Historic Cemetery

Tyer-Lone Star Cemetery

Texas
Location: Tyer Family CemeteryAKA Tyer-Lone Star Cem.(1977) located about 6 miles SE of Grapeland off Lockout Road (FM 2423) to the right on a dirt road.(1987) cemetery deed recorded in Houston County Deed Records, book 101, page 503, dtd Aug 22, 1921(1998) on McCarter Cemetery Rd (CR 1640) about 1.5 mi S of FM 2423 near Stowe Creek(USGenWeb) 6 mi SE of Grapeland on FM 2423. Go R on CR 1640. About 2 mi on your R.(cemeteries-of-tx.com) PhotoTHC site visit MB 12-12-04: Grapeland, Tx area. SH 19 US 287, E on FM 2423, about 4 miles to CR 1640 for 1.1 miles. Adjacent to road. Adjacent to woodlands. Fenced formal site, mostly uniform late 1800s early 1900s markers. No grave materials. Masonic, WoW, no veteran markers. No recent burials. Approx 0.55 acre. GPS 31.27.24.77631N –95.24.18.92572W USGS 3195-133Low risk, fenced, maintained, on road, on map.

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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