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From: "Sylvia Jackson" <>
Subject: Re: [TX-CEMETERIES] Unknown Cemetery - Hagerman Rd, Freeport, TX
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:26:39 -0400
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Hi from Deerfield...no no it was never that way here since my grandparents
have are buried at Mill River cemetery and most of their ancestors are there
too.
There are no grounds in Mass that one can bury their loved ones, they have
to be in a "cemetery"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Barrett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TX-CEMETERIES] Unknown Cemetery - Hagerman Rd, Freeport, TX


> In most areas, other than the far northeast, it was a VERY common practice
> to bury your loved ones near the home place. Only as the areas became
> more populated did the larger cemeteries come into play. I can't speak
> for the northeast, but I'll bet the same was true in the EARLY days.
>
> Jim Barrett
>
> Sylvia Jackson <> wrote:
> Hi from Deerfield Mass,
> So odd that people are able to bury loved one's on private property
> since here in Mass it's against the rule of nature and we have to pay for
> plots in cemeteries. However since Bill Cosby's son was killed and he owns
> a
> ton of land nearby me the town where he lives did let him bury his son
> Ellis
> since they knew it would cause a "media" frenzy if he were to be buried in
> a
> "normal" cemetery. I know my husbands nephew in Lake Jackson Texas has
> burial plots on his wifes parents land and his parents as well as hers are
> buried there. This is unheard of in the state of Mass unless your a
> celebrity with a ton of money.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina L. Zwahr"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:09 PM
> Subject: [TX-CEMETERIES] Unknown Cemetery - Hagerman Rd, Freeport, TX
>
>
>>I have always been curious as to the details surrounding a small
>> cemetery on private property at the north end of my grandparents'
>> street (Hagerman Rd. formerly County Rd 336) in Freeport, TX (very
>> close to the Brazos River). As a child, my cousins and I would sneak
>> to the end of the road and take a left (west) on a small dirt drive
>> at the end. At the very end of the road was a gated fence (the
>> owner's house was just to the left). Beyond the fence was a private
>> pasture with a small cemetary on the right. I believe the owners of
>> the house also owned the land with the cemetery on it. From what I
>> could remember, only a handful of graves were there. Since it is
>> unlikely that I will return to TX anytime soon, as my grandparents
>> are now deceased, I wanted to share this information with anyone that
>> might take an interest in researching/saving it. It seemed that the
>> cemetery was already in a state of disrepair. I would hate for it to
>> be forgotten forever. The former home of Stephen F Austin was only
>> about a mile away, and the prospect of discovering any historical
>> significance of the graves would be exciting.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Tina Zwahr
>>
>>
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