Historic Cemetery

Gil Gal Cemetery

661-699 Live Oak Ln, Jasper, Texas 75951
Location: Gil Gal Cemetery-AA“just outside city of Jasper, east of 96”A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records Kim Parsons (1988); rootsweb.com; Jasper County, Texas Cemeteries Mildred S. Wright (1976); http://landmark.granbury.com/jasper.htm; www.historictexas.net/cemeteries/index.htmlTHC site visit MB 10/18/04. Jasper, Tx, just S of intersection of Live Oak St. and Verna St. in residential area. Inside city limits. Large fenced site bordered by residences. Sloping, formal site with diversity of formal markers over time. Carnes, commercial markers, tin markers, local castings, homemade markers., photo enamels. Abundnat floral and decorative grave materials. US veterans. Approx 1.67 acres. GPS 30.55.37.41621N –94.01.05.36966WUSGS 3094-444Low risk, fenced, maintained, still in use, in city.

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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