| Marker Number |
3396 |
| Atlas Number |
5439003396 |
| Marker Title |
Minter's Chapel Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Minter's Chapel Cemetery |
| Address |
W. Airfield Drive |
| City |
Grapevine |
| County |
Tarrant |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
681376 |
| UTM Northing |
3640271 |
| Subject Codes |
churches; cemetery; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year |
1979 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
DFW Airport, W. Airfield Drive, .25 mile north Glade Road intersection |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Soon after lay Minister Green W. Minter (1803-1887) moved here about 1854, he helped organize Minter's Chapel Methodist Church. His son-in-law James Cate set aside 4.1 acres here for a church and burial ground. The earliest marked grave is that of A.M. Newton in 1857. Many tiny graves indicate a high child mortality rate. The early log meetinghouse was replaced in 1882 by a frame structure. In 1967 the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport acquired the land, except for this 1.5-acre cemetery, and the church was relocated. (1979) |
