Historic Cemetery

Mahomet Cemetery

Bertram, Texas 78605
Location: About 10 miles NE of Bertram; east of Mt. Horeb Masonic Lodge about .4 miles. Short distance south from the Mahomet Community off FM highway 243. Part in Burnet County and part in Williamson county.

Source: Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Burnet County Cemetery Records; Genealogy Web; Gary Webb; Rootsweb; Susan Hawkins; USGS; Skaggs, Burnet Co. Cemetery Survey Reports; Smith, Burnet & Coryell Co. Cemeteries; TxDot map 1998

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.