Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Franklin County, TX
N 33° 05.792 W 095° 17.582
15S E 286005 N 3664328
Pleasant Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery dating to 1864, with about 200 burials, located off of FM 900, west of Purley, in rural Franklin County, TX. It is still active.
Waymark Code: WMWV10
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2017
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A 1993 Texas Historical Marker here provides some history. Note that, after the cemetery was established, it was ten years before it saw its first burial:
According to local tradition it was at one of these meetings that a lady's remark that "this is a pleasant place," resulted in Gideon Edwards, the owner of the land, calling the site Pleasant Hill.
The Rev. Carter (McCarter) organized the Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church in 1854. In that year Gideon and Jane Edwards deeded five acres here to the newly formed Methodist church for sanctuary and cemetery purposes. A log sanctuary was built in 1854. The first recorded burial was that of Robert L. McGill in 1864.
In 1874 Texas Governor Richard Coke spoke to about 1100 people who gathered here to dedicate the placement in the church belfry of a bell made in England. The church built a new sanctuary in 1880 and added board planks to its arbor in 1888. A later church building was razed about 1950, the time the congregation is believed to have disbanded. The bell was subsequently repositioned atop the improved arbor. The beloved bell was sold to a resident of nearby Mt. Vernon in 1974.
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, which contains the graves of veterans of the Civil War, World Wars I & II, and the Korean Conflict, continues to serve the community.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Franklin County, TX
Approximate number of graves: 200+
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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