P. A. Watson Cemetery
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Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 32.761040, -97.062340
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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)
Marker No: 3900
Location: 1024 North Watson Road (SH 360), Arlington
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