Historic Cemetery

Nettle Cemetery

a.k.a. Nettles Cemetery

Texas
Location: To reach this cemetery on private property, travel north on FM 80 to Kirvin. Make the bend in Kirvin and continue until you reach Sessions Cemetery (on the right and at another bend in FM 80). Continue on the gravel road (not FM 80) a few miles until you cross a “weight bridge”. A short distance beyond this bridge, on your left, is a metal gate. It is locked with a chain and lock on the right side. Go through this gate and straight ahead past the corral and a tank. Go to the right a little until you reach a huge oak tree and park there. The cemetery is a little distance up from the tree in the woods.

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

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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