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Gibson Cemetery

Rendon vicinity, Tarrant County

Marker Text

In 1853 Garrett and James Gibson, along with other family members, came to Tarrant County and established 160-acre homesteads in a settlement that came to be known as the Gibson Community. Each brother donated land at this site for use as a cemetery. The earliest marked grave is that of Garrett Gibson's infant grandson, James Truitt (d. 1866). All but two of the seventy-three marked graves, many of which have only fieldstones, are for relatives of the Gibson family. The cemetery now serves as a reminder of one of Tarrant County's earliest settlements. (1983)

Marker Details

Address 7404 Gibson Cemetery Ct.
Location Description South side of Gibson Cemetery Rd., 0.5 mi. E of Bennett Lawson Rd.
Marker # 2184
Dedicated 1983
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.591679, -97.199707

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