J.T. LAWSON DONATED THE USE OF ½ ACRE OF HIS HOMESTEAD FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, UNTIL PATENT WAS GRANTED, THEN HE GAVE DEED FOR SAME AND SOLD 1½ ACRES TO CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FOR $250.00. ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED 1892.

     A BRUSHARBOR WAS USED UNTIL THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1890. FIRST MINISTER REV. B.J. HARTSFIELD WAS BURIED HERE DEC. 6,1899. CHURCH WAS MOVED TO BENTON WHEN RAILROAD WAS BUILT IN 1903. BENTON WAS LATER RENAMED WHEATLAND