Cemetery

Mount Bethel

Panola County · THC Atlas #7365001505

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About this site

Mount Bethel is a cemetery in Panola County, Texas. It is one of 80 cemeteries documented in Panola County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 132 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0094, -94.3954. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gary (cemetery), about 2.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Thomas, Murvaul, and Lindsey.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7365001505. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Mount Bethel Cemetery adjoins Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Farm Road 999 about eleven miles southwest of Carthage, near Gary. Five acres for a church, school, and cemetery were first donated by Isaac Pike, with additional land later given by J. R. Atkerson. The Mount Bethel area was settled before the Civil War and had a school by 1855; today more than 1,000 graves lie in the cemetery, one of the community's last surviving landmarks.

Sources: tshaonline.org txgenwebcounties.org

📍 32.0094, -94.3954 · Panola County

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