Bethesda Cemetery

Located on land granted to Thomas Moore (ca. 1805-1848) by the Republic of Texas, this cemetery began in the 1840s as a small family graveyard. Although Thomas Moore's grave is the oldest documented burial, his son, Ed B. Moore, may have been interred here two years earlier. By the 1850s the cemetery had become a community burial ground. Among the graves here are those of seven citizens of the Republic of Texas, as well as veterans of the Civil War, World War I, and World War II.

Bethesda Cemetery is a historical marker in Normangee, Leon County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 20 historical markers documented in Leon County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 102 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.1111, -96.2182 near Normangee. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bethesda-Williams Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Greer Family Cemetery, Vanetia Cemetery, and Clear Creek Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5289009617. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.