Historic Cemetery

Beck's Chapel Cemetery

Cross Roads (V), Texas
Location: Located in the Cross Roads Community. Take Hwy 59 from Athens to Beck Chapel Cemetery sign. Follow unpaved road, bearing to the right to cemetery. Or from Athens take Hwy 19 south to FM 59. Turn right on FM Road (Cayuga Hwy) and go 7.7 miles to CR 1114. Turn left on 1114 and go 3.1 miles. Cemetery is on right side of road.
Graves: 314+ (1900-active)

Source: Cemetery Records of Henderson County, Texas v2; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; TxDot map 1990; rootsweb; TxDot map 1990; USGS

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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