Location: Stark, William Hawley CemeterFrom US 190/SH 87 intersection: US 190 East; FM 1416 South; AKA W. H. Stark Cem.3093-313, newtontxnetwork, Newton Co. Texas Cemeteries by Mildred S. Wright GRS (1975)Ben Lindsey: WH Stark, riverbottom, CR 4075 S, CR 4080 ESEE Newton Co Notes, J. Claude.THC site visit MB 4-20-05 w/ B Lindsey and J ClaudeSH 190 to Bon Wier on CR 4075. Approx 0.6 miles to CR 4076, route to D. C. Inman’s house, landowner at 261 CR 4076. Permission required. From CR 4075 approx 1.7 miles to Y, stay left to CR 4080 for 1.9 mile, at 2nd Y stay on CR 4080, then to intersection, turn left thru gate for 0.2 miles. Site at back of old Inman house, now falling down, and remaining Pear trees of large orchard. Mr. Inman described unique pears his family developed. Also near where dairy barn used to be. Between pasture and woodlands. Fenced site, formal markers, obelisks, WowW, markers intact, site seasonally maintained by family. Flags but no floral materials. Nearby Crape Myrtles. GPS PENDING3093-313Low risk endangerment, remote but on family land, maintained, may still be in recent use, fenced. VERIFY GPS Cem #s for LM Stark and WH Stark.
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
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