Freestone County, Texas
Nettles Family Cemetery

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Background:  This is the family cemetery of William Bluford and Margaret Burleson
  Nettle.  The cemetery was started when their son Joel died shortly after the
  1850 Limestone County census.  [In 1851, Freestone County was split from Limestone
  County.]  The Nettle family would leave for Brazil in 1866.  Eventually they 
  returned in about 1881.

Directions: Located on county road east of Kirvin on way to Interstate 45.
This cemetery is about 5 miles from Kirvin.  This road is known as the old
Kirvin Fairfield Road.

Oldest Grave: Joel Nettle 1851

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Nettle, Bryon     7/11/1869-2/9/1898
Nettle, Joel      7/7/1850-6/1851 [s/o William B. & Margaret]
Nettle, Margaret [Burleson] 1827-1/17/1897  [w/o William Bluford]
Nettle, Ewell     11/30/1858-4/1897

one small headstone is marked MLC is also there.