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Morgan Hood Survey Pioneer Cemetery

Grapevine, Tarrant County

Marker Text

Originally part of the Morgan Hood Survey, this small cemetery (75 ft. SE) has been abandoned for over a century. Its one visible grave is marked with portions of a sandstone burial cairn, a common method of marking graves in this area in the 1850s-1870s. The subject of speculation since no written records remain, the graves may be those of members of the Peters Colony, early pioneers who entered the Grapevine area in 1844. Although nearly all traces of the cemetery are gone, it serves as a reminder of Tarrant County's early days of settlement. (1983)

Marker Details

Address SH 26
Location Description SH 26 northbound, between Great Wolf Drive and Bass Pro Drive (Bethel Road), east side of the road.
Marker # 3470
Dedicated 1983
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.952731, -97.050721

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