ROCK SPRINGS CEMETERY

Located west of Grapeland on FM227.  Turn right on Pridgen-Sheridan Road and go another 4 miles.
Close to the old Sheridan home place and the old Sheridan Cemetery.


BUTLER LEWIS: born March 29, 1915; died March 2, 1942; WWII military marker.
WWII Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946 Houston Co., TX shows:  Name: Butler Lewis; Birth Year: 1915; Race, Negro, citizen; Nativity State: Texas; County: Houston; Enlistment Date: 27 Mar 1941; Enlistment State: Texas; Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston; Branch: Warrant Officers; Grade: Private; Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life; Education: Grammar School; Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman; Marital Status: Married; Height: 72; Weight: 177.

1930 HOUSTON CO., TX census:
LEWIS, Butler, h/h, rent 150, m, Neg, 20, m18, TX TX TX, farmer
Willie Mae, wife, f, Neg, 18, m 18, TX TX TX
Nettie, dau, f, Neg, 1, TX TX TX
(unknown if this is the same Butler Lewis)

FRED WASHINGTON:  born February 3, 189?; died March 14, 1933; WWI military marker; WWI Registration card information states: Fred Washington; address, Grapeland, TX; Natural Born; day labor; employer - W.T. Pridgen, Grapeland; wife, married, African; tall, medium build, Black.  Date: June 5, 1917 Local Board Houston County, Crockett, TX

Other unreadable stones

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