Rockwall County - Valley View Cemetery

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Valley View Cemetery
Old Cornstalk Graveyard

LOCATION: South of Heath. South of FM 550, just inside the Kaufman County line.
*NOTE: Included due to number of Rockwall County residents interred here.

HISTORY: This cemetery contains mostly elderly persons and many babies. It has some of the oldest dates of birth of any of the Rockwall County cemeteries - six persons have birth dates 1830 or before and only five have dates of birth of 1900 or after.
Earliest Birth: Samuel Bitner - 1815
Earliest Death Date: Elizabeth McCullough - 1882

Enumeration

SURNAME	FIRST NAME	Date of Birth	Date of Death	INFO
Bauguss	Norma	27 Feb 1899	9 Jul 1900	D/o LB & LE Bauguss
Beeman	Mattie Belle	4 Apr 1876	8 Aug 1888	D/o PGS & MC Beeman
Bitner	Thomas	19 Dec 1874	27 Jul 1883	S/o JW & MH bitner
Bitner	Sarah Ann	26 Aug 1886	6 Aug 1887	D/o Joel W & MH
Bitner	Samuel L	11 Mar 1815	13 Apr 1885
Brannon	Mary H	1 Dec 1862	16 Feb 1905
Browning	Willie S	16 Jan 1866	5 Jul 1900
Campbell	Reuben P	4 Sep 1887	5 Nov 1887	S/o JM & ME Campbell
Campbell	Infant	B & D	5 Oct 1887	D/o BJ & NJ Campbell
Criswell	Caroline Susan	1832	1916
Criswell	Georgia Ulla	2 Feb 1882	12 Mar 1940	W/o J M Crisswell, Jr
Criswell	Joe	24 Aug 1872	25 Jun 1940
Criswell	J M	12 Jun 1822	25 Sep 1902	Our Dear Father
Criswell	Judge	17 Jun 1883	27 feb 1949	S/o JM & CS Criswell
Criswell	Martha Lee	28 Jun 1867	23 Jul 1917
Dye	Leah L	22 Oct 1901	18 Feb 1903	D/o GW & ML Dye
Dye	Albert R	20 Apr 1900	15 Feb 1903
Edwards	Walter Lewis	1 Jul 1883	(BROKEN)
Fleming	J L	6 Apr 1864	30 Jul 1901	(UNREADABLE)
Gray	Jehu	19 Nov 1816	21 Jul 1891
Hailey	Archie B	27 Oct 1887	6 Jun 1889	S/o JR & OB
Haley	R S	(NONE)	22 Aug 1891	Age 35 yrs, 4 mos, 18 dys
Haley	Carrie	7 Jun 1857	4 Apr 1926	W/o R S Haley Mother
Hill	Oma	9 Feb 1901	30 Mar 1901	D/o CC & EM Hill
Hill	William Morris	9 Feb 1905	16 Jun 1905	S/o JH & ZR Hill
Hunt	Sadie	11 Dec 1882	25 Dec 1883	D/o TW & RV
Kerr	Willie B	1872	1887
Kerr	Allie May	1885	1889	(SSW Willie)
Kirk	Fannie N	1 Nov 1878	31 Jul 1904
Kirk	James A	13 Nov 1830	13 Dec 1903
Langston	Margaret M	28 Mar 1849	26 Jan 1884	(UNREADABLE)
Lenington	Jabez	9 Dec 1869	10 Aug 1887	S/o IC & AE ("Z" is backward on name)
McCullough	Elizabeth J	9 Jan 1841	30 Jan 1882
McFarland	George	12 Aug 1840	18 Mar 1892
Monroe	William F	4 Aug 1857	16 May 1898	Farewell my Wife & Children

Nichols	John C	22 Jan 1893	16 Aug 1893	S/o AM & TE Nichols
Patton	G W	10 May 1841	21 Aug 1915	Father
Philpott	Lilly S	4 May 1888	27 Oct 1888	D/o CP & LC
Philpott	Addie Estelle	28 Jan 1884	22 Nov 1903	D/o CP & EC Philpott (SSW Elizabeth C) (plot Fenced)
Philpott	Elizabeth C	21 Mar 1858	28 Aug 1905	W/o CP Philpott (SSW Addie)
Philpott	C P	1854	1934	(plot fenced)
Roland	Maggie	1883	1945	Wife
Roland	W L	1876	1938	Husband
Roland	Claude E	19 Nov 1906	19 Jan 1907	S/o WL & Maggie
Shoemaker	J A	8 Jun 1818	15 Aug 1897
Shoemaker	Ray	6 Dec 1898	27 Nov 1899	S/o AG & DR Shoemaker
Survant	J H	9Jun 1855	9 Jan 1900	(WOW)
Thomas	Alonzo	15 Jan 1885	15 Feb 1885	S/o JP & AA Thomas
Welch	Ross	4 Feb 1887	16 Dec 1899
Welch	Jeter	29 May 1884	21 Mar 1901

There are 2 wooden markers with writing: " C P E " & "M E V "
Also many other metal & wooden stumps marking graves.
Estimated that there are probably 20 unmarked graves on the site.

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