Details for Nesbitt Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5203010200

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Marker Number 10200
Atlas Number 5203010200
Marker Title Nesbitt Cemetery
Index Entry Nesbitt Cemetery
Address CR 4204
City Marshall
County Harrison
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 364128
UTM Northing 3606814
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1976
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 5 mi. NW of Marshall on SH 154, then west on CR 4204 to cemetery
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Robert Jameison (1810-86) and Nathan L. Nesbitt, twin brothers from Tennessee, settled this area in 1847. First grave here was that of Nathan's wife, Psyche ("Sackey") Walker Nesbitt (1815-51) Robert's wife, Susan Adeline Nesbitt (1827-1901), who often nursed sick neighbors in the absence of a community doctor, donated this site for the family cemetery. After her husband died, she used her pension from his service in the Mexican war (1846-48) to fence the plot. Nesbitt descendants, led by Julian Womack Nesbitt, established a trust fund for perpetual care of the cemetery in 1969.

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