Freestone County, Texas Towns Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office: Tyus Bluff Tyus Bluff is located about the middle of Freestone County on the west bank of the Trinity River where it curves inward and forms its closest point to Fairfield. Because it was a high point in the landscape, it served as a landmark. It was named for Robert Malone Tyus who settled the property. Today Pine Bluff, Board Pile, and Arrowhead Chapel are located in the Coffield facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Tyus Bluff once had old trees, The Grounds family had sawmill in there at one time. Boys worked there. The boys drove a stripped-down old Ford called a "hootenanny".