Nance-Way Cemetery

a.k.a. Nancy-Way Family Cemetery

6205 Co Rd 428, Marquez, Texas 77865

Location: From OSR go north on Highway 75 for a distance of 1.40 miles to PR 1105. Turn right on PR 1105 and go 0.24 miles to a metal gate. Follow the road another 0.4 miles to a gate or gap. Go another 0.5 miles to a roadway to the left. Take this left and go 0.12 miles to a gate on the right side of the roadway. Go through this gate and go 0.1 miles. The cemetery will be to the left about 100 yards in a grove of trees.

Source: Local history notes; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Tombstone/Rootsweb

About Historic Texas Cemetery Designation

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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