Watson Chapel Cemetery

Prominent early settler George Adams and his wife, Orinda Hester Scott, donated land for this cemetery in 1883. Although the gravestone of Tilman Scott Ingram, who was reinterred here from another cemetery, bears an earlier death dated (1880), the first recorded burials were those of John Edwards in 1883 and Orinda Adams' parents, Hester Ann Scott in 1885 and James M. Scott in 1887. Many people who worked in the area's lumber industry are interred here. Watson Chapel Cemetery is maintained by an association of descendants of persons buried here.

Watson Chapel Cemetery is a historical marker in Bleakwood, Newton County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Newton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.6799, -93.8116 near Bleakwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Watson Chapel Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Watson Chapel, Bleakwood Cemetery, and Biloxi Evergreen Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5351011139. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.