Background: This is the family cemetery of William Bluford and Margaret
Burleson Nettle. The cemetery was started when their son Joel died shortly after
the 1850 Limestone County census. [In 1851, Freestone County was split from
Limestone County.] The Nettle family would leave for Brazil in 1866. Eventually
they returned in about 1881.
Directions: Located on county road east of Kirvin on way to Interstate 45. This
cemetery is about 5 miles from Kirvin. This road is known as the old Kirvin
Fairfield Road.
Oldest Grave: Joel Nettle 1851
| Nettle, Bryon | July 11, 1869 | Feb 9, 1898 |
| Nettle, Ewell | Nov 30, 1858 | Apr 1897 |
| Nettle, Joel son of William B. & Margaret |
July 7, 1850 | June 1851 |
| Nettle, Margaret (Burleson) wife of William Bluford |
1827 | Jan 17, 1897 |
one small headstone is marked MLC is also there.