Historical Marker
Minter's Chapel Cemetery
Historical marker location:
W. Airfield Drive, Grapevine, Texas
( DFW Airport, W. Airfield Drive, .25 mile north Glade Road intersection)
Marker installed: 1979
Soon after lay Minister Green W. Minter (1803-1887) moved here about 1854, he helped organize Minter's Chapel Methodist Church. His son-in-law James Cate set aside 4.1 acres here for a church and burial ground. The earliest marked grave is that of A.M. Newton in 1857. Many tiny graves indicate a high child mortality rate. The early log meetinghouse was replaced in 1882 by a frame structure. In 1967 the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport acquired the land, except for this 1.5-acre cemetery, and the church was relocated.
(1979).