Stiff Chapel Cemetery
8 miles NE of McKinney, Tx

(Last updated July 20, 2017 with larger pictures)


(from NW looking SE)

Links: Stiff Chapel @ Find-a-grave     Stiff Chapel Historical Marker    Rootsweb - Collin county cemeteries   

Plot: Cemetery plot (rough version):

To visit the cemetery contact the land owners: Bill & Fran Woodfin,  ()

For the Cemetery Association contact: Rynell Novak ()

Lance Hall is related to the Williams and Millican families and did some restoration.  Call at () or email ()

* - Not listed in previous surveys, recorded Aug. 1, 2004.  All pictures taken Aug, 1, 2004 unless marked ** for 2000. 

Last Name	First Name	Birth	Death	Inscription	older photos	newer photos	More information
Barnett	Julia A.	1837	1861
Barnett	Louis	Aug. 12, 1876	Sept. 11, 1899	son J. W. & S. N.
*Barnett	Mary E.	1859	1860	dau. of W. F. & J. A.
Barnett	infant	July 27, 1895	July 27, 1895	infant dau. J. W. & S. N.
Beach	George	1820	April 1877
Blevins	Maude Pearl	Oct. 19, 1881	Jan. 8, 1897	dau. A. C. & L. E.
Boyer	Justin Louvenia	Dec. 16, 1850	June 17, 1902	[nee Williams]			"marked by stone pile"
Boyer	Wiley Frieland	Feb. 19, 1849	Sep. 19, 1930				"marked by stone pile"
Braswell	Henry L.	July 20, 1901	April 5/8, 1902
Braswell	Houston A.	Oct. 16, 1896	Feb. 5, 1902
Braswell	Robert L.	Dec. 17, 1893	Sept. 10, 1894	son W. L. & J. A.
Carroll	George	Oct. 9, 1783	Dec. 21, 1873
Chapman	Jas. F.	Nov. 22, 1840	Nov. 30, 1859
Clement	Leroy	March 13, 1821	Jan. 30, 1866
Cockrell	Catherine	March 13, 1831	June 22, 1891	wife J. J.
Cockrell	Little Charley	Nov. 27, 1891	March 28, 1892	son S. J. & A. V.
*Colwell	Margaret J.	July 11, 1823	July 7, 1862	wife of John Colwell			located between Stiffs
Dodson	George W.	Jan. 6, 1863	Sept. 22, 1864	son J. M. & P. V.
Dowdle	James H.	Jan. 1, 1875	March 6, 1875	son J. H. & E. A			headstone not in base
Farley	Laura	May 8, 1866	Nov. 10, 1888	wife J. F.	**
Farley	W. N.	March 28, 1829	Sept. 18, 1883
Gibson	Nelson S.	April 24, 1817	Feb. 10, 1871
*Gibson	Sallie	July 25, 1830	Apr. 25, 1892	wife of N. S. Gibson
Grasham	Ethel	Sept. 7, 1885	Sept. 16, 1889	dau. H. R. & L. R.
Howerton	Frank	Aug. 21, 1904	Feb. 4, 1905
Howerton	Lillie Moore	June 4, 1870	Nov. 20, 1904
Jackson	Little Greene	May 16, 1895	July 28, 1896	son J. L. & Jennie Jackson
Lewis	Bennie	Sept. 1, 1876	June 27, 1878	son S. B. & N. E.
Lindsey	G. W.	April 7, 1883	Oct. 11, 1884
Lindsey	infant	Sept. 20, 1897	Sept. 20, 1897	infant of J. S. & F. M.
Lindsey	J. L.	Sept. 16, 1895	June 7, 1898	child of J. W. & M. E.
Martin	Emily C.	Feb. 7, 1840	March 6, 1917
Martin	Eula E.	Feb. 2, 1878	May 6, 1888	dau. John & E. C. Martin			next to Robert
Martin	John	Sept. 1, 1841	June 28, 1920
Martin	Robert S.	Feb. 22, 1885	Oct. 7, 1886	son John & E. C.			next to Eula
Massie	Luesila	Nov. 7, 1835	March 19, 1871	wife J. A.
Massie	Mary Ann	Nov. 27,  1826	April 18, 1860	wife J. A. "age 33 yrs, 4mos, 12days"			"Rest, mother, rest in quiet sleep, while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep."
McClary	Charles M.	Dec. 15, 1821	May 13, 1870
Millican	F. M.	Nov. 19, 1835	Nov. 19, 1907		**		One large stone with individual stones behind.
Millican	Elizabeth	Dec. 5, 1848	Sept. 23, 1902	[nee Williams]
Millican	Edgar W.	Jan. 12, 1888	Feb. 21, 1905
Millican	Mary E.	Jan. 14, 1878	April 6, 1891
Millican	Miriam E.	Jan. 21, 1873	Nov. 20, 1874
Millican	William W.	Jan. 10, 1870	Nov. 12, 1870
Millican	Nora	Feb. 17, 1879	Aug. 6, 1881	"Tho lost to sight, to memory dear"	**		These headstones had been moved from their bases and placed by a tree for mowing.  When I placed them back in the bases some didn't fit properly meaning the correct order is lost. See top link for details of restoration.
Millican	Araminta	Aug. 29, 1877	June 12, 1880		**
