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Bettis Family Cemetery

 
 
Bettis Family Cemetary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Steve Masler, May 29, 2015
1. Bettis Family Cemetary Marker
Inscription. Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new settlement.
 
Erected 1968 by Memphis Sesquicentennial, Inc.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.
 
Location. 35° 8.367′ N, 90° 0.379′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Midtown. Marker is on Angelus Street just north of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Cemetery is in the parking lot of a grocery store and strip mall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Memphis TN 38104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Antenna Club (approx. 0.2 miles away); Idlewild Presbyterian Church (approx. ¼ mile away); The 1969 Miss Memphis Review (approx. ¼ mile away); Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church (approx. half a mile away); Central Gardens Historic District (approx. half a mile away); Hutchison School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Kuni Wada Bakery Remembrance (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Overton Park Shell/The Levitt Shell At Overton Park (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.
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Bettis Family Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Steve Masler, May 29, 2015
2. Bettis Family Cemetery Marker
Bettis Family Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Steve Masler, May 28, 2015
3. Bettis Family Cemetery
Bettis Family Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Steve Masler, May 29, 2015
4. Bettis Family Cemetery
Bettis Family Cemetery Grave Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Steve Masler, May 29, 2015
5. Bettis Family Cemetery Grave Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 889 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 29, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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