Historic Cemetery

Brewer Cemetery

Co Rd 661, Teague, Texas 75860
Location: Small, privately owned cemetery located just inside the Freestone County line. Take FM 80 to Donie and go left on FM 164. Travel 1.8 miles toward Buffalo. Go left and travel .3 miles on a grave road and you will see a small wooden sign. Take a left and go .2 miles on a single lane “cow trail road”. After passing the Donie State Bank and making your first left turn, you will pass over Buffalo Creek and the correct turn-off is just down the road.

Source: Freestone County Sheriff’s office by J. R. Sessions, Jr., Sheriff; Morrow, Betty Moss, THC Library

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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