Wheatland Cemetery

Wheatland Cemetery has served this area since the mid-1800s. Originally named the Branson-Brotherton Cemetery, this burial ground is on property donated by Tom Branson and H.K. Brotherton. The two men, Ohio natives, both were farmers and owners of large tracts of land and are buried here. The cemetery also has roots with Methodist congregations. Organized in the 1840s, the first Methodist church in this area was Wesley Chapel. The church moved here in 1864 to the community of Sprouls' Corner (Sprowls' Corner), which residents soon renamed Wheatland. Wesley Chapel also changed names to Wheatland Methodist Church. The congregation met on the land donated by Branson and Brotherton. Although formally established in 1872, this cemetery contains a number of earlier burials, including some who were reinterred from the Wesley Chapel burial ground. Burials here include area pioneers, farmers, community leaders, veterans of conflicts dating to the Mexican American War (1846-48), and victims of flu, malaria and diphtheria epidemics in the community. The cemetery contains fraternal organization gravestones, vertical stones and curbing. In 1913, the Uhl and Branson families deeded additional acreage; the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Wheatland also conveyed land that year. The Wheatland Cemetery Association, which family members of the interred organized in 1908, continues to maintain the burial ground. Today, historic Wheatland Cemetery remains a record of the early pioneers and residents of the once-thriving Wheatland Community. Historic Texas Cemetery – 2006

Wheatland Cemetery is a historical marker in Dallas, Dallas County, dedicated in 2008. 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 32.6500, -96.8558 near Dallas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wheatland Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Daniel Cemetery, Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church, and CAF Airpower Museum.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015044. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.