Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Joseph Burton Johnson family cemetery (former Anglo cemetery) [Do not confuse with Johnson cemetery in the area or Johnson-Glazener Cemetery at Plum Creek area] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Completely Inactive. All have been reburied. Directions: Take North Hwy 75 and go 4.2 miles from the Fairfield City Limit sign. There is a sign for the Johnson cemetery on the right. Make a left and go 6 tenths of a mile to the triangular intersection. At this intersection there is a old white building that was the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and also served as a Grange Hall. (This area was formerly known as the Pin Oak community or later the Grange Hall community.) Take a right and go 7/10 of a mile and the cemetery is on the right inside a pasture. It is enclosed in a wrought iron fence. Interstate 45 is straight ahead. The ranch were the cemetery is located was owned by Max Hunter. (Down the road a bit is the Africian American cemetery called Johnson Cemetery.) HOME SITE AND BURIAL PLACE OF GENERAL "JOSEPH BURTON JOHNSON" Planter, Soldier, Civic Leader. Born in Georgia. Commissioned a Captain in US Army in Florida. in 1837; a Major 1846. Came to Freestone County in 1854. For headquarters on his 10,550-acre plantation, built (1860) at this site a 12-room stone mansion. Served as Brigadier General of Texas state Troops in Civil War. A County Commissioner; First Master of Texas State Grange; a Royal Arch Mason. Made gifts to worthy causes and to minorities. He married Patience Ponder; had 5 children. Descendants include Lawyers, Merchants, Doctors, Law Officers, Printers, Teachers. (1971 State Historical Marker) According to the USGS: Latitude: 314659N Longitute: 0961358W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [NO LONGER HERE, BUT REBURIED AT FAIRFIELD CEMETERY:] Johnson, Jos. B. Sr. Apr 7, 1816-Jan 18, 1874 *NOTE* Johnson, Jos. B. Jr. Dec 2, 1849-July 4, 1874 *NOTE* Johnson, Patience May 16, 1821-Nov 18, 18(?)0 Unreadable *NOTE* [from other notes it seems Patience died in 1870.] ------------------------- NOTE - All three Johnsons were moved to Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield. They moved historical marker and all.