Tehuacana Cemetery
Yancey, Texas
GPS Coords: 29.0887285, -99.1197108
From Moore, take FM 462 northwest about 6.5 miles. Turn left (west) onto CR 733 for 1.3 miles. Turn left (south) onto CR 749 and for .8 mile. The cemetery is located at the junction of CR 749 and CR 1301.
Historical marker photo courtesy of Paul Silvey.
Original 1.86 acre site given by James E. and Amanda R Bandy. First burial was in 1875. Buried here are early pioneers, victims of the 1882-1884 smallpox epidemic. Also eleven Confederate War Veterans, One Texas Revolution War Veteran and Levi Wilson, one of three original Tehuacana Church trustees. The Tehuacana Church was built in the 1880s and was moved to Medina County in 1900.
Thanks to Jack and Arlene Bush of Big Foot for surveying the Tehuacana Cemetery.
| Name | Birth | Death | Inscriptions/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adcock, Wm. Edward | 12 Dec 1847 | 4 Mar 1891 | |
| Bandy, Alice Adelia | 17 Mar 1877 | 3 Jun 1946 | Mother |
| Bandy, Amanda | 1844 | 1920 | Mother |
| Bandy, Edna | 21 Jan 1875 | 15 Feb 1911 | Mother, m. T.T. |
| Bandy, J.E. (James) | 3 Sep 1845 | 13 Oct 1917 | Father, Sgt. Co, D Texas Calvery Confederate States Army Citizen of the Republic of Texas |
| Bandy, James Franklin | 3 Mar 1875 | 12 Dec 1958 | Father |
| Bandy, Marcus L. | 16 Aug 1879 | 22 Jul 1906 | Son of J.E. and A. M.Bandy |
| Bandy, T.T. | 19 Jun 1867 | 27 Aug 1904 | Father, m. Edna |
| Barnes, Joseph Newton | 27 Oct 1890 | 7 Jul 1946 | |
| Barnes, Nettie Wilson | 17 Feb 1903 | 24 Nov 1987 | |
| Blaylock, Baby | 24 Oct 1886 | 24 Oct 1886 | Son of Sam & A. Blaylock |
| Childress, Baby | 10 Apr 1901 | 18 Jul 1901 | Son of S.P. & Nora Childress |
| Childress, Bertha | 16 Feb 1896 | 22 Mar 1917 | Daughter |
| Childress, Mamie | 15 Feb 1889 | 9 Feb 1904 | Daughter |
| Childress, Willie | 23 Aug 1905 | 12 Oct 1905 | Baby |
| Ferguson, Lou Ella | 11 Apr 1875 | 17 Aug 1885 | |
| Green, A. Earl | 12 Nov 1883 | 2 Jul 1893 | Son of L.J. & M.E. Green |
| Herring, Mattie | 27 Jul 1886 | 22 Mar 1892 | Wife of W. M. Herring? |
| Hogan, Mrs W. E. | 17 Mar 1867 | 13 Jan 1917 | |
| Kilgore, Elizabeth | 18 Nov 1828 | 17 Dec 1883 | |
| Kilgore, Flora A. | 26 Nov 1861 | 25 Apr 1887 | |
| Kilgore, Jesse M. | 11 Jun 1854 | 22 Jul 1928 | |
| Kilgore, John J. | 12 Jan 1823 | 15 Mar 1887 | Tx Pvt. Co. C. 31 Regt. Texas Cav. Conf. States Army |
| Lanford, Berraman | 3 Apr 1835 | 1 Mar 1917 | Pvt. Co D 51 Ala. Cav. CSA |
| Langford, Martha A. | 7 May 1834 | 11 Jul 1895 | |
| Langford, Sarah Ann | 27 Mar 1835 | 9 Feb 1903 | |
| McAnelly, A.C. | 24 Jun 1822 | 1 Jul 1877 | m. Pleasant Mc Anelly |
