Submitted and Photos by Bill Mayo

Town:Between Nat and Looneyville on CR 343 

County:Nacogdoches 

Directions:From Cushing drive 4.3 miles on Highway 225 toward Douglass, turn left onto CR 343 in Looneyville, travel 2.3 miles, turn right onto the Brewer Cemetery road and drive approximately 150 yards to the cemetery gate.

 History: The Brewer Cemetery, which is believed to have had its first burial before 1822, is located on a league of land granted to Henry Brewer in 1834 by the Mexican government.When Henry Brewer's estate was probated in 1867, the land on which the cemetery is located was exempted from partition, "it being the graveyard where Henry Brewer and his children and other relations is buried."Henry and his son John supported the Texas Revolution and Henry's son Henry Mitchell Brewer fought at the Battle of San Jacinto.In 1836 Henry Brewer, his wife Susannah Mitchell Brewer, and sons John and Henry Mitchell Brewer were recognized and honored for their contributions to Texas history with the erection of Centennial Marker 9254 by the State of Texas.The last burial occured in 1977, and burials are no longer allowed.The cemetery is owned and maintained by the Brewer Cemetery Association of Nacogdoches County, Texas.

On May 24-25, 2007, a research team from the United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service (USDA-FS) and the Texas Archeological Stewards Network conducted a shallow geophysics study using ground penetrating radar at the Brewer Cemetery site and identified approximately 50 locations as probable unmarked grave sites.Some existing grave markers have been placed by family members in recent years, but these may not be at the exact location of the grave. 

Some graves have legible markers and can be easily identifed; some graves can only be identified from rocks and/or from depressions.Some graves were originally marked with tombstones, but these tombstones have weathered to such an extent that only the base of the marker can be found. The Brewer Cemetery Association is in the process of placing ACME memorial bricks inscribed with "Brewer Family Member" at the location of graves marked with rocks and/or depressions as well as at the locations identified by Forest Service survey in 2007. 

Carolyn Ericson in one of her articles in "KISSIN'KUZZINS" indicated that there probably more than 100 graves in the cemetery with many being only marked with rocks at the head and foot of depressions. Burials:    

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