Freeland Cemetery

A visit to Windsor Ruins in Claiborne County is not complete without a visit to the historic Freeland family cemetery, which lies in the woods not far from the majestic homestead. The ancestors of Tom Freeland, a fellow blogger and lawyer in Oxford, Mississippi, reside here. Visit his wonderful blog at http://nmisscommentor.

It is a beautiful old cemetery, sitting up on an Indian mound surrounded by a brick fence covered in green lichen. The last photo with the moss-covered brick is my favorite, just for the vividness of the green. The builder of Windsor is buried here.

Freeland Cemetery

Tom Freeland, an attorney from Oxford, emailed me last week. He writes a blog called NMissCommentor,  http://nmisscommentor, and had linked to my blog post about the Sprague.  The photos above are from the Freeland Cemetery located on his family land near Windsor Ruins in Claiborne County. The cemetery is in the woods on top of an old Indian Mound and the builder of Windor is buried here. On the day I visited, it had started raining right before my fellow photographer friend Jerry Rushing and I got there. And I am so glad it did! It certainly made the colors of the old brick wall and leaves come alive! (Can I say that about a cemetery?) Anyhow, it's a beautiful place with history galore.