Cherokee African American Cemetery

Gate Photo Submitted by Jack James


The Cherokee African-American Cemetery was originally known as the Cherokee Chapel Graveyard. It was also known as Cherokee Colored Cemetery. The name may or may not indicate Cherokee heritage and could have been named so due to the Cherokee Creek that ran through or nearby the cemetery.

The land was at one time owned by Elijah J. Wollage. E. J. Wollage deeded 41 acres of land which include this 2 acre parcel to his former slave Mariah Wollage in 1867. There was a Chapel located at the front of the Cemetery known as Cherokee Chapel and it is indicated by a map of 1887. The locals of Huntington still remember the small Chapel and when the cemetery was fenced in. It was the burial place for slaves prior to emancipation and continues to be so for their descendants and for families that moved into the area to work in the coal mines.
Elijah Wollage Will

NAME DATES COMMENTS MARKER
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Bell, Marshal Mar 1, 1865 - Apr 12, 1907 Marshall Bell m. Kansas Herbert African American, age 17 2/26/1888 (Kansas Herbert Bell 40 m. Charles Waugh age 45 11/08/1913) Marker Photo
Brown, Hattie Feb 26, 1892 - Jun 13, 1932 (Hattie Martin 18 m. Isaiah Brown age 21 on 9/16/1908) African Am. Marker Photo
Brown, Isaiah Apr 9, 1884 - Apr 4, 1938 African Am.
(from his Southwest Times Record newspaper obit: Funeral held on April 5, 1938 at 2:00p.m.)
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Butrell, H.D. 1839 - 1872    
Buttrell, Ike 1873 - 1938   Marker Photo
Calloway, H.W. Jan 5, 1875 - Feb 15, 1937   Marker Photo
Gorden, Mattie May 1865 - Apr 3,1935 African American - divorced by 1930 Marker Photo
Carson, Milt Jul 27, 1880 - Jan 25, 1906 Aged 25 Yrs 5 Mos & 28 D's Marker Photo
Cole, Brenda E. Nov 18, 1954 - Oct 18, 1994   Marker Photo
Cole, Cleo Aug 6, 1907 - Jan 29, 1970 m. Ruby Hanley Sep 17, 1930 (dau of John H & Mary Hanley) African American Marker Photo
Cole, Donald E. Sr. Sep 19, 1932 - Sep 17, 1993   Marker Photo
Cole, George C. d. Nov 12, 1954   Marker Photo
Cole, Ruby Hanley Feb 6, 1911 - Mar 29, 1991 African American - dau of John H & Mary, Ruby Hanley Sep 17, 1930 to Cleo Cole Marker Photo
Collins, Mary Jan 23, 1881 - Apr 20, 1904   Marker Photo
Collins, Walter Apr 18, 1901 - Jul 1 1914 son John & Sarah (African Am.) Marker Photo
Dorum, D.B. Aug 2, 1885 - Feb 8, 1937   Marker Photo
Drant, James Apr ?1, 1905 - Aug 8, 1954   Marker Photo
Emerson, G. unk   Marker Photo
Feilds, McHailey d. Jan 27, 1912   Marker Photo
Feimster, Alan infant d. May 1906   Marker Photo
Feimster, Fred V. 1905 - 1982 Fred m. Dorothy Cummings age 23 in 1924; He then m. Ida Lee age 23 on Jan 7, 1928; African American Marker Photo
Feimster, Ida (Lee) 1905 - ?? African American Marker Photo
Feimster, James Calven Jan 23, 1875 - Mar 1935 African American Marker Photo
Feimster, LaDonna R. Jan 19, 1961 - Jul 23, 1983   Marker Photo
Freeman, A.J. (Andrew) Jul 10, 1913 - Jan 18, 1937 African American; son of John H. & Anna Freeman
M. Victoria Hooper Mar 4, 1936
