REMBOLD RANCH/JOY SETTLEMENT CEMETERY, KIMBLE COUNTY , TEXAS
Submitted and Compiled by Frederica Burt Wyatt July 6, 2000 burtwyat@ctesc.net
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Location: On the former Peter J. Rembold ranch off KC #450 .There are two
cemeteries, in addition to the grave site of a soldier. The burial sites are known as
"Rembold Ranch" cemeteries. This historic location was near the Joy Settlement,
also known as the Johnson Fork Colony on the old military road. An historical
marker noting the settlement is located near the road. In 1969, Frank and Lucile
Rembold recorded the known graves and listed the information, as well as making
photographs of the cemeteries, and drawing "plats". We have been able to add
some pertinent data to the original survey. This is the oldest known cemetery in
Kimble County and is on the present Sims ranch near Johnson Fork Creek.

Cemetery #1

Billingsley Boy   (killed by Indians)***   -circa 1874

Joy, Martha Nancy Sparks-Chesser
(widow of George C., a Veteran of the War of 1812)   1805 - 10-25-1880

Leigh, Henry   03-04-1881 - 12-07-1882

Moore, Elizabeth  03-12-1838 - 08-08-1882
  
Pearl, Ora  (dau. ofH. L. & Amanda)   - death circa 1885

Phillips, Lela Gertrude   07-27-1877- 11-07-1882

Phillips, Melissa  ( daughters of C. C. & S. E. )    03-07-1881 - 11-11-1882

Rembold, Katie Leibold  (first wife of P. J.)     06-04-1862 -08-19-1884

Rembold, Infant dau. of P. J. & A. G.   1894- 1894

Rembold, Infant son of P. J. & A. G.    1898 - 1895

Taylor, Angeline    circa 1863

Taylor, Katherine   (daughters of Thurman & Elizabeth) circa 1863


Several unmarked graves
* * * According to the late Edith McKinney, her parents, Golden and Lydia Hensley,
lived near the Billingsley family at Joy Point. The two families were a part of a
wagon train originating in Lee County .
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