Rehoboth Cemetery
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The Rehoboth Cemetery began in 1871 with the burial of infant Mary Miller. The cemetery served the community of Sublett, named after John Sublett. The town consisted of a school, post office and church. The one-room schoolhouse, also used by the Rehoboth Baptist Church, once stood next to the cemetery. The 2.5 acre site contains more than 500 graves, although many of the headstones are illegible. Among those buried here are pioneer settlers and their descendants. Formed in 1970, the Rehoboth Cemetery Association maintains the site, which continues to serve the area. (1997)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This burial ground opened in 1871 with the grave of infant Mary Miller and became the resting place for the vanished community of Sublett, named for settler John Sublett. The little town once held a school, post office, and church, and the one-room schoolhouse beside the cemetery doubled as the Rehoboth Baptist meeting house. More than 500 graves fill the 2.5-acre site, many marked by headstones now worn illegible, among them pioneer settlers and their descendants.
Why it matters
A country cemetery is often the last physical trace of a community that has otherwise disappeared, preserving the names and presence of the pioneers who first settled this corner of North Texas.
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Related people
- · Mary Miller
- · John Sublett
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