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Gentry, D.H. Aug 18, 1885 - Oct 24, 1903 son of B.J. & M. Gentry Marker Photo
Gentry, Grant 1861 - 1910   Marker Photo
Gentry, John Jul 1867 - Mar 1915 John Gentry age 26 m. Maria Harley age 18 on Dec 26, 1891 Marker Photo
Gentry, Robert Nov 28, 1894 - Mar 3, 1902 Son of J.W. & Maria Gentry Marker Photo
Gentry, Roy July 4, 1892? - Sept 6, 1964 Pfc 821 Co. Trans. Corp WWII; (Ray Gentry age 45 m. Arvie Emerson age 41 Apr 30, 1939)  
Gentry, Thomas family marker     Marker Photo
Hailey, Jennie 1896 - Jun 20, 1931   Marker Photo
Halloway, J.H. May 27, 18?? - Apr 17, 1907   Marker Photo
Handcock, Betsy Mar 5, 1897 - Feb 27, 1901 Dau of Robert & Lizzie Marker Photo
Hanley, Bud May 3, 1870 - Mar 4, 1897   Marker Photo
Hanley, Johnnie Jun 6, 1890 - Aug 12, 1986   Marker Photo
Hanley, Mary (Rodgers) 1893 - 1966 Mary Rodgers age 18 m. John Hanley age 21 on 10/30/1910 Marker Photo
Hanley, William R. Aug 22, 1883 - Mar 4, 1897   Marker Photo
Hanly, Chardie d. Jul 22, 1935   Marker Photo
Helm, Arthur Oct 29, 1881 - Jun 16, 1961   Marker Photo
Helm, Irene Oct 29, 1894 - Aug 8, 1962   Marker Photo
Henry, Annie 1858 - Mar 15, 1911 wife of George Henry Marker Photo
Hooper, Amanda 1876 - 1962   Marker Photo
Hooper, Chas 1906 - 1952   Marker Photo
Hooper, George 1874-1875 - 1949   Marker Photo
Hooper, Harriett     Marker Photo
Hooper, Jim     Marker Photo
Hornback, Sarah May 1864 - Dec 19, 1934   Marker Photo
Hubbard, Robert Jul 12, 1871 - Jul 12, 1917   Marker Photo
Hubbard, Sarah May 28, 1877 - Feb 10, 1906 wife of Robert Hubbard Marker Photo
Hubbord, Jasper Mar 9, 1848 - Mar 5, 1897   Marker Photo
Hutchison, Barnie 1887 - 1961   Marker Photo
Hutchison, Bonnie H.E. 1887 - 1961   Marker Photo
Hutchison, Bruce Ellis Aug 11, 1931 - Aug 21, 1980   Marker Photo
Hutchison, Golda Shervil Nov 7, 1913 - Sep 2, 1986   Marker Photo
Hutchason, John E. Jun 8, 1907 - Jun 1, 1969   Marker Photo
Jackson, Lorene Jun 22, 1904 - Feb 17, 1976   Marker Photo
Jefferson, Leona Marie 1924 - 2004 Age 79 years  
Johnson, Ada 1913 - 1968 Ada Freeman age 18 m. James Johnson age 21 on Nov 9, 1931 Marker Photo
Johnson, James 1910 - 1969   Marker Photo
Johnson, John Wesley Jul 19, 1934 - Sep 28, 1963 Missouri, SN US Navy Marker Photo
Johnson, Paul 1912 - 1975   Marker Photo
Johnson, Ruth B. (Brown) 1909 - 1973 (Ruth Brown age 26 m. Paul Johnson age 23 Dec 25, 1935) Marker Photo
Jones, Annie May 15, 1847 - Jun 10, 1909   Marker Photo
Jones, Elreno April 1, -June 27, 1979   Marker Photo
Jones, Lillian Mae d. Apr 10, 1979   Marker Photo
Lee, Charley Jr. Aug 7, 1906 - Jan 26, 1940   Marker Photo
Lee, Lucy H.(Herron) Jul 18, 1878 - Jun 9, 1967 (Lucy Herron age 17 m. Charley Lee age 22 Oct 23, 1894) Marker Photo
Lewis, Katherine Jan 4, 1890 - May 29, 1891 dau of C.F. & Belle Lewis Marker Photo
Martin, Daisy Apr 6, 1897 - Jun 7, 1939 (Daisy Gentry age 18 m. Faete Martin age 21 June 10, 1910) Marker Photo
Martin, Deliah 1854 - 1944   Marker Photo
Martin, Fait Mar 12, 1895 - Mar 3, 1932   Marker Photo
Martin, Henry Aug 25, 1870 - Mar 14, 1938   Marker Photo
