Freestone County, Texas
Johnson - Glazener Cemetery

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Contributed by: Jimmy Epperson

Directions: From Hwy 75 at Dew take Co. Road 489 East about 6 1/2 miles and the
cemetery is on the right in the pasture on top of a hill. You can not see the
cemetery from the road but it is across the road from the Plum Creek
Headquarters.

Directions from Freestone County History, Vol II: "Located about 4 miles east
of Lanely just south of Farm Road 489.  On Plum Creek Ranch."

Background: 
Marion Edwards use to own Plum Creek Ranch and his wife Addie sold it way back 
in the late 30's.  Family legends has it that much of the cemetery was 
inadvertently excavated when the ranch belonged to Henry Yager and he began 
selling gravel from the hill. Unknowingly, the dozer operator destroyed grave 
markers when clearing the land. It was only when the dragline started unearthing 
human bones that Mr. Yager realized a cemetery existed here. He relinquished 
several thousand dollars in gravel to leave the rest of the graves undisturbed. 
It layed forgotten for many years and grew up in trees, briars and brush. In the
summer of 1998 I (Jimmy Epperson), Catherine Simmons, my husband and three 
children and a couple of their friends went out with the permission of Mr. 
Dunlkap and started cleaning up the cemetery. We have all but a 1/4 of it 
cleaned up.

Bob Glazner went out and put a fence around the cemetery to keep the cows out
of it. It is said that there are quite a few people buried in the cemetery but
as of today these are the only stones left standing.

Oldest Marked Grave: Aug. 10, 1856

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Daniel, Estella         Mar. 4, 1882 - Dec. 27, 1882

The Glazner family are in a Rock like wall that is falling down.
Glazener, Stephen [Seaborn] June 23, 1817 - Nov. 28, 1876
Glazener, Edwin R[uthven]   Nov. 13, 1844 - Sept. 16, 1867
Glazener, Sallie L[ee Johnson] Aug. 16, 1850 - Feb. 12, 1870
  [Sallie was a Johnson and married William Lee Glazner Sr. who is buried in the 
  Post Oak Cemetery.]

Harrison, Onezia        Apr. 1, 1886 - June 4, 1887

Nancy A., Loyd F. and William M.L. Johnson's graves are covered with concrete
blocks. The story is that they did this to keep the critters from digging up
the bodies.

Johnson, Nancy A.       Sept. 15, 1798 - Aug. 31, 1876
Johnson, Loyd F.        Oct. 10, 1800 - Aug. 10, 1856
Johnson, William M.L.   Mar. 15, 1824 - Jan. 22, 1870
Johnson, Willie W.      Dec. 7, 1882 - July 21, 1884  
  [son of John L. Jr. and Martha (Bridges) Johnson]
Johnson, E. G.          Oct. 26, 1850 - May 15, 1889

Moore, James R.         Aug. 14, 1889 - Nov. 27, 1890

Norman, W. H.           Nov. 5, 1814 - Oct. 30, 1882

There is a wrought iron fence in the cemetery that we believe John L. Johnson
is buried in. There is no headstone or markings to prove this. No dates
available.

About 30 to 35 unmarked graves are possible.

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Known Unmarked Graves:

Johnson, John L. ("the First")   ?-abt 1864  [HFC vol I, #464, pg. 431-432]
   [arrived in Texas on the 1830s]

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Abbreviations:
History of Freestone County = HFC