Dabney Cemetery
Wise County, Texas
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   Dabney Cemetery is located on northwest side of Decatur, just out of the city limits. From Decatur go north on Business 287 (or old 81). Turn right on CR 2090, this is north of the 380 bypass but south of where Business 287 intersects Hwy 287. Go to the end of the road, about a half of a mile, and cross a cattle guard. Go past a white frame house on the left and a barn on the right. The cemetery is on the right on the top of the hill under 3 trees.

  

  

  

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1995 Dabney Cemetery.jpg (2677646 bytes)

    When Rosalie Gregg and Carla Womack took us to this cemetery in March 2002 there were 6 headstones. They were all standing, but the cemetery is in the pasture and has no fence around it. Five of the stones are old, but the one for Jerome Dabney is new and has been set since the cemetery was recorded in 1967 by Mr. & Mrs. Homer L. Roper and Mr. & Mrs. W. Cletus Johnston. The information from their listings appears in parenthesis in the data below.
  
The headstone of Buford Dabney has a birth date of 1799. This is one of only three dates from the 1700’s that we have seen engraved on headstones in Wise County.

# Name Born Date of Death Information Notes  Link to Headstone Picture
6 Dabney, Buford Aug 22, 1799 Aug 18, 1885 Born in Bedford Co. VA Dabney-06.jpg
6 Dabney, Buford Additional Picture     Dabney-06a.jpg
6 Dabney, Buford Additional Picture     Dabney-06b.jpg
6 Dabney, Buford Additional Picture     Dabney-06c.jpg
3 Dabney, Infant July broken July 7,18?? Son of J.B. & M.D. (B&D July 7, 1878) Dabney-03.jpg
3 Dabney, Infant Additional Picture     Dabney-03a.jpg
3 Dabney, Infant Additional Picture     Dabney-03b.jpg
3 Dabney, Infant Additional Picture     Dabney-03c.jpg
1 Dabney, Jerome B. 1837 (Oct 16), 1914 (John) Dabney-01.jpg
1 Dabney, Jerome B. Additional Picture     Dabney-01a.jpg
4 Dabney, Margaret D. Apr 14, 1838 May 25, 1887 Wife of Rev. J.B. Dabney-04.jpg
4 Dabney, Margaret D. Additional Picture     Dabney-04a.jpg
4 Dabney, Margaret D. Additional Picture     Dabney-04b.jpg
4 Dabney, Margaret D. Additional Picture     Dabney-04c.jpg
5 Dabney, Rebecca June 18, 1804 Dec 13, 1878 Born in Wayne Co. KY Dabney-05.jpg
5 Dabney, Rebecca Additional Picture     Dabney-05a.jpg
5 Dabney, Rebecca Additional Picture     Dabney-05b.jpg
5 Dabney, Rebecca Additional Picture     Dabney-05c.jpg
2 Dabney, Thomas F. Sept 25, 1871 July 18, 1876   Dabney-02.jpg
2 Dabney, Thomas F. Additional Picture     Dabney-02a.jpg
           
  Old listing by Mr. & Mrs. Homer L. Roper and Mr. & Mrs. W. Cletus Johnston Apr 9, 1967