​Mount Zion Cemetery

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Marker Text: John R. Johnson, whose 1849 land grant included this property, gave 4.25 acres in 1850 to Mount Zion Methodist Church. Churchyard burials may have begun earlier, but oldest gravestone is dated 1870. The church building was dismantled in 1928 after it fell into ruin. In 1958, descendants of Harrells' settlement, Mount Zion, and Stephens Creek pioneers began a yearly homecoming here at the sole public landmark of their ancestors, the cemetery. As of 1976, there are about 250 graves-- most of them identified and a number marked through efforts of a special committee. (1976)

Marker No: 7662

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.711569, -95.194412

Location: south of SH 156, 3 miles southeast of Point Blank