Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Johnson - Glazener Cemetery (a.k.a. Plum Creek cemetery) (a.k.a. Plum Creek Ranch) [Do not confuse with Johnson cemetery or Joseph Burton Johnson cemetery north of Fairfield. This cemetery is in the Plum Creek area south of Fairfield.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed by: Jimmy Epperson Directions: From Hwy 75 at Dew take Co. Road 489 East about 6 1/2 miles and the cemetery is on the right in the pasture on top of a hill. You can not see the cemetery from the road but it is across the road from the Plum Creek Ranch Headquarters. Directions from Freestone County History, Vol II: "Located about 4 miles east of Lanely just south of Farm Road 489. On Plum Creek Ranch." Background: Marion Edwards owned Plum Creek Ranch and his wife Addie sold it way back in the late 30's. Family legends has it that much of the cemetery was inadvertently excavated when the ranch belonged to Henry Yager and he began selling gravel from the hill. Unknowingly, the dozer operator destroyed grave markers when clearing the land. It was only when the dragline started unearthing human bones that Mr. Yager realized a cemetery existed here. He relinquished several thousand dollars in gravel to leave the rest of the graves undisturbed. It layed forgotten for many years and grew up in trees, briars and brush. In the summer of 1998 I (Jimmy Epperson), Catherine Simmons, my husband and three children and a couple of their friends went out with the permission of Mr. Dunlap and started cleaning up the cemetery. We have all but a 1/4 of it cleaned up. Bob Glazner went out and put a fence around the cemetery to keep the cows out of it. It is said that there are quite a few people buried in the cemetery but as of today these are the only stones left standing. Currently the land is owned by Loften Dunlap (owner of Plum Creek Ranch). Cemetery is on private property. You can find the family of John Lamb Johnson on page 63 - Keechie post office on the 1860 census. Oldest Marked Grave: Aug. 10, 1856 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clary, Pvt. Robert W. 1845 - 1878 Co. D., 4th Ala. Inf. CSA Daniel, Estella Mar. 4, 1882 - Dec. 27, 1882 [was twin sister of Elmer Daniel] The Glazner family are in a Rock like wall that is falling down. Glazener, Stephen [Seaborn] June 23, 1817 - Nov. 28, 1876 Glazener, Edwin R[uthven] Nov. 13, 1844 - Sept. 16, 1867 Glazener, Sallie L[ee Johnson] Aug. 16, 1850 - Feb. 12, 1870 [Sallie was a Johnson and married William Lee Glazner Sr. who is buried in the Post Oak Cemetery.] Harrison, Onezia Apr. 1, 1886 - June 4, 1887 d/o J.A. & A.M. Harrison Nancy A., Loyd F. and William M.L. Johnson's graves are covered with concrete blocks. The story is that they did this to keep the critters from digging up the bodies. Johnson, Nancy A[gnes McGough] Sept. 15, 1798 - Aug. 31, 1876 w/o L[loyd] F. Johnson, Loyd F. *1* Oct. 10, 1800 - Aug. 10, 1856 h/o Nancy Johnson, William M.L. Mar. 15, 1824 - Jan. 22, 1870 [s/o Loyd F & Nancy A.] Johnson, Willie W. Dec. 7, 1882 - July 21, 1884 s/o J. L. & P. L. [son of John Lamb Jr. and Martha (Bridges) Johnson] Johnson, E[dward] G. Oct. 26, 1850 - May 15, 1889 "At Rest"; laurel wreath [son of John Lamb Johnson and 2nd wife Mary Gurney] Moore, James R. Aug. 14, 1889 - Nov. 27, 1890 "At Rest", hand pointed up Morris, Martha E. 1882 - 1881 [modern stone, w/o Obed] Morris, Obed 1832 - 1881 Co. K, 2 S.C. Arty. CSA [Obediah was h/o Martha E.] Norman, W. H. Nov. 5, 1814 - Oct. 30, 1882 *1* = First name is "Loyd" on tombstone, not "Lloyd". There is a wrought iron fence in the cemetery that we believe John L. Johnson is buried in. There is no headstone or markings to prove this. No dates available. About 30 to 35 unmarked graves are possible. ------------------------------------ Known Unmarked Graves: Johnson, John L. ("the First") ?-abt 1864 [HFC vol I, #464, pg. 431-432] [arrived in Texas on the 1830s] Smith, Will ? - Mar 14, 1905 *O* Unmarked grave ================================== Abbreviations: History of Freestone County = HFC