CANEY CREEK CEMETERY, BURR, TEXAS
From: History of Lawson by Miss Emma Haynes of Livingston, Texas written in 1942. "There is an old graveyard on Caney Creek on the site of the old school ground. There is a tombstone at the grave of Dr. Justus Barret who died in 1849 when 38.He bought land in that community in Februaery 1849. A child of A.E. Thomas
was buried there in 1850 and one in 1856. An Ayres child was buried in 1859; a child of W.T. Stevens in 1859 and a Mrs. W.T. Stevens in 1856, age 17 Her name was Elizabeth and the Stevens child that died had a mother named Sarah.
Dr. Justus Barret died 1849 aged 38
Child of A.E. Thomas died: 1850
Child of A.E. Thomas Died: 1856
Ayres Child Died: 1859
Child of W.T.and Sarah Stevens Died 1859
Elizabeth, wife of W.T. Stevens Died 1856, age 17