Pine Top Cemetery

Oakwood, Texas 75855

Location: 1.5 miles north of Butler. It is not far from Red Lake and a short distance from the Anderson County line. To reach the cemetery from Teague, take Hwy 84 E to the Butler area and past Red Lake. It is the second road to the left after passing 489. You will see a small sign on a tree indicating the cemetery is to the left off Hwy 84 and is 1 mile after leaving 84 to the cemetery site.

Source: Freestone County Sheriff’s office by J. R. Sessions, Jr., Sheriff; Morrow, Betty Moss, THC Library; Freestone County Historical Commission; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988

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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