Old Plantation Cemetery, Houston County, Texas

This is also called:  HUTCHINGS - ALSTON - HADEN FAMILY CEMETERY

It is on the Eastham State Prison Farm now but the land was originally the Trinity River plantations of the Alston, Hutchings and Haden families.

 

This cemetery is located on the Eastham Unit Prison grounds (an extension of the Huntsville Prison system. This cemetery is not for prisoners, but was a family cemetery on the Eastham family plantation, which was sold to the Texas prison system.

 

This cemetery was transcribed by Letty Harrington on April 13, 2001.

NAME

B. DATE

D. DATE

INSCRIPTION

COMMENTS

ALSTON, Eliza M. (Alston), cousin and wife to Phillip Henry)

Apr. 3, 1808

April 1, 1877

She is gone but not dead we shall meet again in that bright world above in our Father's house.

Broken Stone, in Alston Plot

m. 1828, Telfair Co., GA

ALSTON, Phillip Henry

husband to Eliza M. Alston

Oct. 27, 1801

May 13, 1879

Be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh

Census Data!

 

ALSTON, William J.

Aug. 21, 1828

Dec. 19, 1868

Sacred to the memory of

 

ALSTON, Winston G.

Feb. 13, 1885

Oct. 31, 1885

Son of Robert H. & M.M. Alston

 

HADEN, Mrs. M.E.

 

Nov. 12, 1893

Aged 53 years

 

HUTCHINGS, Dau of

Oct. 22, 1884

Oct. 13, 1885

of R.H. & Leila Hutchings

footstone

HUTCHINGS, Emaline A.

Oct. 8, 1830

Feb. 27, 1872

Gone but not forgotten

 

HUTCHINGS, Inf. Dau

 

Feb. 5, 1889

of M.L. & L.P. Hutchings-Aged 8 days

Parents: Marie Louise Collins and Lemuel Phillip Hutchings

HUTCHINGS, Leila

Dec. 3, 1863

Nov. 11, 1885

Wife of R.H. Hutchins

Broken Stone

HUTCHINGS, Mrs. J.E.

Mar. 19, 1825

Nov. 19, 1885

 

Broken Stone

MOORING, Jeremiah B.

Apr. 30, 1830

Mar. 18 (?), 1857

Aged 26 years 7 mos & ? Days

Broken Stone

ROBERTS, Catherine "Kate" (Hutchings)

Jan. 23, 1853

Oct. 5, 1884

Wife of W.H. Roberts

d/o A.D. & E. Hutchings

Broken Stone

-How desolate our house be lost of thee

The following is a list of names of people supposed to have been buried in the Old Plantation Cemetery which we did not see headstones for when we visited. We may have missed it, it may have been destroyed or they may never have had one, as my research sources often use cemetery records as opposed to headstone transcriptions. I suggest that if you desire further information on any of the following, that you contact the Houston County Historical Commission.

ALSTON, Robert

ALSTON, Bernice

FOSTER, J.F.

HUTCHINGS, Elizabeth

HUTCHINGS, Emma

HUTCHINGS, Robert

HUTCHINGS, Millie

HUTCHINGS, M.H.

JACKSON, A.J.

MEDLOCK

PERKINS, W.P.

WRIGHT (several)