Mount Zion Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 27.582 W 096° 57.319
14S E 692179 N 3593232
Texas Historical Marker at Mount Zion Cemetery, Midlothian, TX, noting its origins. It is the only survivor of the old Mount Zion Community that was here, with a church that served as a school.
Waymark Code: WMMC18
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 7130

Marker Text:
An Indian who often rested on this hill was killed by his wild prairie horse in the 1850s and buried here. Sarah Witherspoon (1832-1857), an early Anglo-American settler, was interred nearby in the first marked grave. Soon after Coleman Jenkins died in 1861, his brother Alexander (1829-1895) deeded this public burial ground. In 1873, Jenkins helped found the Mount Zion Presbyterian Church here. A church house was erected and used for school. In the early 1900s, as the population shifted, the church and school closed. The cemetery is all that remains of this pioneer community. (1979)
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