Bettis Family Cemetery
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Bettis Family Cemetery

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA

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    Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    Coordinates: 35.13951, -90.00659
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This small cemetery is the final resting place of the Bettis Family - one of the original families of Memphis. Tillman Bettis, his wife Sally and four children came to Memphis in 1818 for the procurement of land. They became the second family to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty - even before the town was laid out. Tillman built a huge farm on his property which extended all the way from Poplar to Union and from McNeil to Cooper. And it's thought that here, Sally gave birth to Mary, the first white female born in Memphis - their 6th child. Sally died in 1826, after the birth of their 9th child and her headstone in the cemetery is thought to be the oldest in Shelby County. Tillman died in 1854. This historic cemetery is now owned by Home Depot who has promised to maintain it. Currently there is a stone wall around it and a marker is in place. Descendants of the Bettis family still live in the mid-south area. On northeast corner of the 'CashSavers' grocery store at Madison Ave. & Angelus St.
This small cemetery is the final resting place of the Bettis Family - one of the original families of Memphis. Tillman Bettis, his wife Sally and four children came to Memphis in 1818 for the procurement of land. They became the second family to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty - even before the town was laid out. Tillman built a huge farm on his property which extended all the way from Poplar to Union and from McNeil to Cooper. And it's thought that here, Sally gave birth to Mary, the first white female born in Memphis - their 6th child. Sally died in 1826, after the birth of their 9th child and her headstone in the cemetery is thought to be the oldest in Shelby County. Tillman died in 1854. This historic cemetery is now owned by Home Depot who has promised to maintain it. Currently there is a stone wall around it and a marker is in place. Descendants of the Bettis family still live in the mid-south area. On northeast corner of the 'CashSavers' grocery store at Madison Ave. & Angelus St.

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  • Added: 27 Dec 2003
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1975770