Location: Carter CemeteryAKA Center Cem [map error] [Parsons lists Center Cemetery--?? Typo?? Recorded GRIM10]Carter Cem. TxGenWeb: “TxDoT map, photos…. back in the early 1970, we had to walk to the cemetery from the wire gap and iron gate. Ora Bullard Corner went with Retta Linzy Smigala showed us the way. [Oral history] family members buried there, some do not have head stones… signs of unmarked graves. Also, in compiling data on the Boney-Stutts Families, … others are buried there. (Melba Wells)” Rootsweb: “CARTER CEMETERY Cotton, Grimes County, Texas Compiled by Melba Boney Wells, 17 April, 2001Please Visit this cemetery's Website: Photos on website. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~texas1/Cemeteries/Carter/Carter.html Adopted by the Boney-Stutts Cemetery Association. Directions: From Bedias go east on Hwy 1696. Turn left (north) on CR 134, go 2.5 miles. Turn left (west) on CR 132 and go .5 miles, turn right (north) on Bedias Road, follow this road and turn left (west) on Cross Roads, follow road then turn right (north) on Cemetery Road. Cemetery is on the right. Approx. 40 burials, earliest about 1850s. Index.” GNIS on Steep Branch mapSEE Cemeteries of Grimes County, vols 1-5 John Maxwell, GCHC.THC site visit MB 8/03/04 w/ J. Maxwell: Near Bedias, Tx. 4.7 miles E to CR 134, left 2.4 miles to CR 132, left 0.4 miles to Bedias Rd aka CR 131 T intersection, then 0.9 mile to Crossroad Dr, left 0.2 mile to Cemetery Rd, 0.2 mile to cem. gate. Adjacent cemetery separate and distinct, not a section of Carter Cem. Separate sign, gate and fencing. Carter Cem. partially fenced. Some Cedar and Oak marker trees. Formal markers, diversity over time. Heavy seasonal overgrowth, appears maintained by brush hog, rough cut. About 50 ft. E of roadway, large tree at entrance. Approx 0.41 acre. GPS 30.50.44.04513N –95.52.28.23480W. Quad 3095-331.Moderately endangered, seasonal overgrowth, some fallen stones, but fenced, still in use, near road, residential area, and adjacent to maintained Red Hill Cem. On map.
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
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