​Old Palestine Cemetery

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Marker Text: ​Henry and Helena (Dill) Berryman deeded four acres of land at this site to trustees of the old Palestine Baptist Church in 1853. Seven years later Helena, by then a widow, gave an additional two acres on which a schoolhouse and community graveyard already were in existence. Many early graves are undocumented, but records indicate stones once marked interments that occurred as early as 1861. Among the pioneer settlers interred here are James and Martha Boyd, their son Benjamin, daughter Martha Donegan, and infant granddaughter Lara Donegan, all of whom died in 1862. Enlarged in later years with additional land donations, the cemetery stands as a reminder of the area's pioneer heritage. (2001)

Marker No: 12384

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.660076,-95.011772

Location: 6 miles east of Alto on SH 21