Johnson B. Johnson Cemetery

Freestone County, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by Cathy Canterbury

Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

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. I45 is straight ahead.

State Historical Marker 1971

Home Site and Burial Place of General “Joseph Burton Johnson”

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