Pleasant Mound "Public" Cemetery

In 1640-acre survey of James Jackson Beeman (1816-88), uncle by marriage of John Neely Bryan, first settler in Dallas. Beeman came here from Illinois in 1840, helped cut first road in Trinity bottoms; name Turtle Creek, 1841; and plat city of Dallas, 1842. On March 8, 1848, he buried his wife Sarah Crawford Beeman on northeast corner of his land, and later allowed neighbors to bury their dead here. Cemetery's first (1887) trustees were J. W. Miller, James Pruitt, and J. H. Shannon. Pioneers buried here set the course for greatness of Dallas. Marker Donated By: Mildred Boone (Mrs. Joel) Haden, great- granddaughter of Sarah Crawford Beeman, first person buried in this cemetery, and by the Ada Bruton Garden Club of Dallas.

Pleasant Mound "Public" Cemetery is a historical marker in Dallas, Dallas County, dedicated in 1972. 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 32.7633, -96.6829 near Dallas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pleasant Mound Public (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Pleasant Mound, and Congregation Agudus Achim.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5113006837. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.