Pleasant Mound
"Public" Cemetery

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Marker Text: ​In 640-acre survey of James Jackson Beeman (1816-88), uncle by marriage of John Neely Bryan, first settler in Dallas. Beeman came here from Illinois in 1840, helped cut first road in Trinity bottoms; name Turtle Creek, 1841; and plat city of Dallas, 1842. On March 8, 1848, he buried his wife Sarah Crawford Beeman on northeast corner of his land, and later allowed neighbors to bury their dead here. Cemetery's first (1887) trustees were J. W. Miller, James Pruitt, and J. H. Shannon. Pioneers buried here set the course for greatness of Dallas. (1972) 

Marker No: 6837

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker

Geographic: ​32° 45.796′ N, 96° 40.974′ W

Location: 3003 South Buckner Boulevard, Dallas ​