Two acres of land located on FM 1442 was donated by Moses Hatton and designated as burial space. The cemetery is referred to as the Hatton Cemetery and some call it the Bland Cemetery. Each family had it’s own fenced section. Many of the early settlers buried there. Graves include Bland, Thomas, Hatton and Kibbe descendants along with a confederate solider that are the oldest grave. The cemetery is located about 1/2 mile past the Gulf States Power Plant-Sabine Station on the north side of FM 1442 near the intersection of Turner Road.
Some of the graves in the old cemetery include Trave Foreman, 1866-1888; John Oren Thomas, a private first class in WWII, 1910-1988 who was the last to be interred in the small cemetery in November, 1988. Also John Jephtlah Turner, 1862-1938; Maggie Bradford, 1866-1950; Amanda Hatton, 1875-1902; child Bula Hatton who died in 1918; Arthur M. McDonald, 1897-1918; Abigail Hatton, who died Dec. 1, 1897 at age 33 and her husband, J.M. Hatton. Also John Bland, born in Vermilion Parish, La. in 1811 and died in Orange County in 1886.
There is also David Bland, Jonathan and Elizabeth Turn, Mary Bland 1816-1904; John C. Bland 1848-1895 and husband and wife Martha and Percy Bland and three of their infants. Also Sarah Hatton; Catherine Hatton, who died in 1918 at age 42 and several more infants. They are Robert Hatton 1880-1884; Mary Eva Young 1900-1903 and Oliver Bland born in Orange County in 1874.
The Turner family cemetery is located on Morning Glory. Pioneers of the community are also buried there. Hillcrest Memorial Gardens ,a new modern cemetery was built on Highway 87 between Bridge City and Orange. There are two cemeteries in Orangefield, one on Gulf Street (Granger Cemetery) and one on Jap Lane. The Winfree family has a private cemetery on Winfree Road in the Winfree Community.
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