Historic Cemetery

William M. Jenkins Grave Cemetery

a.k.a. Jenkins Grave

Richmond, Texas
Location: In Richmond go north on 2nd Street, left on Clay Road, and immediately right. Continue on private diirt road past Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Cemetery NE of Mt. Carmel Cemetery and Fire Field .3 miles east of gravel road on Brazos River. Site is overgrown with yupons and brush. It is impossible to locate without a guide. Had to locate with GPS coordinates taken by Robert Crosser of FBCHS and still had difficulty locating because stone had fallen and was covered with dirt. Wild hogs have broken the stone but the inscriptions are still legible. This site was kept by the previous land owner until his death in the mid-1980s.This is the grave of William M. Jenkins, d. 1857. The marker was erected by F.N. Slack & J.W. Frost (land owner in 1800s). This is believed to be the grave of a man passing through the area who was buried where he died in 1857. No other information is known about this site.

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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