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This cemetery began in 1853 with the burials of Sarah Jane and William M. Cochran, the infant daughter and husband of Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran. Among the many Dallas County pioneers buried here are four of Nancy Jane's sisters and their husbands who came from Tennessee in the 1840s and 1850s: Thomas C. and Sarah Williams, Obadiah and Serena Knight, George and Amanda Record, and John B. and Margaret Bachman.
Cochran Chapel Cemetery is a historical marker in Dallas, Dallas County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 352 historical markers documented in Dallas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 574 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8620, -96.8364 near Dallas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cochran Chapel Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cochran Homeplace (W. P.), Cochran Chapel, and Garvin Memorial Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5113006651. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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