Tarrant County., Texas -- Gibbins Cemetery
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Gibbins Cemetery

Transcribed:
January 2002
Richard W. "Rick" Atkinson
rick.atkinson@chase.com
907 Purdue Dr., Arlington TX 76012

Location:
2209 N. Davis Dr., Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX 76012
     The cemetery is on the east side of the road directly in front of Turning Point Junior High and
directly across from Trinity Baptist Church.  The cemetery is a single large headstone and Texas
State historical marker surrounded by a brick and wrought iron fence.
     From Fort Worth, exit I30 at Fielder, turn north to Lamar Dr., east to Davis, then north on
Davis.  From Dallas, exit I30 at Cooper and turn west on Lamar to Davis, then north on Davis.
From north of Arlington, go south on FM 157 (Industrial/Collins), turn west on Green Oaks Blvd to
Davis, then south on Davis.

Texas State Historical Marker:
Front:  "GIBBINS CEMETERY AND HOMESTEAD SITE
JAMES GIBBINS (1817-70) MIGRATED TO TEXAS FROM ARKANSAS IN 1857.  HE
BOUGHT LAND NEAR PRESENT DAY ARLINGTON IN 1863.  GIBBINS DEEDED PART
OF THIS LAND TO HIS SON THOMAS JEFFERSON GIBBINS (1841-91), WHO
ENLARGED THE HOMESTEAD.  THIS FAMILY CEMETERY WAS FIRST USED FOR
THE BUARIAL OF THOMAS' FIRST WIFE, AMANDA C. GIBBINS (1846-77).  HIS
SECOND WIFE, MARTHA H. GIBBINS (1856-1924), MAINTAINED THE LAND FOR
THREE DECADES AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND.  THE GIBBINS FAMILY
HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THIS AREA INCLUDING THE DONATION OF LAND
FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE ROSE-BROWN-MAY PARK.  (1982)"
Obverse:  "SPONSERED BY BERTA ROSE BROWN AND MARGARET ROSE MAY"

[Transcriber's Note:  The Rose-Brown-May Park was the foundation for the current River Legacy
Park developed by the city of Arlington and opened in 1990.  The park is located about a mile to
the northeast at Green Oaks Blvd and Margaret Dr.:  from the cemetery, continue north on Davis
Dr., turn east on Green Oaks Blvd. and north on Margaret into the park.  There is also a City of
Arlington Gibbins Park located about a mile to the southeast in the 2100 block of Margaret Dr.
directly south of Butler Elementary School:  on the first street south of the cemetery (Rocky Canyon
Rd.) drive east, turning south on Margaret; the park is on the east side of the road.]

Headstone:
Front:  "PIONEER FAMILY OF JAMES H. GIBBINS"
Obverse:
"T. J. GIBBINS 1841-1891
AMANDA GIBBINS 1846-1877
MARTHA GIBBINS 1856-1927
WILLIAM A. GIBBINS 1870-1886
LEE GIBBINS 1875-1929
WADE M. GIBBINS 1879-1890
BEULAH C. GIBBINS 1881-1882
OLIN W. GIBBINS 1882-1919
JIM C. GIBBINS 1884-1886
R. C. GIBBINS 1847-1923
SAM BURROWS FAITHFUL FRIEND"