General Notes

Private in the CSA. Texas Pension # 30573.Hurt Cemetery


The South West corner of the cemetery has many old sites with collapsed stone vaults. 

Elizabeth Hurt
(1829 - 1877)



D. F. Shotts
(1844 - 1875)


The Grahams are well represented at the North East corner of the cemetery.




Viewer mail ---

My family has historical roots down there. My maternal grandfathers grandfather was a long time resident of Milam county. His name was Archibald Lafayette Graham. He married the former Rebecca Hurt in the early 1870's and they farmed outside of Milano for many years. Archie died on April 30,1928 and Rebecca died on August 6,1945. They are both buried in the Hurt-Graham cemetery. Archie was a Confederate soldier that served with the 8th Texas infantry, Company K during the war between the states. I have his approved Confederate pension application that he filled out on January 9,1914. It is a source of great pride for me considering the fact that I have been a southern history and culture buff most of my life. I have a deep affection for the old Confederacy. Archie and Rebecca's home and property were worth around $2000 in 1914 when the application was applied for. One of their daughters was Millie Omega Graham, and that is my maternal grandfathers mother. She married a man by the name of Rufus Hensley and they left Milam county and moved to Lynn County, Texas about 50 miles south of Lubbock. I and my grandparents both live in Lubbock now. The Hensleys were all raised up in neighboring Burleson county. Story goes that the Grahams were a little on the uppity side and considered the Hensley's "white trash". But the Hensleys went on to become notable servants of the state in their own right. John Hensley, one of Rufus's brothers, became a Texas Ranger and served the state for almost 30 years before his death. They say that his gun is at the Texas Ranger Museum in Waco. Thanks for the site. Chris