Jameson Cemetery

Texas

Location: Take FM 488 out of Fairfield to FM 1124 where you take a right and go .2 miles on FM 2570, just beyond Park Road 64 and FM 3285. It is on the right-hand side of the road and if you are not looking for the gate bearing the name of the cemetery, it is easily missed because there is no road leading to the gate even though the cemetery appears, from the road, to be enclosed in a fence. From the highway, the cemetery is grass and weeds.

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

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

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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