This old cemetery located southwest of Worthing has at least twelve burials from the 1860s. The oldest marker is for Margaret Ellen Boyce who died August 3, 1860. It is believed that the Mt. Zion Methodist Church was located here until it burned in 1876. There are about thirty-five markers remaining in the cemetery, many of which are broken and/or off their bases. There are three crumbling fenced enclosures: one iron, one iron and wire, and a low stone and brick enclosure.
To visit the cemetery go south from Hallettsville on Hwy 77A. Cross Rocky Creek and turn right on CR 176. The cemetery is about one-half mile on the right.
Rox Ann Johnson photographed the cemetery on May 2, 2009 when it had been recently mowed. Click on each highlighted name below to see her photograph of the grave stones. Please contact Regena if you have additional information about this cemetery.
| Name |
Birth
|
Death
|
Notes |
| Baggett, S. T. |
1839
|
1879
|
Broken false crypt |
| Bates, ___ |
|
1865
|
Broken marker in pile of rubble |
| Boyce, Camilla Humble |
27 Mar 1825
|
16 Nov 1861
|
"Daughter of Mary & J. Humble"; "Consort of W. W. Boyce"; "Sacred to the memory of"; inside iron fence |
| Boyce, John Nixon |
4 Oct 1856
|
19 Aug 1884
|
"Son of W. W. & Camilla Boyce"; Mason; inside iron fence |
| Boyce, Margaret Ellen |
20 Jun 1852
|
3 Aug 1860
|
"Daughter of W. W. & Camilla"; "Sacred to the memory of"; inside iron fence |
| Boyce, W. W. |
10 Aug 1813
|
22 May 1886
|
Husband of Camilla; Mason; broken obelisk inside iron fence |
| Clifton, ___ |
|
[1889]
|
No marker; 12 Sep 1889 Halletsville Herald obituary states a Mr. Clifton was buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery |
| Cuthbert, C. M. |
23 Jan 1851
|
19 Oct 1885
|
Marker leaned against base |
| Gage, Martha E. |
17 Jan 1848
|
1 May 1874
|
From Sammy Tise's inventory [1] |
| Garrett, T. P. |
18 ??? 1859
|
27 __y 1877
|
From Sammy Tise's inventory [1]; marker broken; probably Thomas Garrett, whose obituary ran in the 14 Jun 1877 Halletsville Planter |
| Grant, Civil Sloan |
21 May 1836
|
29 May 1881
|
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| Grant, Peola Fillmore |
6 May 1832
|
10 Jul 1881
|
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| Harwood, Eddy Dee |
27 Jan 1861
|
12 Sep 1875
|
Inside rock and brick wall |
| Harwood, James |
15 Oct 1826
|
29 Aug 1869
|
Mason; inside rock and brick enclosure |
| Haynes, Annie S. |
14 Jan 1880
|
10 May 1890
|
"Daughter of Oliver B. & M. E. Haynes"; "In her 11th Year"; "Go Bloom in Heaven"; "Beautiful, lovely, she was but given A fair bud to earth to blossom in heaven"; marker off base; footstone with initials |
| Hull, Cornelius |
|
1 Apr 1861
|
"Age 22 ys"; shares marker with other Hulls |
| Hull, Elizabeth |
|
1 Apr 1869
|
"Age 58 ys"; shares marker with other Hulls |
| Hull, Margaret |
|
1 Feb 1863
|
"Age 30 ys"; shares marker with other Hulls |
| Hull, Maxwell |
|
1 May 1864
|
"Age 24 ys"; shares marker with other Hulls |
| Hull, Nelson |
|
9 Apr 1877
|
"Age 67 ys"; shares marker with other Hulls |
| Humphryes, Wiley |
12 Jan 1866
|
6 Feb 1872
|
Marker off base and broken |
| Jones, Mrs. L. ? |
13 Oct 1837
|
May 1861
|
Dates from Sammy Tise's inventory [1]; broken false crypt |
| Martin, George L. |
7 Sep 1847
|
9 Aug 1870
|
"22 yrs 11 mos 2dys"; inside rock and brick enclosure |
| Martin, Joshua E. |
9 Oct 1806
|
24 Aug 1866
|
"59 yrs 10 mos 15 dys"; inside rock and brick enclosure |
| Martin, Margaret R. |
11 Dec 1823
|
3 Jun 1903
|
"79 yrs 5 mos & 22 das"; inside rock and brick enclosure |
| Muckleroy, C. L. |
10 Feb 1829
|
7 Dec 1884
|
Mason; "Thou art gone but not forgotten. The memories we love are of thee in kind words spoken, But alas thy voice is hushed—thy spirit above"; broken marker |
| Muckleroy, Mike |
30 Oct 1854
|
18 Nov 1883
|
"Farewell"; broken marker |
| Norton, Samuel W. |
19 Jul 1837
|
22 Dec 1864
|
"Died for the lost cause"; dates from Sammy Tise's inventory [1]; marker now broken |
| Pressly, Clara J. |
10 Apr 1856
|
19 Jan 1874
|
Broken false crypt; footstone with initials |
| Pulliam, Rebeka |
28 Nov 1811
|
14 Jan 1865
|
Broken false crypt; birth date possibly 1841 |
| Pulliam, Wiley |
15 Jan 1812
|
8 Jun 1881
|
Broken false crypt |
| Ross, D. C. |
28 Jul 1818
|
10 Dec 1874
|
Mason; fallen marker and broken false crypt; second fallen marker |
| Tippett, Sarah Frances Boyce |
8 Apr 1846
|
18 Feb 1870
|
Consort of A. M. Tippett; Daughter of W. W. & Camilla; inside iron fence; broken |
| Veal, Josephene A. |
4 Apr 1848
|
27 Oct 1899
|
Marker off base |
| Veal, Rufus T. |
22 Oct 1842
|
21 Dec 1890
|
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| Y., S. M. | From Sammy Tise's inventory [1] |
