Historic Cemetery

Oak Hill Cemetery

a.k.a. Oak Hill-Kendleton

Kendleton, Texas
Location: In Kendleton on Hwy 59 S, go left on Lum Road after crossing Hwy 59 east. Turn right immediately after crossing Hwy 59 onto feeder or access road. About .8 to dead end. Go right on gravel road.1 mile. Located on fenceline of Allan Bates Park on San Bernard River. OR HWY 59 in Kendleton south to Charlie Roberts Road. East on Charlie Roberts Road to Allen Bates Park. Enter park on Allen Park Way. Follow SW to Newman Chapel Cemetery marked "grave site". From Newman Chapel Cemetery go 800' in a north westerly direction to cemetery in palmetto thicket.This site is on Bates M. Allen Park, owned by Fort Bend County, but it is not maintained. This site is overgrown and most of the markers have been knocked over or vandalized. This site has been surveyed and mapped by Fort Bend County but there are no plans to restore the site.This site is located 1000 feet north of Allen Park Way, and 800 feet NW of Newman Chapel Cemetery.Detailed survey map and burial inscriptions located in Fort Bend County Cemetery folder of the RIP cemetery program.

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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