Historic Cemetery

Johnson Cemetery

a.k.a. Joseph Burton Johnson Cemetery, Old Johnson Cemetery, Plum Creek Ranch Cemetery

Fairfield, Texas 75840
Location: Located on private property on the Edwards Ranch (originally the Plum Creek Ranch) near the Dew and Lanely area. Located off of Hwy 75 out of Fairfield. (From Hwy 84 and 75 intersection), go out Hwy 75 for 4.1 miles and on the left corner of Hwy 75 and a dirt road, you will see a small sign for the cemetery. Go down the dirt road 500 feet and the cemetery is 200 feet under a clump of trees in a pasture.

Source: Freestone County Sheriff’s office by J. R. Sessions, Jr., Sheriff; Morrow, Betty Moss, THC Library; Freestone County Historical Commission; THC records

To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.

The Historic Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.

A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or agency may submit a request for designation.

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