Cedar Hill in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Pleasant Valley Cemetery

Photographed by Kayla Harper, August 9, 2020

1. Pleasant Valley Cemetery Marker

Inscription.

The families of James Holland, Jacob and Drusilla Boydstun, Isaac Lowe, and Robert Ground immigrated from Illinois to this area in 1848. When the Boydstuns' son, Henry, died later that year, he was buried at this site on the family farm. In 1870 the Boydstuns deeded 3.5 acres surrounding their son's grave site for cemetery, school, and church purposes. The cemetery was enlarged in 1907 with the purchase of 1.5 acres from A. T. Baggett. The graveyard remains active and is maintained by a cemetery association. Interred here are numerous area pioneers and their descendants.

Erected 1994 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 6830.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 32° 33.494′ N, 97° 0.112′ W. Marker is in Cedar Hill, Texas, in Dallas County. It is on Tangle Ridge Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2519 Texas Plume Road, Cedar Hill TX 75104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. R.A. Roberts House (approx. 3.3 miles away); Electromagnetic Wave Contraption (approx. 3.4 miles away); First United Methodist Church of Cedar Hill (approx. 3.4 miles away); City of Cedar Hill (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Newton Cabin (approx. 5.2 miles away); Site of Polytechnic Institute (approx. 5.2 miles away); St. Paul Cemetery (approx. 5.2 miles away); William L. and Emma Hawkins House (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cedar Hill.

Photographed by Kayla Harper, August 9, 2020

2. Pleasant Valley Cemetery Marker

Pleasant Valley Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kayla Harper, August 9, 2020

3. Pleasant Valley Cemetery

Photographed by Kayla Harper, August 9, 2020

4. Pleasant Valley Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,394 times since then and 91 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 13, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.