Details for Homesite and Burial Place of General Joseph Burton Johnson
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5161009887
Data
| Marker Number | 9887 |
| Atlas Number | 5161009887 |
| Marker Title | Homesite and Burial Place of General Joseph Burton Johnson |
| Index Entry | Johnson, Joseph Burton, General |
| Address | |
| City | Fairfield |
| County | Freestone |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 761599 |
| UTM Northing | 3519917 |
| Subject Codes | county official; Civil War; pioneers; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on east side of IH-45 northbound at Mile Marker 204, about 7 mi. NW of Fairfield |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | (April 7, 1816 - January 18, 1874) Planter, soldier, civic leader. Born in Georgia. Commissioned a captain in U. S. Army in Florida in 1837; a major, 1846. Came to Freestone County in 1854. For headquarters on his 10,550-acre plantation, built (1860) at this site a 12-room stone mansion. Served as brigadier general of Texas State Troops in Civil War. A county commissioner; first master of Texas State Grange; a Royal Arch Mason. Made gifts to worthy causes and to minorities. He married Patience Ponder; had 5 children. Descendants include lawyers, merchants, doctors, law officers, printers, teachers. |