Missionary Baptist Cemetery

LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS

ALSO KNOWN AS THE OLD OLDHAM CEMETERY

Designated a Historic Texas Cemetery





The Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located about six miles southwest of Hallettsville in a two-acre tract in the southwest corner of the James Kerr League. There is no fence around the perimeter of the cemetery, although several graves are enclosed by iron fences. The first known burial was that of Abel Howington on May 6, 1864 and the last known burial took place in 1879. There is evidence of unmarked graves. Access is available only through private property.

Photograph contibuted by Brenda Fisseler





Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Bennett, Sallie L.
31 Mar 1864
30 Aug 1865
Enclosed in iron fence
Hollaway daughter
1 Dec 1862
20 Sep 1869
Daughter of S & Z Hollaway; headstone on ground
Howington, Abel
16 May 1803
6 May 1864
Enclosed in an iron fence with Elizabeth Howington
Howington, Elizabeth
27 Apr 1812
6 May 1879
L., J. C.
Middlebrook, Mariah
1815
1874
Headstone on ground
S., G. O.
Footstone