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

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

1. Pleasant Hill Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This cemetery, founded in 1853, grew up around the Brunswick Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which has since moved. During the Confederate War, the church building was used as a hospital, and 17 unknown Confederate soldiers who died there are buried in a nearby plot. Also buried there are many of the region's pioneers.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4E 51.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1853.

Location. 35° 15.323′ N, 89° 46.367′ W. Marker is in Arlington, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is on Brunswick Road north of Brunswick Farms Drive, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4761 Brunswick Rd, Arlington TN 38002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee

and in Greater Memphis.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Davies Manor (approx. 2.7 miles away); Ellen Davies-Rodgers (approx. 2.7 miles away); Sgt. Walter K. Singleton (approx. 3.1 miles away); Warren Chapel Pisgah Cemetery

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(approx. 3.7 miles away); Oak Grove Baptist Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); Wade Bolton and Bolton College / Bolton School (approx. 4.9 miles away); Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church / Chambers Chapel Cemetery (approx. 5.1 miles away); St. Ann Catholic Church (approx. 5.4 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Davies Manor (was approx. 2.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Additional commentary.
1. Identical Marker Numbers
There is supposed to be another marker in the Memphis with the same Tennessee Historic Commission numbers 4E 51. It marks the stopping point of John James Audubon in Memphis. That marker is missing. Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor

— Submitted September 7, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee.

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

2. Pleasant Hill Cemetery Marker

Confederate Soldier Memorial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

3. Confederate Soldier Memorial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Memorial to 17 unknown Confederate soldiers buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

4. Memorial to 17 unknown Confederate soldiers buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery

This plot contains the remains of seventeen Confederate Soldiers of Price's Army names unknown removed from hospital in Memphis 1862 and died in a church that was converted into a hospital near this spot. Erected by Russell Jones

Pleasant Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

5. Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Marker for the grave of an unknown soldier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

6. Marker for the grave of an unknown soldier

Pleasant Hill Cemetery Home Made Grave Marker James Wooten, 1880's image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Masler, September 7, 2015

7. Pleasant Hill Cemetery Home Made Grave Marker James Wooten, 1880's

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,500 times since then and 97 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 7, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.