Location: Bryant Cemetery Cemetery--H&P, Grimes Co Hist.: Local hist. map. Tombstone/Rootsweb/ TxGenWeb: map TxDoT map. GNIS on Courtney map. H&P, Grimes Co Hist.: Local hist. map as Bryant Cem. “Large gateway photo. Dennis Bryant Cem. had its beginning at close of 19th cent. Began with small portion of land belonging to Bryant, about 3 miles E of Navasota on Hwy 105 E. Land sold to group of citizens of community in 1910 for burying their loved ones. Organization and trustees. Originally 2 wooded acres. In 1981 member of assoc. and grandsopn of Dennis Bryant gave cem. assoc. another acre of land to E of original 2 acres. In 1980 assoc. elected committee on upkeep … considerable improvements [photo] building a road thru the acreage, encouraging a [memorial entrance gate] to serve as historic landmark, and other landscaping and shrubbery along path. Trustees with coordinator Dr. J. T. Ashford. SEE Cemeteries of Grimes County, vols 1-5 John Maxwell, GCHC.THC site visit 4/19/04 MB. Near Plantersville, Tx. Formal site adjacent to St. Paul’s Baptist Church. On CR 415 at intersection with CR 416, approx 0.6 mile off SH 105. Brick entryway, steel gates. Formal paved and gravel access drive lined with large evergreen Pitusporium shrubs. Formal markers, large and small, some diversity over time. Some locally caste markers, a few unqiue creative. Marker trees of Cedar, Chinese Tallow and Crape Myrtle. Irises and Lillies. Ligustrum and Photenia at formal entry. San Augustine grass. Flagpole, some carnes with shell motif pattern, but no shells. Recent burials. Adjacent to church, rural residences, pastures and woodlands Approx 3.3 acres. GPS 30.21.45.42505N –06.02.23.10071W Quad 3096-141.Low risk endangerment: Fenced, generally maintained, recent burials, associated church.
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.