | ||
| 6 | CLIFTON, Ida Evaline | 8 Mar 1894 | 4 July 1900 | Gone to a better land Dau of Z. H. & E. M. Clifton | (broken) | |
| 7 | CLIFTON, John A. L. L. | 22 Sept 1835 | 16 Mar 1907 | " Gods finger touched him and he slept" Masonic emblem | ||
| 8 | CLIFTON, L. V. (Leroy Vestal ) | 30 Aug 1877 | 15 Aug 1886 | (son of John A. L. L. Clifton & Mary Jane Speights) | ||
| 9 | CLIFTON, Mabel C. | 2 Jan 1891 | 30 June 1892 | Dau of Z. H. & E. M. Clifton | broken | |
| 10 | CLIFTON, Mary Jane (Speights) | (20 Nov 1819) | 14 Nov 1904 | "Wife of John A. Clifton Gone but not forgotten In Loving Remembrance of Aged 84 ys 11 m 24 ds - Tis hard to break the tender cord When love has bound the heart Tis hard so hard to speak the words We must for ever part" | ||
| 11 | CLIFTON, Z. H. (Zachariah Hopkins) | 15 July 1866 | 22 May 1930 | (s/o John A. L. L. Clifton & Mary Jane Speights wife Eva Ballard) | ||
| 12 | HARRIS, Ales Blanche | 14 Apr 1896 | 30 Apr 1903 | |||
| 13 | HARRIS, Robert E. | 11 Aug 1868 | 29 Dec 1934 | dbl/w Sudie L. Pratt Harris (married 1 Jan 1890 SCT) | ||
| 14 | HARRIS, Sudie L. (Pratt) | 30 May 1871 | 11 June 1911 | dbl/w Robert E. Harris (married 1 Jan 1890 SCT - d/o Drayton Pratt & Mary Benena J. Low) | ||
| 15 | LOW, Clara (E. Pratt) | 5 Nov 1887 | 29 Nov 1974 | "At Rest" | dbl/w Eli Low (married 9 July 1905 SCT d/o Drayton Pratt & Mary Benena J. Low | |
| 16 | LOW, Eli | 27 Feb 1880 | 22 Mar 1942 | "At Rest" | dbl/w Clara E/ Pratt Low (married 9 July 1905 SCT s/o Samuel Tobias Low, Sr. & Pamelia Ann Estes) | |
| 17 | LOW, Evonne | 14 Sept 1907 | 24 Nov 1914 | "Dau of Eli & Clara Low She was the sunshine of our home" | ||
| 18 | LOW, Susan A. (Speights) | 7 July 1826 | 21 Sept 1912 | "Faithful to her trust even unto death" | (married James Low - d/o William Myrick Speights & Rebecca Hopkins Speights) | |
| 19 | POLLEY, John Mason | --- | 20 Mar 1949 | "Infant son of Dan & Claudia Polley" | one date only | |
| 20 | PRATT, (Mary) Benena J. (Low) | 21 Sept 1848 | 17 Sept 1900 | "Though lost to sight to memory dear" | (d/o James Low & Susan A. Speights Low) | |
| 21 | PRATT, D. (Drayton) | 18 Feb 1848 | 14 Sept 1918 | "Death is eternal life why should we weep" | (h/o Mary Benena J. Low Pratt - s/o Hampton Pratt & Mary Lucinda Potts | |
| 22 | PRATT, D. V. (Drayton V., Jr.) | 26 Apr 1880 | 12 Oct 1898 | "God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well." | (s/o Drayton Pratt & Benena J. Low) | |
| 23 | PRATT, Frank Sexton | 30 Oct 1882 | 13 Oct 1887 | "Though cast down, Were not forsaken; Though affected, not alone; Thou dulst give, and Thou hast taken, Blessed Lord, Thy will be done" | ||
| 24 | PRATT, J. H. (James) | 29 Nov 1875 | 23 Sept 1898 | "God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well." | (s/o Drayton Pratt & Benena J. Low) (top of marker off base) | |
| 25 | SPEIGHTS, Arley Bennett | 16 Mar 1885 | 3 Oct 1964 | "Mother" | ||
| 26 | SPEIGHTS, Bradley O. | 28 July 1918 | 3 Nov 1951 | Texas 2 D Lieutenant Bomb Command AAF World War II | ||
| 27 | SPEIGHTS, Drayton Bennett | 15 Aug 1906 | 4 Mar 1997 | dbl/w Virgie Collier Speights (s/o Thomas Green Speights & Arlie Emmaline Bennett) | ||
