Burnet County, TX - Cemeteries, NOBLE Burials in Joy Cemetery

Sunday, March 12, 2000



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      Noble burials in Joy Cemetery, Burnet County, Texas



    Thomas Noble                        Sarah A. Noble

  Born in Kentucky                 Daughter of James Patterson

    May 29, 1799                           and

        Died                         Wife of Thomas Noble

    June 3, 1868                           Born

        Aged                        In Kentucky June 9 1805

   69 yrs. 4 days                          Died

                                       August 12, 1878

                                           Aged

                                     73 yrs, 2 mos, 3 days 



The Joy Cemetery is in Backbone Valley, (Fairland), Burnet County, Texas.

It is about 8 miles northwest of Marble Falls.  Noble family descendants state

that Nathan Noble, son of Thomas and Sarah Noble, is also buried here.  He

was born 15 Dec 1843 in Red River County, Texas and died 20 Dec 1870 in Burnet

County.  The tombstones are made of soapstone, each is 5 feet tall, 12 inches

wide and about 3 inches thick.

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