Bethel Cemetery
Location: From Waxahachie, FM 876 south about 10 miles to Bethel Rd., then west about 1/5 miles to cemetery

In 1852 N. P. Sims (1806-1902) gave 10 acres of land at High Springs (4 mi. W) for a church and burial ground to trustees of Bethel Methodist church. Several graves remain there. G. H. Cunningham (1828-1916) and P. C. Sims (1819-1903) gave church trustees 10 acres here at Bethel in 1868. Earliest marked grave is that of the Rev. J. W. Reynolds (1816-1873). In 1918 trustees for Bethel Cemetery Association bought 3.9 acres of the 10-acre plot from the Church. Heirs of Cunningham and P. C. Sims gave 14 adjoining acres in 1961. The site has over 400 graves, including those of the 3 original land donors. [1978]

Bethel Cemetery Historical Marker