Historic Cemetery

Leonard Clay, Jr. Grave Cemetery

a.k.a. Clay

Fulshear, Texas
Location: From the intersection of 5th Street and Wallis Road in Fulshear, go north .2 miles on Wallace to entrance of Michael McCann's pasture at locked gate on west side of road. Walk throught the field from the gate SW 980' to cemetery on the edge of the woods, just east of a creek. The Leonard May Clay grave is 184' north of this site.This site is overgrown and an area used for dumping is just north of the site. Only two markers are visible; a marble veteran marker and a concrete marker without inscription. It is likely that more graves are unmarked on at this site. There is an animal trail and mud pit used by hogs on the north side of the cemetery. This site needs immediate attention and cleaning.

Source: RIP Fields Table

To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.

The Historic Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.

A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or agency may submit a request for designation.

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