Brown Cemetery
aka Sheppard Place
Located on the old Sheppard Place on CR 2315 Northwest of Naples. These people were supposed to have been servants of the Sheppards. They are located inside the Vissering Dipping Vat Corral about 70 yards East of the Senator Morris Sheppard birthplace Historical Marker. This is on fenced, private property. This cemetery is known to be predominantly black.
Read by Pat Tomberlain on 4/3/1999
Published & submitted to Cemeteries of East Texas by: J. W. Wardlow, December 31, 2005
Brown, John Samuel 05/15/1820 07/20/1900 Born in Virginia
Brown, Mariah 04/02/1827 09/15/1887 w/o John Samuel