| Marker Number |
8324 |
| Atlas Number |
5477008324 |
| Marker Title |
Christian Church Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Christian Church Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Burton |
| County |
Washington |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
729254 |
| UTM Northing |
3346270 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1981 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Burton, take FM 2780 about 2 miles NW to Christian Cemetery Rd., go E about 1/2 mile to marker on S side of road.
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
This burial ground originally served the early residents of McClellan's Settlement, named for William B. McClellan who operated a store and gin here. A church, later called Bethany Christian Church, was organized at the McClellan Schoolhouse in 1876. Three years later a chapel was dedicated at this site. The church cemetery was first used in 1877 for the burial of George McCausland (b. 1863), brother of church benefactor Eleanor (McCausland) Barham. The congregation, renamed First Christian, moved to Burton (5 mi. S) in 1913, but continues to care for the Pioneer Cemetery. |
