Mt. Zion Cemetery

This site was originally part of a tract owned by pioneer area settlers Richard and Polly Golden. They later gave it to their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Cornelius Crenshaw, who buried a son here in the 1840s. They deeded the property to trustees of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church and Cemetery in 1850. Additional land, conveyed to the local farmers' Grange in 1875, was included when the group disbanded. Still in use, the burial ground contains the graves of many early leaders of Panola County and veterans of American military service.

Mt. Zion Cemetery is a historical marker in Carthage, Panola County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Panola County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.3436, -94.1182 near Carthage. The nearest cataloged historic site is Evergreen (cemetery), about 3.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include DeBerry, DeBerry Baptist Church, and Old Evergreen.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5365010833. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.