Midtown in Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

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 Sites • Settlements & 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. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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 Levitt Era (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.

Another

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marker is no longer nearby. First Congregational Church (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).

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

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 1,519 times since then and 43 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.