Historic Cemetery

Friendship Cemetery

Springtown, Texas 76082
Location: 3.5 miles W of Boyd on FM 114, then 1.5 miles S past Garvin Methodist church. Located across the road from the Friendship Baptist Church on CR 4695. It's in the area east of FM 51 and south of Hwy 114. (Between Paradise and Boyd and about 4 miles east of Cottondale). It's about a mile or two south of Garvin Cemetery.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Wise County Historical Commission; Gregg, Rosalie, History of Wise County: A Link With the Past, 1987; Roper, Homer L, Wise County Cemeteries Vol 5; Tombstone Transcription Project

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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