| Marker Number |
16147 |
| Atlas Number |
5507016147 |
| Marker Title |
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
|
| County |
Lamar |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
282621 |
| UTM Northing |
3713404 |
| Subject Codes |
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| Marker Year |
2000 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
between Pattonville and Deport off of US 271, about .5 mi. S of CR 153000 that leads to cemetery |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
12" x 16" |
| Marker Text |
The trustees of the Mt. Pleasant Church purchased this property from the McGill Community School for one dollar in 1895. Many burials here pre-date that purchase but the earliest marked grave is that of 4-year-old Sammie Bryan who died in 1874. There are 449 marked graves within the cemetery's two acres. The history of the area is reflected on these stones, from the victims of a tornado in 1908 and the influenza epidemic of 1918 to the veterans of our nation's wars and several generations of families who contributed to the development of the farming community of Deport and its environs. Historic Texas Cemetery-2000 |
