Location: JP-C015 Spring Hill Cemetery, AAJCHS lists as Wright #28 Browndell 81/2 mile east of 96, north of junction with 149.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.htmTHC site visit 9/25/04: Browndell, Tx area, just S of Sabine Co line. US 96 N, about 0.2 miles on CR 216 E, which can appear to be a residence driveway. Continue on curving dirt lane, stay right on CR, around small cluster of homes. Hilltop location with paved entrance. Recent expansion to E, all fenced. Large formal site with considerable diversity of formal and informal markers over time. Obelisks, carnes, local castings, slabs, one iron fenced family plot, John Stone. Large Gardenia marker shrubs, also marker trees of large Oak and Cedar, Juniper. San Augustine grass in older area. Photo enamel. Abundant floral grave materials. Affiliation, US veterans. Approx 2.75 acres. GPS 31.08.14.67502N –93.59.12.50568WQuad 3193-223Low risk of endangerment, sign on road, fenced, maintained, still in use, on map. AA 3193-223 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.html.
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.