Historic Cemetery

Britton Cemetery

Texas
Location: Located SW edge of Britton, 5 miles SE of Mansfield, south on the street just east of the Methodist church on Noah Street. The cemetery is near the church. From Midlothian, take 287 and continue 3.7 miles from the underpass at Hwy 69 to the Britton Sign. Turn right about 3 miles to a dead end, and left to Noah Street. Turn left again on Noah and continue to the cemetery.

Source: Ellis County Genealogical Society, Ellis County, Texas Cemetery Records III; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; USGS; TxDot map 1990

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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