Becton Cemetery

Tennessee native Abner M. Becton moved to the Estacado area in the late 1890s, where he met and married Cornelia Bryant. In 1898, the couple moved to land in this area, where W.E. Bledsoe had already established a ranch. The small community became known as Becton, and this site served as a public cemetery. The first known burial took place in 1932, and the burial ground, maintained by Becton descendants, remains active today. Graves include those of area veterans, and the cemetery, surrounded by South Plains farmland, recalls the area’s settlers and the landscape they knew.

Texas · United States