Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Pleasant Hill Cemetery has served the citizens of this area since 1855 and is one of the oldest cemeteries in Bell County. The first person to be interred at the site was J. Carmack (d. 1855). Carmack was buried on the farm of pioneer settler Fleming Trigg Cox (d. 1890), who had arrived in the area from Missouri with his wife Mary Guinevere (Leigh) (d. 1907) in 1852. Both Fleming and Mary are buried at the site. In 1907, Samuel and Nicia Jane (Cox) Cox, descendants of Fleming Trigg Cox, deeded 4 ⅓ acres to officially form the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Also among the earliest settlers in this section of western Bell County were the Kaiser, Sutton and Shriver families, and each family is represented in Pleasant Hill Cemetery., Through the years, several additions of land have been made to the site, which now encompasses more than eight acres. The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association was organized in 1901 in order to provide maintenance for the cemetery. The association consists of three officers and four trustees and an annual meeting is held at the cemetery on the last Saturday in June. Also in 1901, a tabernacle was constructed on the site that is still in use. Burials in the cemetery include veterans of the Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War., Today, Pleasant Hill Cemetery remains active and is open to persons of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. The burial ground serves as a reminder of the hard-working pioneer families who settled this area so long ago. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2009.