Marker Inscription
When the Rev. Greene Fretwell, a former slave, died in 1886, there was no black cemetery in this part of Tarrant County. With donations collected by his widow, Frances, the trustees of Trinity Chapel Methodist Church bought two acres in 1889 for a church and burial ground. Worship services were held under a brush arbor until a frame church was built here. By the 1920s, burials began on adjacent land, known as New Trinity Cemetery. Additional property was designated in 1931 as People's Burial Park. Today the three sites are commonly called New Trinity Cemetery. (1985) Historic Texas Cemetery medallion attached to post.
About this site
New Trinity Cemetery is a historical marker in Haltom City, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7952, -97.2896 near Haltom City. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fretwell (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ransom, Dr. Riley Andrew, Harper's Rest Cemetery, and Amon Carter Riverside High School and Riverside I.S.D..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014414. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