Millican	Rosa Lee	May 24, 1874	Sept. 16, 1875		**
Millican	Anna B.	Feb. 10, 1883	July 28, 1884	dau. J. M. & P.	**
Millican	Mary R.	Nov. 22, 1875	Oct. 23, 1878				Headstone destroyed or buried
Millican	Prudence	July 20, 1854	Jan. 24, 1889	wife J. M.  "Tho lost to sight, to memory dear"			The original headstone was reconstructed from broken pieces in 2004.  There's an obituary from 1890 so death year must be wrong.
Monroe	Rosie May	Feb. 3, 1894	Feb. 6, 1896	dau. J. A. & E. M.
Moore	Charlotte	Aug. 15, 1819	Jan. 4, 1897	wife Reuben
Moore	Edgar	April 1, 1850	Nov. 20, 1875
Moore	Georgann	1850	1892
Moore	Julia R.	March 26, 1884	June 11, 1886	dau. R. E. & G. A.
Moore	Reuben	age 63	June 10, 1863
Morris	Sarah
Murphy	Katie	Feb. 24, 1889	Feb. 19, 1890	dau. G. M. & M. A.
Murphy	Charley	[1861]	Aug. 26, 1917	aged 56 years
Murphy	Henry Grady	July 13, 1891	April 13, 1895	son G. M. & M. A.
Murphy	Robert	Nov. 22, 1900	Sept. 23, 1904	son G. M. & M. A.
Nelson	Margaret J.	March 17, 1834	June 27, 1873	wife W. L. (1834-73)
Nichols	George	Aug. 27, 1857	April 5, 1858
Nichols	Sarah E.	Nov. 5, 1850	July 24, 1854
Phillips	Sarah		May 3, 1874	wife of J. Phillips age 69 yrs, 4 mos, 12 days
Roberts	A. J.	April 1, 1828	Jan. 29, 1880
*Roberts	Tempy		Oct. 17, 1877	aged 85 yrs, 10 mos, 23 days
*Roberts	William	Dec. 11, 1794	Nov. 7, 1881
Ross	Mrs.		1901				from obituary
Stiff	Elizabeth	1843	Dec. 16, 1867	wife Jesse
Stiff	Henry	1833	1924
*Stiff	James	Oct. 11, 1829	Sept. 10, 1847	son of Jesse & Mary			concrete slab
Stiff	Jesse	Oct. 1, 1796	Aug. 15, 1874
Stiff	John L.	July 24, 1842/3	Sept. 26, 1864
Stiff	Louis	March 20, 1799	Aug. 5, 1884
Stiff	Mary	Nov. 10, 1801	Oct. 11, 1872	wife of Louis
Stiff	Mary	1796	May 1, 1864	wife Jesse
Stiff	Nancy	1838	1894
Stiff	Sallie	March 10, 1821	March 6, 1904	"------ faithful unto death and  I will give thee a crown of life"
Stiff	William E.	Sept. 10, 1875	Aug. 13, 1876	son H. & N. M.
Stiff	William Henry			"Born in Bedford co., VA
Straughn	Edward B.
Straughn	Elisha B		Oct. 21, 1847 (41?)	son J. O. & N. E. Age 5 yrs., 9 mo.			Listed on 1971 survey.
Straughn	James	July 20, 1856	June 9, 1863	son J. O. & N. E.
Straughn	Jordan O.	Aug. 27, 1817	June 19, 1896
Straughn	Nancy E.	[Nov. 22, 1817]	Feb. 25, 1889	wife J. O. Age 71 yrs, 3 mos, 3 days
Straughn	Mary	March 30, 1848	Jan. 16, 1860	dau. J. O. & N. E.
Swaim	Johnie	Dec. 24, 1890	Feb. 24, 1894	son E. L. & M. L.
Swaim	Mary L.	1862	1933
Swaim	Minnie P.	1886	1935
Swaim	Richard	1892	1911
Swaim	Rodie	Feb. 11, 1885	March 14, 1892	son E. L. & M. L.
Vermillion	Lucy C.	April 4, 1873	Oct. 17, 1876	dau. J. H. & N. J.
Vermillion	Osie	Dec. 23, 1885	Sept. 22, 1886	dau. S. B. & T. E.
Wilcox	Dollie	March 3, 1902	Nov. 25, 1902	dau. G. I. & Jessie
Wilcox	G. I., Jr.	Feb. 13, 1911	Aug. 20, 1911	son G. I. & Jessie
Wilcox	infant	June 17, 1899	June 17, 1899	dau. G. I. & Jessie
*Wilkes	Amos	Nov. 5, 1805	Apr. 13, 1878				footstone says A.G.W.
Wilkes	Permelia	March 21, 1813	Jan. 16, 1887
Williams	Eugene	March 7, 1886	Jan. 30, 1904
Williams	Jennie	March 19, 1856	Dec. 25, 1887				[Virginia Lochridge]
Williams	John W.	Oct. 9, 1878	July 26, 1893
Williams	infant	Dec. 22, 1887	Dec. 22, 1887	son M. B. & Jennie
Williams	John H.	Sept. 8, 1834	March 17, 1890		**
Williams	John	Feb. 7, 1811	Dec. 13, 1888	"Farewell my wife and children all. From you a father Christ doth call."	**
Williams	Mary	Sept. 17, 1814	June 16, 1892	wife of John "She was a kind and affectionate wife. A fond mother and friend all."	**
Williams	Nancy	Aug. 5, 1832	July 24, 1887				nee Roberts
Williams	Cynthia		Jan. 30, 1880	wife of T. B. age 48 yrs., 5 mo., 29 days			nee Roberts
Wilson	C. C.	Oct. 29, 1852	July 13, 1886				[Crocket Carson]
Wilson	Clifford	May 19, 1880	Feb. 25, 1889