Historic Cemetery

Baugh Family Cemetery

a.k.a. Baugh

Nacogdoches, Texas
Location: SH 21 west from Nacogdoches 2.1 miles to CR 713. South on CR 713, crossing creek, and continuing a total of 1.9 miles to Baugh home on east side. Cemetery is south of house in woods .2 miles east of road.Tom Derby maintains the site and has made a wide grass trail, but the site is overgrown. The fence has fallen and some of the stones are broken and leaning. Trees are falling into the site, causing some damage to the stones. Marilyn Baugh lives at the house on the property near the site, but does not like visitors.

Source: RIP Fields Table

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.