Details for Little Bethel Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006773
Data
Marker Number | 6773 |
Atlas Number | 5113006773 |
Marker Title | Little Bethel Cemetery |
Index Entry | Little Bethel Cemetery |
Address | 1803 Cedar Hill Rd. |
City | Duncanville |
County | Dallas |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 694523 |
UTM Northing | 3611813 |
Subject Codes | cemetery |
Marker Year | 1976 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | marker is inside at rear of cemetery |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | Burials of two small children opened this cemetery in 1856. The oldest stone (1858) commemorates Etna Barker, of a pioneer family. Some relatives of John Neely Bryan, first settler in Dallas, are buried here. This was once the site of a small church that was later relocated in Cedar Hill. Landowner Crawford Trees donated original burial ground in 1860. Judge William B. Hamilton added acreage in 1936 and 1951. There are now 1,000 graves. Little Bethel became a memorial park with perpetual care in 1966. |