Freestone Co. TX Brewer Family Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background: Small privately owned located just inside the Freestone county line. Green Berry Brewer filled for land on October 10, 1835 from the State of Coahuila and Texas, Mexico. Brewer got the land after paying the Mexican government $62.50 on October 26, 1835. Later this was to become the Brewer Prairie community (the precursor to Teague). Cemetery Description: Covers about 1/3 acre with cyclone fence enclosure. Location: 6 miles east of Donie. Directions: From Donie, take a left on FM-164, travel 1.8 miles towards Buffalo, take another left and travel .3 miles on a gravel road and you will see a small wooden sign. Take a left and go .2 miles on a narrow road. Number of Gaves: 8 fieldstone markers, number of iron-ore rocks marking burial sites, and three sites marked with seashells. Oldest Marked Grave: Aug 18, 1872 Susan Hall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 sea shell grave covers - no markers Brown, Fanny W. 10/01/1826-11/10/1879 Brewer, Effie Bryan 10/01/1881-02/16/1968 Brewer, Luther Newton 07/22/1878-11/13/1939 Brewer, J.W. 10/01/1837-12/06/1875 seashells on grave Brewer, Dan 09/12/1829-12/13/1892 Brewer, Mabel 02/23/1898-01/16/1901 Brewer, Ruth 01/01/1913-08/23/1914 Brewer, Barton E. 09/04/1894-11/24/1900 s/o W.F. & L.E. Brewer, Otis Virgil Sr. 09/13/1907-03/21/1983 s/o Luther N.; h/o Mary Bobbie; *O* Brewer, R. H. 07/17/1910-04/12/1952 Hall, Johnnie 04/10/1876-06/09/1877 Hall, A. L. 11/01/1855-01/14/1877 w/o B.F. Hall, J. T. 09/15/1874-01/09/1876 s/o B.F. & A.L. Hall, Susan 02/28/1872-08/18/1872 d/o B.F. & A.L.