Old Palestine Cemetery
N 31° 39.609 W 095° 00.687
15R E 309292 N 3504525
The state historic marker for old Palestine Cemetery along State Highway 21 E. of alto
Waymark Code: WMXETZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2018
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This subject marker for the old Palestine cemetery stands at the front gates to this large cemetery located along State Highway 21 east of Alto, Texas.
Marker Number: 12384
Marker Text:
Henry and Helena (Dill) Berryman deeded four acres of land at this site to trustees of the Old Palestine Baptist Church in 1853. Seven years later Helena, by then a widow, gave an additional two acres on which a schoolhouse and community graveyard already were in existence. Many early graves are undocumented, but records indicate stones once marked interments that occurred as early as 1861. Among the pioneer settlers interred here are James and Martha Boyd, their son Benjamin, daughter Martha Donegan, and infant granddaughter Lara Donegan, all of whom died in 1862. Enlarged in later years with additional land donations, the cemetery stands as a reminder of the area's pioneer heritage. (2001)
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