Southlake in Tarrant County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Lonesome Dove Baptist Church Cemetery

Minutes preserved 1846 - 1968

Lonesome Dove Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Morgan Petermann, July 2, 2023

1. Lonesome Dove Cemetery Marker

Inscription.
Organized Feb 1846 in Chas & Lucinda Throop home 3 mi east by 12 Baptists; joined the next day by 11 Baptists. Eld. J. Hodge, Deacon James Gibson formed the Presbytery 1st building at this site 1847 when elected Eld. John Freeman, who had served as teacher & part time preacher since 1846. He served as permanant pastor 1847 - 1857. In adjoining cemetery rest many Tarrant County pioneers, several among 1st elected officials when it was organized in 1850.

Constituents
Hall Medlin, Clerk
John Freeman, Moderator
Nancy (Harris) Freeman
Mary Medlin Anderson
Susanah (Medlin) Foster
Lucinda (Foster) Leonard
Felix Mullikin
Rachel Foster Mullikin
Henry Suggs
Saleta (Foster) Suggs
Henry Atkinson

Erected by State of Texas.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1846.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 32° 58.42′ N, 97° 7.631′ W. Marker was in Southlake, Texas, in Tarrant County. It was at the intersection of Lonesome Dove Road and Alexandria Court,

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on the left when traveling north on Lonesome Dove Road. Church has recently done landscaping work in the front of the property where the marker used to be. The marker is nowhere to be found. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 2380 Lonesome Dove Road, Southlake TX 76092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

It was also in the American South.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Absalom H. Chivers Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Carroll School (approx. 1.4 miles away); State Troopers H.D. Murphy and Edward Wheeler (approx. 1.7 miles away); Hood Cemetery (approx. 2.4 miles away); Shockey-Huffman Homestead & Family Farm - Solana's Roots (approx. 2½ miles away);

Photographed by Morgan Petermann, July 2, 2023

2. Lonesome Dove Cemetery Marker

White's Chapel Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); Thomas Easter Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); White's Chapel (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southlake.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Dove Community (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing).

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2023, by Morgan Petermann of Hurst, Texas. This page has been viewed 451 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on April 5, 2025, by Matthew G French of Fort Worth, Texas. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2023, by Morgan Petermann of Hurst, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.