Wallace Cemetery

Texas

Location: On FM 1452, 2 mi. W. of Madisonville, Texas. Located about two miles west of Madisonville on FM 1452 W, to the first deserted home past the Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery. This is a fenced cemetery behind the house to the south as you enter the front gate, following a dirt road about 1/4 mile into the woods. The cemetery is in a pasture belonging to Ernest Cannon about a mile past the church and cemetery.

Source: USGS; local history notes; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Tombstone; Madison Co Arch-GenWeb-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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