| McAnelly, Cornelius Homer | 13 Feb 1849 | 24 Aug 1940 | |
| McAnelly, Homer Cornlius | 15 Feb 1889 | 9 May 1896 | Twin of Keiza Wood |
| McAnelly, M.C. Maicena | 8 Mar 1855 | 10 Oct 1855 | Daughter of P. & A. C. Mc Anelly |
| McAnelly, Pleasant | 29 Dec 1810 | 19 Dec 1890 | m. A. C. Texas Rev. War Veteran1836 |
| Morrow, J.H. | 7 Jan 1842 | 1 Mar 1884 | Tx. Pvt. Co. A 1st Regt. Texas Inft. Conf. St Army |
| Morrow, Sallie E. | 31 Mar 1858 | 4 Dec 1904 | Mother |
| Newton, Lawrence O. | 2 May 1883 | 7 Jan 1895 | Son of W. E. & JacksieNewton |
| Nixon, Mother | No date | ||
| Nixon, Sister | No date | ||
| Nixon, Sister | No date | ||
| Pruitt, D.L.L. | 20 May 1841 | 8 Dec 1891 | Tx. Pvt. Co. A 1 Regt. Texas Inf. Conf. States Army |
| Rendon, Fafiela G. De | 24 Oct 1888 | 29 Nov 1904 | |
| Rowland, John W. | 22 Jan 1838 | 1875 | Tx. Pvt. 27 Brigade Tst Civil War |
| Russell, Fannie Eveline | 1856 | 4 Jul 1885 | born in Scott Co. Miss. |
| Scoggin, Anna | 8 Jun 1983 | 30 Jun 1893 | |
| Scoggin, Ernest J. | 16 Mar 1892 | 26 Mar 1893 | |
| Silvers, Betty E. | 28 Feb 1863 | 20 Dec 1918 | |
| Silvers, George L. | 8 Feb 1863 | 23 Feb 1939 | |
| Sims, Elizabeth | 17 Oct 1828 | 9 Feb 1903 | Mother |
| Strait, John J. | 21 Oct 1848 | 8 Apr 1895 | Alabama Pvt. 19 Regt. Ala. Hom Def. Conf. States Army |
| Strait, Mattie E. | 28 Dec 1851 | 10 Jul 1898 | |
| Stringfield, James McKendree | 15 Oct 1833 | 30 Sep 1862 | Pvt. Co. K 24 Regt. Tx Cav. CSA , Methodist Circuit Rider -Tilden, Pelasanton, And Uvalde Tx. |
| Stringfield, Littleton M. | 23 Sep 1843 | 10 Aug 862 | Pvt. Co. K 2 Regt. Tx. Cav. CSA |
| Tomelsin, Alice Maude | 4 May 1893 | 11 Feb 1896 | |
| Turner, Ada | 22 Sep 1866 | 5 May 1919 | Daughter of Nancy Stringfield Turner |
| Turner, Nancy S. | Age 67 yrs. No DOD | ||
| Ward, Bessie Jones | 14 Oct 1885 | 16 Oct 1905 | Wife of W.D. Ward |
| Wash, N.R.H. | 23 Nov 1833 | 23 Jun 1892 | *Texas Pvt. Co. G II Regt.Texas Cav. CSA |
| Wilson, Levi Adamson | 1 Feb 1833 | 12 May 1903 | Pvt. Texas StateTroops CSA |
| Wilson, Mary J. | 1 Jul 1836 | 18 May 1902 | Mother |
| Wilson, Sidney Clyde | 5 Aug 1895 | 16 Jul 1909 | |
| Wilson, Sidney G | 8 Jul 1867 | 3 Jan 1930 | Son of L.A. & Mary Jane Rowland Wildon |
| Wilson, Tommy | 9 Aug 1890 | 28 Apr 1891 | Son of Betty & T. A. Wilson |
| Wisdom, J. I. | 7 Apr 1866 | 14 Apr 1891 | |
| Wood, Baby | 12 Mar 1908 | 13 Mar 1908 | Son of B.C. Wood & Wife |
| Wood, Georgia Victoria | 10 Oct 1881 | 28 Oct 1918 | |
| Wood, Kezia | 13 Feb 1849 | 24 Aug 1940 | Twin to Cornelius McAnelly |
| Wood, Perrey Eugene | 24 Mar 1882 | 28 Jan 1889 | Son of W. B. & K. Wood |