| Marker Number |
3900 |
| Atlas Number |
5439003900 |
| Marker Title |
P.A. Watson Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
P.A. Watson Cemetery |
| Address |
1024 N. Watson Rd., SH 360 |
| City |
Arlington |
| County |
Tarrant |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
681509 |
| UTM Northing |
3626459 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1979 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
1024 N. Watson Rd. (SH 360), Arlington |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Mrs. Micajah Goodwin was buried here in 1846, soon after her family came to this area. They constructed a coffin from their wagon bed and burned brush atop the grave to hide it from Indians. When Patrick Alfred Watson (1810-1894) of North Carolina bought the land in 1853, he set aside a one-acre cemetery. In 1870 Watson gave land and a structure was built for Watson Community's first school and church, later West Fork Presbyterian Church. In 1956 Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was routed around the cemetery and the church was relocated. |
