Freestone County, Texas
Cemeteries


**** RELOCATED 2021 *****

Old name: Ivy/Ivey family cemetery
New name: Ivy/Ivey-Shelton family cemetery
   
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Background: The family cemetery of Josiah Ivey and his wife Lucretia.
 Both Lucretia and Josiah are believed to have been married before their
 own marriage and kids from their prior marriages. 
 
 Lucretia and Josiah were married on 7 July 1853 in Freestone County, Texas.
Josiah and his wife lived in Freestone County until their death. In 1904 and 
1905, estate sales occurred. *4*, *5*
 
 
Old Location:  4 miles North/NorthWest of Butler (in old Center Point community, 
four miles north west of Butler.) in the southeast part of Freestone County.
Old Directions:  Located about 12 miles east of Fairfield on the old Ivey place 
which is still believed to be owned by Dr. Bentley of Palestine.  Six marked 
graves are located there and several unmarked graves.  Rediscovered in 1980.

**** RELOCATED 2021 *****

New Location:  Cotton Gin community in the west of Freestone County.
New Directions: Relocated in April of 2021 to Fairhill Plantation historic site, 
near the Cotton Gin community of Freestone County.  Address is 996 County Road 930
Cotton Gin, Texas, 75860 USA. Mailing address is 1030 Co Rd 930, Teague, TX 75860. 
GPS Coordinates: 31.67972, -96.34334 .  

Oldest Marked Grave: Apr 18, 1872
The cemetery contains six marked graves.

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Josiah "Joe" Ivy          12/13/1817-04/11/1881 [masonic emblem] *1*

[Maria] Lucretia [C. Roach/Rocha Ivy/Ivey] [09/23/]1833-[04/15/]1903 w/o J. Ivy; 
  "Virtue is the only nobility" [w/o Josiah]. [Was first married to Lewis Green 
  Stillwell] *O*; *1* [brown tall stone] [d/o Andres Rocha & Cecilia Taylor. 
  (Americanized Surname=Roach)]
 
Mary G[raves Ivy] Shelton    [01/25/]1856-[10/05/]1895 w/o G. E. Shelton; "At Rest";
  "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" [d/o J. & L.C. Ivey. 
  Was first married to T. T. Evans. Wife of George Shelton]  *O*; *2*

Edmond                    02/17/1872-04/18/1872 s/o J. & L.C. Ivey 
Callie                    07/19/1874-09/30/1875 d/o J. & L.C. Ivey 
[Satrina] "Sibbie" Powers 02/08/1868-10/31/1900 d/o J. & L.C. Ivey 
  [w/o W. F.]

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SOURCES:
*1* =  Mrs. L. C. Ivy's  obit in the April 17, 1903 issue of the Fairfield Recorder:
  "Died, at her home four miles north of Butler, on April 15, 1903. ..."
  "She was buried by the side of her husband in the family graveyard at home, 
there to await the resurrection morn. ..."

*2* = Fairfield Recorder - Oct. 11, 1895 issue:
  "Mrs. Shelton, wife of Mr. George Shelton, living four miles north of Butler,
died last Sat. She was a sister of Messrs. Joe and Tom Ivy of this county. The
Recorder tenders sympathy to the bereaved husband and relatives."

   [same issue]
   "Died-Mrs. Shelton, wife of Mr. George Shelton, died last Sat. morning at 8:30 
at her home in Center Point. The deceased had been ill several weeks. Her illness
was long and painful, but buoyed up by the strong love of her children and family,
she clung to the hope that she would recover and never gave up until the very last.
All that loving kindness and tender hands could do was done to alleviate the 
suffering which she bore with the greatest Christian courage through many a long 
weary day. Death to her while it case a shadow over the housefold was a sweet
release from pain and suffering and the grave though dark and gloomy to some was
the gateway to a happy eternity where sickness and pain are never known.
   She leaves to mourn her loss besides an aged brother, parents and sisters, a
husband and several children.
    [lengthy poem]
    B.D."  

*4* = Estate sale - Fairfield Recorder Friday, October 28, 1904 Page: 4 
*5* = Estate sale - Fairfield Recorder Friday, August 11, 1905 Page: 1