Location: Glenwood South CemeteryAka Old Glenwood CemeteryTHC marker; 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; USGS; Supplement to Houston County Texas Cemeteries Third Edition, 1998; USGenWeb Archives; topo map THC site visit MB 12-08-04: Crockett, Tx, Pease Rd at 2nd St, W of US 287. THC marker, 1836 State of Texas. Large fenced site with formal arched entryway and sign. Rolling landscape adjacent to road, small town residential, woodlands, across from Glenwood North. Ell-shaped site in current fencing, but existing gates of separate entrance and evidence of previous separating fenceline between road and ell, separating white and black sections of cemetery. Distinguishing cultural resources. [SEE Also Glenwood South Cem, AA HO-C330.] Formal site with diversity of formal markers over time, large and small, commercial and local. Some fenced burials, curbing, obelisks, spires, some fieldstones, vaults (masonry and caste). Marker trees and shrubs of Cedar, Crape Myrtle, Oak, Laurel, Irises, Narcissus, Rose. No floral or decorative grave materials, no evidence of recent burials. US veterans, Masonic, CSA. Approx 2.30 acres. GPS 31.19.15.84035N –95.27.37.81896W USGS 3195-132Low risk endangerment, THC marker, 1836 marker, fenced, maintained, in city, on map, on road.
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.