Located on the very edge of the Rains/Hopkins Co. line. It is a public cemetery although it is in a privately owned pasture. The main road to the cemetery is off of Hwy. 19N and in Hopkins Co

(Does anyone have pictures of headstones or other burials?)
 

Notes for Deaton Cemetery sent in by Steven Bridges......
Photos sent in by Gary Snoden.......

Cemetery origin:
Deaton Cemetery started out as a family burial plot on the 640 acre land grant John Deaton obtained from the State of Texas in the Mercer Colony.  The land grant was originally in Hopkins County, but it straddled the current Rains and Hopkins County lines.

Adams, Paralee
b. Nov 2, 1842  d. Jan 21, 1930
Full maiden name:  Laura Paralee DEATON
daughter of Hiram Hunt & Mary Ann Deaton
married five times

Anderson, A.M.
b. May 29, 1838  d. Oct 8, 1910

Anderson, Ada
b. Jun 9, 1841  d. Nov 1, 1918

Anderson, Araminta   d/o AM & Ada
b. Nov 19, 1874  d. Dec 19, 1874

Anderson, --d/o AM & Ada  (not all readable
04/--/1877     04/--/1877

Anderson, Mary F.  d/o of AM & Ada
b. Jun 7, 1881  d. Aug 22, 1893

Anderson, W.R.
04/--/----

Beall, Sarah
10/22/1870      09/22/1895

Beall, Sid
12/21/1868   05/01/1903

Combs, Monroe  Alton   Husband of Doris
son of  Richard O & Leona Bradford Combs
born in Hopkins Co.
S1 US Navy  WW II
b. Nov 30, 1919  d. Jun 22, 1999

Combs, Harold Shane
son/o William David Combs & Peggy Joyce Bristow
b. Dec 4, 1977  d. Apr 10, 1999

Deaton, Catharine
1805   1855
Full maiden name: Catherine STEWART     first wife of John DEATON
Her burial in this cemetery is suspected, but not proven
She is believed to have died circa 1844-45, and would have been the first person buried in this
cemetery.  However, it is uncertain whether or not she actually came to Texas with John, or died in route.

Deaton, Hiram Hunt
1819   1881
son of John Deaton and Catherine Stewart  husband of Mary Ann Deaton
Came to Texas in Spring of 1843 and settled in Hopkins County, now Rains County, prior to 1846
 was a justice of the peace in Rains County
 marker indicates only approximate burial location as original grave was unmarked

Deaton, John Calvin
1795   1858
middle name is not proven
marker indicates only approximate burial location as original grave was unmarked
Came to Texas in winter of 1842, and settled in Hopkins County, now Rains County, prior to 1846
original owner of land where cemetery is located
son of Joseph Deaton and Elizabeth Jordan of Montgomery County, NC
married twice: (1) Catherine Stewart, (2) Mrs. Sarah Reilly
 

Deaton, Mary Ann
1822     1880
wife of Hiram Hunt Deaton  maiden name is unknown
marker indicates only approximate burial location as original grave was  unmarked

Dreadin, Ozella Adams
b. Dec 18, 1883  d. Jan 29, 1972
Full maiden name: Edna Ozella Adams
daughter of Benjamin I. Adams and Laura Paralee Deaton
married to Joseph Dreadin

Duty, C.H.    s/o C & FE
b. Nov 30, 1908  d. Feb 28, 1909

Duty, infant       s/o C & FE
b. Jun 6, 1888  d. Sep 9, 1888

Duty, Mary E.     d/o C & FE
b. Jan 4, 1903  d. Jan 14, 1904

Hurlbert, James E.
b. Apr 5, 1892  d. Nov 4, 1917

Irons, Samantha Hurlburt
b. Feb 18, 1866  d. Jan 27, 1925

Kinser, Dorcas L.
1894     1926

Loftin, A.A. "Ace"     husb/of Lillie M.
b. Dec 18, 1891  d. Nov 17, 1967
son of Volney F. and Margaret "Maggie" Roberts Deaton Loftin