| 28 | SPEIGHTS, Emily Scott | 20 Mar 1832 | 10 Jan 1862 | "Wife of J. M. Speights" | ||
| 29 | SPEIGHTS, Esther (C.) Leece | 5 Apr 1835 | 7 Aug 1867 | w/o Johusa M. Hopkins Speights | ||
| 30 | SPEIGHTS, G. W. | (11 July 1839) | (bwt 1900-1910) | Sgt Co F 11 TEXAS INF CSA | no dates (s/o William Speights, Jr. & Rebecca Hopkins - married Jerusha Caroline Allen) | |
| 31 | SPEIGHTS, Ida Mae | 4 Nov 1892 | 22 Jan 1929 | "Gone but not forgotten" | ||
| 32 | SPEIGHTS, John A. | 1920 | 1936 | "Gone but not forgotten" | ||
| 33 | SPEIGHTS, John C. | 5 Apr 1875 | 22 Feb 1962 | "Gone but not forgotten" | (s/o William Green Speights & Jerusha Caroline Allen) | |
| 34 | SPEIGHTS, Dr. John W. (William) | 1856 | 1922 | (s/o Jonathan M. H. Speights & Emily Ann Scott married Sallie Wilson) | ||
| 35 | SPEIGHTS, , Jonathan M. H. | (20 Jun) 1828 | (2 Dec) 1912 | b. Mississippi - d. Texas | ||
| 36 | SPEIGHTS, , Joshua (M.) Hopkins | 7 Dec 1819 | 25 Aug 1889 | (s/o William Speights, Jr. & Rebecca Hopkins 1st Married Esther C. Leece, 2nd Married Sarah Jane Youngblood Drawhorn) | ||
| 37 | SPEIGHTS, , Joshua Hopkins, Jr. | 24 Sept 1861 | 10 Sept 1910 | |||
| 38 | SPEIGHTS, Mattie C. | 23 Oct 1879 | 16 July 1938 | (d/o Jonathan M. Hopkins Speights & Mary Elizabeth Davis Brown) | ||
| 39 | SPEIGHTS, Mary Elizabeth | 11 June 1949 | 12 June 1949 | "Infant Dau of Drayton (Bennett) & Virgie (Collier) Speights" | ||
| 40 | SPEIGHTS, Mary Emma | 5 Nov 1886 | 11 Nov 1974 | |||
| 41 | SPEIGHTS, Orin L. | 23 Jan 1916 | 30 May 1967 | "Beloved Son" | ||
| 42 | SPEIGHTS, Rebecca F. | 27 Jul 1846 | 16 Sep 1870 | "Gone but not forgotten Erected by Amanda Speights Nethery" | (d/o Joel Halbert & Tabitha Elizabeth Cox Married Jonathan M. Hopkins Speights) - inside a wrought iron fence | |
| 43 | SPEIGHTS, Rebecca Hopkins | 1796 | (4 Oct) 1857 | b. VA d. TX | (married William Speights, Jr. 17 Dec 1817 in VA) | |
| 44 | SPEIGHTS, Ruby Ree (Jones) | 13 Aug 1913 | 16 Jan 1991 | dbl/w Tom Elton Speights | ||
| 45 | SPEIGHTS, Sallie Wilson | (Jul) 1865 | 1904 | "Wife of Dr. John W. (William) Speights" | ||
| 46 | SPEIGHTS, Tom Elton | 7 Apr 1912 | --- | dbl/w Ruby Ree Jones Speights (s/o Tom Green Speights & Arlie Emmaline Bennett) | ||
| 47 | SPEIGHTS, Tom G. | 1885 | 1933 | "Death is another life." | (s/o Dr. John William Speights & Sally Wilson) | |
| 48 | SPEIGHTS, Tom G., Sr. | 1854 | 1913 | (s/o John H. Speights & Emily Scott) | ||
| 49 | SPEIGHTS, Virgie (Virginia Louise) Collier | 18 July 1908 | 8 Feb 1986 | DRT emblem | dbl/w Drayton Bennett Speights (d/o Nathan Plympton Collier & Lula Blanche Chambers) | |
| 50 | SPEIGHTS, W. M. | 9 July 1815 | 18 May 1872 | broken in half | ||
| 51 | SPEIGHTS, Z. R. (Zachariah Reaves) | Masonic emblem | (s/o John Speights & Mary Polly Ewing - Marker made at Northern Longview) | |||
There are a number of unmarked graves that belonged to Speights family slaves. Family members told me that the slaves were buried right along with the family in the South East portion of the cemetery.
