Freestone County, Texas
Cemeteries




Tippen Cemetery
Researchers: Loyeen (McDaniel) Pritchett and Jerry Sue (Lovell) Pryor.

Location:  This cemetery is in the Plum Creek community area.

Directions: 7 miles south of Red Lake on Farm Road 489, turn east on dirt road
about 4 miles.

There are only two graves in this cemetery. The cemetery is in fairly
good shape, just weeds growing up and a tree has grown where the gate was.
Someone has removed part of the gate and fence because of the tree. This
cemetery is surrounded by a white rod iron fence (which needs to be painted) .
The name of the ranch that the cemetery sits on is Big Man Ranch. This at one
time was the home of John and Nancy (Gorman) Tippen/Tippin., known as Tippens
place. The child is the adopted son of John and Nancy. His biological mother
was Rachel Samantha (Carroll)(Anderson) Ferguson. Long story to this one, but
can't understand why the Tippen couple would adopted a dead child and we have
this documented.

This Cemetery is on the Upper Keechi Creek, Post Office Butler, Freestone Co.,
Tx.

TIPPEN CEMETERY
John Tippen Sr. Born 26 Nov. 1825.......Died 5 April 1880 
(Mason insign on the stone)

John Tippen Jr. Born 23 January 1872..........Died 19 September 1876