P.A. Watson Cemetery

Mrs. Micajah Goodwin was buried here in 1846, soon after her family came to this area, and they constructed a coffin from their wagon bed and burned brush atop the grave to hide it from Indians. When Patrick Alfred Watson (1810-1894) of North Carolina bought the land in 1853, he set aside a one-acre cemetery. In 1870, Watson gave land and a structure was built for Watson Community's first school and church, later West Fork Presbyterian Church. In 1956, the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was routed around the cemetery and the church was relocated.

Arlington, Texas · United States