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| Choate Cemetery |
Shelby County Texas
Transcribed by John Warner, Barbara Scates & Ray Jackson June 29, 2000
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The cemetery is located on private property off Highway 7 and County Road 1180. The cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and is abandonded. The cemetery contains about 40 unmarked and/or rock markers graves.
Special Thanks to Barbara Scates for her assistance in locating this cemetery
Note: David M. & Elizabeth Choate's markers was not found in the cemetery, the information is from the book of J. B. Sanders.
| A.B. Choate | 05/08/1848 | 08/22/1900 | - |
| R. E. Choate | 02/04/1868 | - | Marker unreadable- destroyed - Husb of A. D. Choate |
| Redmon Choate | 06/08/1799 | 02/13/1861 | Husb of Sarah McKinzie Choate- Married 07/14/1825- Info. from Reba January. |
| Sarah McKinzie Choate | 1810 | 1870 | Wife of Redmon Choate - Married 07/14/1825 - Info from Reba January. |
| Susan E. Choate | 01/20/1843 | 01/29/1930 | - |
| W. H. Choate | 09/22/1872 | 08/04/1889 | 7 Yr. 5 Mo. 3 Da. |
| Jess Courtney | 1871 | 1943 | Husb of Sallie Courtney |
| Ovia L. Courtney | 12/01/1901 | 02/12/1902 | Dau of J.S. & M. Courtney |
| Sallie Courtney | 1871 | 1948 | Wife of Jess Courtney |
| Thomas Oswell Courtney | 08/30/1907 | 01/15/1931 | - |
| Infant Elliott | 09/01/1924 | 09/01/1924 | Dau of J. O. & Ann Lela Elliott |
| Clarence Pressie McKinzie | 02/16/1901 | 11/08/1901 | Son of D. L. & S. N. McKinzie |
| Lillie May McKinzie | 03/26/1905 | 08/22/1905 | Dau of T.A. & M. E. McKinzie |
| Margaret Choate McKinzie | 03/20/1839 | 11/30/1882 | - |
| Sarah Ann Choate McKinzie | 07/25/1845 | 02/13/1931 | Wife of Thomas C. McKinzie- Married 1865 |
| Thomas C. McKinzie | 08/19/1847 | 06/27/1926 | Husb of Sarah Ann Choate McKinzie- Married 1865 |
| Sgt. William A. McKinzie | 04/17/1841 | 06/16/1926 | Co. H, Texas Inf C.S.A. |
| Johnnie Moseley | 03/17/1905 | 01/30/1936 | - |
| Lola Mosely Noble | 08/04/1904 | 05/26/1925 | |
| Bernice Wilson | 09/03/1916 | 03/21/1955 | - |
| Ella Wilson | 1875 | 1959 | Wife of J. W. Wilson |
| J. W. Wilson | 1875 | 1948 | Husb of Ella Wilson |
| Josephine Wilson | 08/29/1855 | 11/27/1944 | - |
| 2 Wilson Markers | - | - | No other data. |
About 1/2 mile from the Choate Cemetery overlooking a bluff is a burial site with two graves, the site is not accessable. The information below is supplied by Reba James.
| Elizabeth Taylor Choate | 12/25/1839 | 04/13/1931 | Wife of David McKinzie Choate |
| David McKinzie Choate | 04/15/1833 | 04/13/1911 | Husb of Elizabeth Taylor Choate |
David Choate was the son of Redmon Choate. His family was one of the early settlers in Shelby County. He was a Confederate War Veteran.
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