Details for Lebanon Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5231007813
Data
| Marker Number | 7813 |
| Atlas Number | 5231007813 |
| Marker Title | Lebanon Cemetery |
| Index Entry | |
| Address | |
| City | Commerce |
| County | Hunt |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 232574 |
| UTM Northing | 3683124 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; communities; pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1991 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Lebanon Cemetery, Ross Street/MLK Drive, S side 0.6 mi. E of Pritchard Street (CR 4513). Marker reported damaged (needs refinishing) Mar. 2023. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Damaged |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | This land has been used as a burial ground since the 1860s. Rebecca Hart Williams Little (1818-1891), a pioneer who came to this area in the 1830s, formally deeded the property for church and school purposes in 1871. The earliest marked grave is that of Harlan Lindley (1845-1871). Others interred here include pioneer settlers; veterans of the Civil War, World War I, and World War II; many infants and children; and Rebecca Little. The adjacent one-room Lebanon School, razed in 1945, provided educational opportunities to generations of local children. (1991) |