Mansfiled Historical Society in Texas preserves and displays the historical archives of the North Texas town of Mansfield. Mansfiled in located in Tarrant County, near Fort Worth in zip code 76063.
African American Cemetery • Bratton Family Cemetery • Britton Cemetery • Calvary Cemetery • Cope Cemetery - Johnson County • Cope Cemetery - Tarrant County • Cumberland Cemetery • Curry Cemetery • Estes Cemetery •
Gibson Cemetery • Grimsley Cemetery • Hudson Cemetery • Johnson Station Cemetery • Mansfield Cemetery • Perry Cemetery • Pleasant Point Cemetery • Pleasant Valley Cemetery •
Power Cemetery • Rehoboth Cemetery • Rendon Cemetery
• Rogers Cemetery • St. Paul Cemetery • Stephens Family Cemetery • Tye Cemetery • Walnut Creek Cemetery
• Wilson Family Cemetery • Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery
• Rogers Cemetery • St. Paul Cemetery • Stephens Family Cemetery • Tye Cemetery • Walnut Creek Cemetery
• Wilson Family Cemetery • Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery
Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery
Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery is located on the corner of Hwy. 287 and F.M. 157 in northern Mansfield. Thomas L. Cope and his wife, Elizabeth, deeded to E.D.L. Tims, as Trustee of Methodist Episcopal Church South, 2.002 acres of land to be used as a public burial ground, known as Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery on May 1, 1880.
Wyatt's Chapel became a community church for all denominations as deeded. There are known to be people of both Methodist and Catholic faith buried at Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery. There are two Civil War veterans buried at the site: John Joseph. Hard, a Confederate soldier and John Bell Mabry, a Union solider.
Although none of the Wyatt family is recorded as being buried in Wyatt's Chapel, the cemetery was used from 1882 (earliest recorded internment) to 1912 (last recorded internment). Until the original deed from Cope to the Methodist Church Trustees was discovered by Beryl S. Gibson of the Mansfield Historical Society in 1984, the Methodist Conference was unaware they owned the cemetery. In 1999, the Methodist Church of Mansfield sold the cemetery property for development.
Subsequent to the sale, Kossman Development Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, conducted an archeological survey. Forty-three burials were found at the cemetery site. The cemetery dedication on approximately 1 3/4 acres was removed and the 1/4 acre containing the graves will become a Memorial Park with a commercial development.
Wyatt's Chapel received a Official Texas Historical Cemetery Designation from the Texas Historical Commission in 2001. The redevelopment of the property around the cemetery and the construction of a Memorial Park to commemorate the history of the site are tributes to the preservation of heritage in the Mansfield community.
Wyatt's Chapel became a community church for all denominations as deeded. There are known to be people of both Methodist and Catholic faith buried at Wyatt's Chapel Cemetery. There are two Civil War veterans buried at the site: John Joseph. Hard, a Confederate soldier and John Bell Mabry, a Union solider.
Although none of the Wyatt family is recorded as being buried in Wyatt's Chapel, the cemetery was used from 1882 (earliest recorded internment) to 1912 (last recorded internment). Until the original deed from Cope to the Methodist Church Trustees was discovered by Beryl S. Gibson of the Mansfield Historical Society in 1984, the Methodist Conference was unaware they owned the cemetery. In 1999, the Methodist Church of Mansfield sold the cemetery property for development.
Subsequent to the sale, Kossman Development Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, conducted an archeological survey. Forty-three burials were found at the cemetery site. The cemetery dedication on approximately 1 3/4 acres was removed and the 1/4 acre containing the graves will become a Memorial Park with a commercial development.
Wyatt's Chapel received a Official Texas Historical Cemetery Designation from the Texas Historical Commission in 2001. The redevelopment of the property around the cemetery and the construction of a Memorial Park to commemorate the history of the site are tributes to the preservation of heritage in the Mansfield community.
The photo on the left was taken in 2000 during excavation to determine the number of burials at the site. You can clearly see the rectangle of light colored dirt, lower right corner of each burial marked by stake in photo. Even after 100 years, evidence of the burials was clear and distinct. An estimated 18"-20" of soil was removed from the entire two acres, deeded as cemetery 120 years ago. Before excavation, it was unknown how many burials were in the cemetery. Research by the Maserang Family and the Mansfield Historical Society listed twelve known. After excavation, 43 burials were plotted in the cemetery. The photo on the right shows a small fenced area within the cemetery where two stones stand. The remaining stones are likely located somewhere within the 27 undeveloped acres surrounding the cemetery, having succumbed to vandalism.
