San Augustine County, Texas

The Cradle of Texas Independence

William Lakey Cemetery

Printed with permission of the San Augustine Public Library Board of Directors.  Originally contributed by Mrs. Billie Faye Brown Gary and Mrs. Mary Ann Gary.

Location: From Broaddus travel east on Hwy 83 to FM 1751.  Turn right, go 7/10 mile turn right on a dirt road.  Go about 1/2 mile and take the right hand fork.  Go about 3/4 mile.  Take the left hand fork.  The cemetery is located a short distance on the right in the woods.   In 1988 Wesley Lakey hacked marks on the trees along the fence row.  The old wire around the cemetery could still be seen.  The Lakey Cemetery is near Sam Rayburn Lake.  The old William Lakey homestead, located just south of the cemetery, is now under water.  Nearby, west, is the old Boney Howard homesite.

In 1988 the Corp of Engineers placed a monument on the grave of William Lakey with the assistance of Mrs. Winnie Lakey Byerly.  This is the only monument in the cemetery at the time this was indexed in 1992.

The number of graves in this cemetery is unknown although it is thought to be 20-25.  Members of the Lakey family and likely members of other neighboring families are interred here.  The identity of 8 people is known,

NAME Birth Death FATHER MOTHER
LAKEY, James Troy 1824 1865 Lakey, William  Wells, Sarah
Lakey, James Troy no-date age-2-or-3-years Lakey, Sam Houston  Miller, Mary
LAKEY, Lottie 1850@ about-1867/68@ Hickman, William  Hornsby, Catherine
LAKEY, Mary 17-Oct-1849 Feb 1872 Miller, Joseph  McDonald, Mary
LAKEY, Sam Houston 1837@ 1880@ Lakey, William  James, Sarah
LAKEY, Sarah 1800@ 1870-1880 Wells, James  Hawk, Sarah
LAKEY, William 1797 1863 Lakey, Francis  Allen, Hester Jane
LAKEY, William Carrell 1828 1885 Lakey, William  Wells, Sarah

 

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