Martin, Sam 1850 - 1935   Marker Photo
McGee, Winnie Jan 20, 1882 - Aug 7, 1960   Marker Photo
Moore, Doyle Nov 4, 1900 - Sep 17, 1972   Marker Photo
Moore, Eva Nov 17, 1901 - Jan 23, 1976 (Eva Martin age 16 m. Doyce Moore age 18 Jan 23, 1918) Marker Photo
Morrison, Samuel d. Aug 6, 1913   Marker Photo
Norwood, Dan Feb 10, 1911 - Aug 22, 1945   Marker Photo
Patterson, Etta (Pike) Dec 14, 1873 - Apr 17, 1935 (Etta Pike 26 m. Willis Patterson 34 on Feb 27, 1898) Marker Photo
Penney, Agnes 1852 - Jan 30, 1882 wife of W.M. Penney Marker Photo
Penney, Freda Jul 17, 1902 - Nov 15, 1918   Marker Photo
Penny, Lillie 1885 - 1959   Marker Photo
Penney, Litha 1855 - July 24, 1900 wife of W.M. Penney Marker Photo
Penney, Turner May 21, 1886 - Jul 6, 1902 Son of W.M. & Litha Penney Marker Photo
Pike, Dellie (Latimer) Feb 15, 1892 - Mar 2, 1911 wife of Ellis Pike (m. Aug 29, 1907) Marker Photo
Pike, Ellis May 8, 1882 - Mar 10, 1911   Marker Photo
Rector, Wil. Mar 2, 1855 - Mar 21, 1897   Marker Photo
Robinson, Billy Ed Aug 14, 1962 - May 21, 1973   Marker Photo
Rogers, Bert Mar 10, 1898 - Nov 14, 1972 dau of Lizzie Rodgers African Am. Marker Photo
Rogers, Lizzie Sep 1869 - Apr 11, 1939 African Am. Marker Photo
Rogers, Roy James 1904 - 1985 son of Lizzie - African Am. Marker Photo
Smith, A.E. Aug 6, 1864 - Jan 20, 1945 African American Marker Photo
Smith, A.E. Mrs Sennie Jun 30, 1874 - Oct 20, 1947 African American; wife of Anthoney E. Smith Marker Photo
Smith, Arthur 1941 - 2008   Marker Photo
Smith, Beatrice (Hooper) Jun 12, 1899 - Sep 12, 1991 married Chess Smith Nov 24, 1937 Marker Photo
Smith, Chess W. Oct 29, 1895 - Sep 30, 1961 son of Anthony E & Sennie Smith; African American Marker Photo
Smith, Elnora Dec 2, 1918 - Jun 21, 1943 (Elnora Lee age 20 m. Alonzo Smith age 30 Nov 4, 1939) Marker Photo
Smith, Gratis H. May 7, 1905 - May 13, 1935   Marker Photo
Smith, Prince Albert Aug 15, 1915 - Sep 21, 1963 Ark U.S. Naval Reserve WWII (m. Thelma Emerson Nov 15, 1940) Marker Photo
Smith, Sennie 1864 - Jun 3, 1939 wife of Anthony E Smith Marker Photo
Spencer, Shuler   Shuler Spencer age 25 m Jessie Moore age 20 in Dec 17, 1921 Marker Photo
Thornton, L. 1847 - Jun 1, 1899   Marker Photo
Titchenor, Lucy (Jones) Apr 1882 - Jul 12, 1937 (Lucy Crittendon age 50 m. Joe Titchenor age 62 Jan 22, 1933)(First husband P. Crittendon age 36 m. Lucy Jones age 25 June 6, 1906) Marker Photo
Walker, George W. 1876 - 1942 African American Marker Photo
Walker, Ida B. 1886 - 1959 African Am. Marker Photo
Walker, Raymond J. 1907 - 1936 African American Marker Photo
Washington, Emma d. Sep 19, 1912 Aged 73 yrs; wife of C.C. (Columbus)African Am. Marker Photo
Washington, J.W. Sep 29, 1874 - Apr 25, 1900 son of C.C. & E. Washington Marker Photo
Washington, Ordley Jan 3, 1877 - Dec 9, 1901 son of C.C. & E. Washington Marker Photo
Washington, Pink d. May 7, 1904 31 years (Pink Washington age 28 m. Izetta Smith age 18 July 11, 1901) (Izetta Washington age 23 m. John Parks age 40 Dec 25, 1906) Marker Photo
Williams, Sam Mar 15, 1852 - Mar 17, 1888   Marker Photo

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