Marker - Bettis Family Cemetery
Posted by: 
cgeek
N 35° 08.365 W 090° 00.381
15S E 772753 N 3892607
Historical marker in midtown Memphis, Tennessee
Waymark Code: WM3PD9
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2008
Views: 28
The marker, located near a small cemetery beside a Piggly Wiggly grocery store, reads:
Bettis Family Cemetery
Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new settlement.
Marker Name: Bettis Family Cemetery
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: None
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Memphis Sesquicentennial, Inc.
|
Visit Instructions:
At minimum, your visit must consist of a picture of the marker itself or anything referenced on the marker plus additional information you may have learned about the waymark topic. (You and your GPS receiver do not need to be in the picture, but can.)