Freestone County, Texas
Joseph B. Johnson Family Cemetery

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Status: Completely Inactive.  All have been reburied.

Directions: Take North Hwy 75. At the Fairfield City Limit sign go 4.2 miles
and you will see the sign to the Johnson cemetery. Take a left and go 6/10
of a mile to the triangular intersection. (At this intersection is a white
building on the left that was used as Grange meeting hall place.) Take a right
and go 7/10 of a mile and the cemetery is on the right inside a pasture. It
is enclosed in a wrought iron fence. Interstate 45 is straight ahead.

HOME SITE AND BURIAL PLACE OF GENERAL 
"JOSEPH BURTON JOHNSON"

Planter, Soldier, Civic Leader. Born in Georgia. Commissioned a Captain in US
Army in Florida. in 1837; a Major 1846. Came to Freestone County in 1854. For
headquarters on his 10,550-acre plantation, built (1860) at this site a 12-room
stone mansion. Served as Brigadier General of Texas state Troops in Civil War.
A County Commissioner; First Master of Texas State Grange; a Royal Arch Mason.
Made gifts to worthy causes and to minorities. He married Patience Ponder; had
5 children. Descendants include Lawyers, Merchants, Doctors, Law Officers,
Printers, Teachers. 
(1971 State Historical Marker)

According to the USGS:
Latitude: 314659N 
Longitute: 0961358W 

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[NO LONGER HERE, BUT REBURIED AT FARIFIELD CEMETERY:]
Johnson, Jos. B. Sr.    Apr 7, 1816-Jan 18, 1874 *NOTE*
Johnson, Jos. B. Jr.    Dec 2, 1849-July 4, 1874 *NOTE*
Johnson, Patience       May 16, 1821-Nov 18, 18(?)0 Unreadable  *NOTE*
        [from other notes it seems Patience died in 1870.]
 
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 NOTE - All three Johnsons were moved to Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield.   They
 moved historical marker and all.