Bascom Cemetery

Bascom was settled in the mid-1840s and named for a Tennessee Methodist bishop by early settler Lazariah Smith. Burials took place just north of this site until 1857 when one acre west of the Tyler to Henderson Road (present-day FM 848) and two acres east of the road were set aside for cemetery purposes. Graves from the early site were reinterred in Bascom Cemetery. The first recorded burial was that of John Pinkerton in 1851. Included among the more than 2,000 interments are those of the area's earliest settlers and their descendants and at least one veteran of the War of 1812.

Bascom Cemetery is a historical marker in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.2968, -95.2086 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bascom East Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bascom West Cemetery, Thompson Family, and Meador Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5423007703. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.