P.A. Watson Cemetery
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Texas Historical Marker in the P.A. Watson Cemetery, near the northeast corner of I-30 and SH 360, Arlington, TX. The marker notes the cemetery's origins and history, as well as that of its accompanying church, moved when the Turnpike was built.
Waymark Code: WMMMN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2006
Views: 34
Index Entry: P.A. Watson Cemetery
Address: 1024 N. Watson Rd., SH 360
City: Arlington
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: GY;
Year Marker Erected: 1979
Designations: na
Marker Location: 1024 N. Watson Rd. (SH 360), Arlington
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
West Fork United Presbyterian Church,
WMK0G, mentioned
in the text.
Marker Number: 3900
Marker Text:
Mrs. Micajah Goodwin was buried here in 1846, soon after her family came to this area. They constructed a coffin from their wagon bed and burned brush atop the grave to hide it from Indians. When Patrick Alfred Watson (1810-1894) of North Carolina bought the land in 1853, he set aside a one-acre cemetery. In 1870 Watson gave land and a structure was built for Watson Community's first school and church, later West Fork Presbyterian Church. In 1956 Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was routed around the cemetery and the church was relocated. (1979)
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