Historic Cemetery

Brite Cemetery

Pleasanton, Texas 78064
Location: Located on the Verdi Road between Verdi and Leming (east of Leming). It is near the Gallinas Creek, west of Hwy 37. Take Hwy 281 south to Leming from San Antonio about 18 miles. Turn left on Verdi Road, pass the Baptist Church and continue 2.9 miles east to the cemetery on left. Only 1.5 miles of the road is paved and the rest is sandy. The cemetery is marked with its name in an arch with the date “1859” beneath.
Graves: 437 (1859 to present)
Size: 2 acres

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; USGS; Atascosa History Committee; Texas Cemetery Inscriptions (J. McManus)

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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