Colony Hill Cemetery aka Old Colony or Eagle Colony
Abilene, Texas
GPS coords: 32.379815, -99.708061
From US Highway 83-84 in Abilene, Texas, take Farm to Market Road 707 East 2.2 miles to the intersection with Farm to Market Road 1750. Turn left (north) on FM 1750 and go 1.5 miles to the cemetery which is on the right (east) side of the road.
Located in Taylor County and very near the Abilene City Limits, Eagle Colony (Colony Hill, Old Colony) is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. The oldest marked burial is 1889 but there are at least 54 unmarked graves some of which are likely to be from the arrival of the first settlers in about 1867. Due to the harsh enviornment and a severe drought, most of the settlers were gone by 1878. This cemetery listing has been updated through the year 2000. There is a list of burials in the Archives.
Colony Hill Cemetery recompiled and updated through year 2000 by Hugh Swift
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Earl Q. | 27 Aug 1900 | 8 Jan 1901 | son of J.O. & Betty |
| Allmand, Charles A. | 31 Jan 1931 | 2 Feb 1931 | |
| Allmand, James F. | 25 Mar 1929 | 18 Mar 1930 | |
| Baker, Margret | 13 Nov 1894 | 11 Feb 1911 | dau. A.B. & P.C. |
| Baker, Arthur | 21 Jan 1884 | 28 May 1911 | son of A.B. & P.C. |
| Beam, Thelma Milner | 13 Sep 1900 | 10 Jun 1991 | |
| Beam, William Samuel Jr. | 7 Jul 1906 | 26 Sep 1991 | |
| Biggers, Truett Dee | 1939 | 1982 | USAF |
| Boil, Martha Jane | 27 Jun 1863 | 16 Jul 1932 | |
| Brock James B. | 4 Feb 1874 | 2 Apr 1898 | |
| Creighton, Eugene | 13 Sep 1893 | 10 Jun 1904 | son of J.J.& Lizzie |
| Danley, W. J. | 13 Feb 1864 | 26 Feb 1939 | |
| Dearmon, O. E. | 16 Jan 1865 | 2 Jan 1901 | |
| Elliott, Wiliam Edgar | 25 Jul 1899 | 26 Feb 1901 | son of J.H.& V.E. |
| England, R. T. | 25 Jul 1892 | 11 Sep 1893 | |
| England, William Ely | 9 Oct 1868 | 13 Feb 1955 | |
| England, infant of | 21 Jul 1894 | ||
| England, Mollie Eunice | 5 Jan 1871 | 14 Mar 1908 | |
| England,William Ray | 16 Apr 1900 | 24 Feb 1950 | |
| Griffin, Willie | 24 Feb 1892 | 16 Aug 1907 | |
| Grigg, James N. | 15 May 1862 | 27 May 1910 | |
| Grigg, Virgie E. | 28 Feb 1901 | 30 Jun 1902 | dau. J.N.& E.A. |
| Grigg, Eliza Ellis | 13 Oct 1866 | 5 Feb 1956 | |
| Hardison, infant | 18 Jul 1889 | 18 Jul 1889 | son of N.A.& N.J. |
| Holley, Katie | (infant) | ||
| Holley, Fannie Kate | 1883 | 1925 | |
| Jackson, W. J. | 1864 | 1923 | |
| Keys, L. G. | 25 Sep 1857 | 24 Apr 1928 | |
| Kirby, Mattie | 19 May 1908 | 30 May 1908 | |
| Kirby. Lafayette J. | 29 Jan 1886 | 14 Oct 1910 | |
| McCain, Martha Belle | 25 Feb 1895 | 27 Nov 1950 | |
| McDugald, Linnie | 23 Jul 1904 | 9 Oct 1905 | dau. Of A.& M. |
| McDougald, A. | 24 Dec 1914 | Pvt, NC Inf. CSA | |
| McDougald, Mattie | 9 Oct 1866 | 28 Oct 1945 | |
| Merone, Homer | 5 Dec 189x | 30 Jul 1906 | son of Milam |
| Nichols, Sarah | 3 Jul 1855 | 7 Oct 1929 | wife of G.W. |
| Nichols, George W. | 5 Nov 1844 | 18 Aug 1914 | |
| Orr, Fairy Beam | 19 Nov 1920 | 24 Oct 1998 | |
| Osburn, James Buckner | 22 Dec 1821 | 10 Jun 1903 | |
| Owens, J. E. | 24 Feb 1868 | 4 Jul 1913 | |
| Snodgrass, Luther H. | 15 Dec 1921 | 3 Dec 1922 | |
| Ward, Mary E. | 1867 d 1895 | dau of P.J. Watson | |
| Watson, Lydia T. | 1839 | 1904 | |
| Watson, Martha E. | 1879 | 1892 | dau of P.J.Watson |
| Watson, John F. | 1872 | 1958 | son of P.J.Watson |
| Watson, Pleasant J. | 1845 | 1930 | |
| Wilson, Hubert H. | 10 Dec 1895 | 9 Jul 1975 | |
| Wilson, Bessie W. | 1899 | 1942 |