Red Top Cemetery
Shiro, Texas
GPS Coords: 30.631879, -95.870816
Located about one mile from the Walker County Line in Grimes County, to the south of Hwy 30. The data for a portion of the persons buried here have been included because some of them were residents of Walker County and owned property near the county line in Walker County, Texas.
A plaque attached to the large brick columns entering the cemetery reads: "Shiro Red Top Cemetery" A perpetual care cemetery made possible by Miss Jessie Harman, 1883-1970"
Note: Miss Jessie Harman lived on her farm - ranch in Walker Co. She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Transcribed by Charlotte Sandel Beck
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair, Weyman | 1853 | aged 48 years | |
| Amick, Mrs L. C. | 1865 | 1897 | |
| Bay, J. M. | Sep 23 1836 | Apr 14 1890 | wife of T. B. Bay |
| Blount, Sarah Turrentine | 1824 | 1871 | wife of William A. Blount, m. 1843 GA; moved to AL then TX; 11 children |
| Blount, William A | 1812 | 1876 | |
| Bookamn, John W. | 1854 | 1833 | |
| Bookman, A. Q. | Jun 18 1813 | Oct 20 1877 | |
| Bookman, Harriett | 1827 | 1906 | nee McCan m. Samuel Bookman 5 Jun 1851 |
| Bookman, John C. | 1846 | 1918 | |
| Bookman, Joseph | Mar 14 1814 | Jul 19 1874 | |
| Bookman, Texana | 1856 | 1918 | wife of John C. Bookman, m. 1877 in Walker Co. by R. L. Brooks, L.D. |
| Bookman, William | 1850 | 1871 | |
| Brooks, Christina Wilson | Feb 24 1903 | Apr 29 1976 | |
| Brooks, H. G. | Nov 7 1855 | Apr 27 1871 | |
| Brooks, Lillah Guerrant | Mar 2 1874 | Apr 18 1940 | |
| Brooks, Mary J. | Aug 20 1834 | Jul 11 1905 | nee McCan wife of R. L. Brooks; sister of Harriett Bookman |
| Brooks, Robert M. | Jun 28 1868 | Aug 13 1949 | |
| Brooks, Sarah A. | Nov 24 1873 | wife of R. P. Brooks | |
| Brooks, Spencer Mann | Oct 23 1901 | Sept 1 1978 | |
| Brooks, Washitis | Feb 15 1803 | Sep 5 1892 | |
| Brooks, Willie P. | Oct 10 1866 | Sep 11 1881 | |
| Burt, W. J. | Co B 14 Ala Inf CSA | ||
| Cline, Nezzie Harman | Jan 10 1895 | Jun 10 1962 | |
| Cooper, Catherine Adran | 1861 | 1887 | with other unreadable Franklow monuments |
| Cooper, E. N. | 1858 | 1933 | |
| Dreher, John | 1832 | 1903 | |
| Dreher, Mary C. | 1838 | 1904 | |
| Driscoll, Martha Hardwick Palmer | 1812 | 1870 | Dau of Martin Palmer, 49th signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence |
| Driscoll, no name | Aug 21 1837 | Jun 2 1964 | |
| Driscoll, William Y. | Apr 12 1801 | aged 60 years | |
| Foster, Clara Ann | Jan 31 1871 | Aug 17 1958 | |
| Foster, Thomas L. | Dec 30 1869 | Feb 14 1949 | |
| Foster, Thula Rea | 1896 | 1979 | |
| Foster, Tom Edwin | Oct 4 1898 | Jan 31 1945 | |
| Franklow, L. W. | Nov 9 1821 | Dec 19 1888 | |
| Franklow, Mamie A | Jan 19 1867 | Feb 20 1895 | b. SC |
| Franklow, Margaret | 1834 | 1914 | |
| Franklow, Mrs. R. W. | 1871 | 1898 | |
| Franklow, W. I. | Mar 3 1841 | Jan 3 1891 | |
| Gartman, Lucy L. | Nov 10 1835 | Mar 28 1900 | wife of H. S. Gartman |
| Harman, Carroll | Sep 27 1872 | Dec 17 1902 | |
| Harman, H. D. Pete | Dec 27 1864 | Feb 26 1936 | |
| Harman, J. P. G. | Jan 12 1839 | Jan 1 1917 | |
| Harman, James N. | Jan 28 1853 | Aug 14 1929 | |
| Harman, Miss Jessie | Sep 16 1883 | Jul 16 1970 | |
| Harman, Jobe J. F. | Dec 23 1842 | Jun 27 1921 | 1 Sgt Co K 13 Inf CSA; Tomb lists wives Lydia & Dollie Harman no dates |
| Harman, Mary | Feb 28 1868 | Sept 9 1907 | wife of H. D. Pete Harman |
| Harman, Nanie | no dates | wife of James N. Harman | |
| Harman, Nathaniel | 1814 | Sep 16 1890 | |
| Harman, Sarah Frances | May 18 1818 | Aug 5 1893 | |
| Kiesler, Dr. M. B. | 1848 | 1887 | |
| Ledbetter, Susan Virginia | 1837 | 1882 | |
| Lucas, Jonas | 1848 | 1910 | (Father) |
| McKee, A. D. | Nov 6 1815 | Sep 14 1869 | |
| McKee, Archibald | Feb 13 1857 | aged 53 years | |
| Rea, A. F. | Jun 13 1831 | Jun 3 1918 | |
| Rea, C. G. | Aug 9 1835 | Sept 6 1914 | |
| Reynolds, Elizabeth Driskill | 1830 | 1910 | |
| Reynolds, John | 1813 | 1871 | |
| Reynolds, Robert W. | 1852 | 1871 | |
| Rikard, J. H. | 1855 | 1887 | |
| Rikard, Mary Alice Driskill | 1857 | 1938 | wife of J. H. Rikard |
| Smith, W. D. | 1854 | 1882 | |
| Spell | family buried here | ||
| Watson, John | 1792 | 1874 | b. Ireland |
| Wilson | family buried here | ||
| Wilson, Faye Evelyn | 1901 | 1977 | |
| Wingard, Thomas J. | Co K 20 SC Inf CSA | ||
| Three other unreadable Wingard stones | |||