Freestone County, Texas
Cemeteries




Brooke Family Cemetery 
(near Plum Creek, Freestone County, Texas)

Submitted by:  Brown Brooke  irbrooke@comanchetx.com

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USGS Map: Keechi Quadrangle

Background: This is the family cemetery for Ignatius and Georgia Ann Brooke.
  Ignatius and Georgia appear in the 1860 Freestone County Census in the 
  countryside with Fairfield as the post office (household 590/597).   
  Ignatius and Georgia were visiting their son, Joseph, in Precinct 10, 
  Coleman Co., TX during the 1880 census.  Both passed away within two years.
  
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.6053, Longitude: -95.9972

Take Hwy. 84 out of Fairfield.

Directions #1: Turn right at Red Lake onto FTM Road 489. Go down FTM Road 489
for 5 miles southwest past the Plum Creek community. Turn right on County Road 
371. The Plum Creek Cemetery is located at where CR 371 & FTM 489 intersect.

Directions #2: Continue for approx. 12-13 miles south to FM-489 at "Crossroads", 
(Butler Vol. Fire Dept. on the right), turn right and follow approx. 7-8 miles 
until you see Brown Chapel Church, take a right (Mary Browne Rd.) 

Go approx. 1 mile where you will see a handpainted sign and a stepover made of 
metal. The cemetery is approx. 45 degrees to the right and through some trees 
and thick undergrowth and enclosed in a wrought iron fence. 


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Buried outside the fence are:

Harrison, Martha............ b. 12/24/1856..........d. 03/02/1864
Harrison, Andrew............ b. 12/17/1859..........d. 11/02/1871

( I know nothing of the Harrisons)

Buried inside the fenced area are:

Brooke, Turner................b. 08/20/1880.........d. 10/13/1881
s/o Roger Turner Brooke

Brooke, Georgia Ann [Green].. b. 08/01/1821..........d. 06/03/1881
w/o Ignatius Roger Brooke

Brooke, Ignatius Roger....... b. 10/04/1819..........d. 01/11/1882
h/o Georgia Ann Green Brooke

Trahin, Sophia................b. 05/31/1853..........d. 04/12/1889
w/o J. F. Trahin
d/o Ignatius Roger  & Georgia Ann Brooke

Trahin, J.F. ........................... unmarked grave (stone broken,
unreadable)
h/o Sophia Brooke Trahin

Notes: Outside the fencing with no identification: 11 stones plus the two
Harrison graves. They are all small, covered with moss and unreadable.

Submitted by: Brown V. Brooke
Trahin, Frank....................b. 02/28/1883..........d. 08/30/1885
s/o J.F. and Sophia Brooke Trahin