Loftin, Lillie M.
b. May 12, 1904  d.  -------

Loftin, Maggie
b. Nov 2, 1871  d. Feb 5, 1959
Full maiden name: Margaret "Maggie" Roberts
First husband: Hiram Oliver Deaton
Second husband:  Volney F. Loftin

Loftin, V.F.
b. Apr 30, 1865  d. Dec 6, 1921
Partial (Full) name:  Volney F. Loftin
 husband of Margaret "Maggie" Roberts Deaton

McLeroy, Gurren C.       s/o JT & M
b. Feb 5, 1882  d. Mar 4, 1898

McLeroy, J.T.
b. Jul 25, 1841  d. Feb 7, 1920

McLeroy, Margaret    Wife of J T McLeroy
b. Jan 31, 1845  d. Sep 20, 1901

McLeroy, Robert Bascom     s/o JT & M
b. Jan 30, 1884  d. Feb 16, 1884

Mitchell, Bessie
1892    1921

Mitchell, Joseph M.
 b. Feb 6, 1860  d. Aug 4, 1898

Moore, J.W.
1872    1954
 Partial (Full) name: James W. Moore
 husband of Mosanna Waters

Moore, Mosana   wife of JW
1874    1905
Mosana Moore
Full maiden name:  Mosanna Waters
daughter of W. S. Waters and Laura Paralee Deaton
 wife of James W. Moore

Newsome, Birdie H.
1895   1917

Phillips, Mary E.       d/o JR & V
b. Jun 28, 1874   d. Oct 8, 1880
believed to be daughter of Joseph R. Phillips of Hopkins County, TX

Plunk, J.W.
b. Oct 25, 1830  d. Nov 3, 1883

Potts, Eliza

Potts, Johnathan H.       s/o J & E
b. Sep 20, 1878  d. Aug 13, 1885

Potts, Nancy E.      d/o J & E
b. Mar 18, 1874   d. Feb 16, 1893

Potts, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell       Wife of W J (Will) Potts
b. Mar 18, 1862  d. Jul 24, 1887

Potts, Susan E.    d/o J & E
 b. Nov 21, 1876  d. May 29, 1878

Shackelford, John
b. Jan 4, 1931  d. May 13, 2000

Stubbs Baby
1880

Taylor, infant       s/o BL & SE
 b. May 6, 1897   d. Jun 28, 1898

W. N. A.

Waters, Calvin
b. Jul 9, 1876  d. Sep 25, 1926
Partial (Full) name:  J(ohn?) Calvin Waters
son of W. S. Waters and Laura Paralee Deaton
never married

Others reported buried in Deaton Cemetery in unmarked graves:
Thanks to Steve Bridges for this information also.....

Benjamin I. Adams
        Born: 1849        Died:  1905
        Married:  (1) Martha "Mattie" C. Deaton (daughter of Hiram Hunt & Mary Ann Deaton)
                       (2) Laura Paralee Deaton Waters (daughter of Hiram Hunt & Mary Ann Deaton, and
                            older sister of Martha "Mattie" C. Deaton, his first wife)

Sarah Reilly Deaton
        Born: circa 1805    Died: circa 1854
        Married: (1) James Reilly, and (2) John Deaton

Martha "Mattie" C. Deaton Adams
        Born: 1851       Died:  1881
        daughter of Hiram Hunt & Martha Ann Deaton
        first wife of Benjamin I. Adams

August 15, 1913

The Leader sympathizes with Mr. and Mrs. Pinkie Scott of the Daugherty neighborhood in the loss of their baby, which died Wednesday night. Its remains were buried at the Deaton graveyard.

The Rains Co. Leader
Oct 17, 1912
Will, the 17-year-old son of Mr. Chas. Duty, died at the home of his father in the Bonanza neighborhood Wednesday morning, after a 10 days illness with pneumonia. His remains were interred at the Deaton graveyard Thursday.

The Rains Co. Leader
Dec 9, 1921
(V F Loftin)
Floyd Lofton Dead
Mr. Floyd Lofton, who lived in the Freedom community, died at the home of his son, Everett Lofton, here Monday night of bright's Disease. He had been carried to Greenville for treatment but was brought home on Monday afternoon and died the same night. His remains were buried at the Deaton graveyard near the line Rains and Hopkins counties.

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