Location: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery—Recorded—Parsons. H&P, Grimes Co Hist.: Local hist. map, [profile on church hist.], p. 116-7, “Immigrants from Russia, Poland and Germany settled in Plantersville and Stoneham areas, 1870s … ten acres purchased from Jack Baker from Landrum league of Stephen F. Austin colony, 1894, approx. 200 families in parish. During WWII many parish members left for Houston work, but remains large parish.” They Speak: .txt @ Rootsweb.com “Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery ,Plantersville, Grimes County, Texas Founded 1894 Approx. 500 burials, earliest about.1890s. Index.” TxGenWeb/Tombstone/Rootsweb, TxDoT mapSEE Cemeteries of Grimes County, vols 1-5 John Maxwell, GCHC.THC site visit MB 4/20/04. N from Plantersville on 1774 for about 3 miles. E side of road, cemetery in front of Church and hall, on the roadway. Fenced, formal site, diversity of formal markers over time. A few shrines. Abundant floral decorative materials but sign indicating restrictions on grave plantings or curbs, etc.. Many iron croses in older area, Lilies, Cedar marker trees, some Althea. Flagpole. US veterans. Includes many Russian, German & European immigrants, 1870s. Low endangerment: maintained, fenced, near residences, church, recent burials. Approx 2 acres. GPS 30.22.08.55285N –95.52.21.72765W. Quad 3095-231Low endangerment: maintained, fenced, near residences, church, recent burials.
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.