Historic Cemetery

Robinson-Brown Cemetery

a.k.a. Brown-Robinson Cemetery. No Name Cemetery

Texas
Location: New Caney Tx.--on old Hwy 59--beside St. John of the Wood Catholic Church, corner of FM 494 & Payne Rd. Across from railroad track. On old Hwy 59, where the Old Section House used to be, across from railroad track.

Source: Local history notes; Parsons, Kim, Ref. to Texas Cemeteries, 1988; Montgomery Co. website; Montgomery Co Tx Cems (1978) vol. 6

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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