Location: Enon Chapel Cem, Hagersville, Cem #1 AKA Hagerville, AKA Old Enon Baptist Churchyard (THC) 5.8 miles E from Ratcliff on SH 7, then 3 miles S on CR(1998) located 5.8 mi E of Ratcliff on SH 7, then 2 mi S on CR. From TX 7 about 4 mi E of Ratcliff, turn S onto CR 4749, cemetery is about 2 mi on the R(USGenWeb) Go E on 7 from Kennard about 5 mi and R (S) on 4740. Cemetery is on the L about 2 mi(cemeteries-of-tx.com) photos.A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records, Kim Parsons, 1988; Houston County Cemeteries, Houston county Historical Commission, 1977; Houston County Cemeteries, Third Edition, Houston County Historical Commission, 1987; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; USGS; TexGenWeb; USGenWeb Archives; cemeteries-of-tx.com; topo mapTSHA Handbook of Texas online: ENON, TEXAS (Houston County). Enon, a farming community 2½ miles east of Grapeland on Farm Road 227 in north central Houston County, grew up around a school established there in 1883. In 1897 its school had an enrollment of fifty-one. By the mid-1930s Enon had two churches, a cemetery, and a number of houses. After World War IIqv most of its residents moved away, and by the mid-1960s the community was no longer shown on highway maps. In the early 1990s only a few scattered houses remained in the area. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Houston County Cemeteries (Crockett, Texas: Houston County Historical Commission, 1977; 3d ed. 1987). Houston County Historical Commission, History of Houston County, Texas, 1687-1979 (Tulsa, Oklahoma: Heritage, 1979). Christopher Long THC site visit MB 11/18/04: Off SH 7 E of Ratliff, S on CR 1140 about 1.9 miles. Site on CR 1140, across from chapel and picnic tables. THC marker. Sign on gate. About 25 ft. from road, about 70 ft. from chapel pavillion area. Fenced formal site, diversity of formal markers over time, including obelisks as well as fieldstone and petrified wood. Newer commercial markers. Marker shrubs of Wysteria, Azalea, Mountain Laurel, also Irises. Abundant floral grave materials. US veteransApprox 0.70 acre. GPS 31.21.55.40043N –96.04.48.88875WQuad 3195-141Low risk, fenced, maintained, associated chapel and church, on map, sign.
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.