Location: Big Sandy Church Cemetery - Recorded: POLK02—Parsons; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “many graves. Index, earliest 1867, 1888, 1901.” R. Peebles: “at Dallardsville, just off FR 1276 in eastern county. Many” graves, earliest about 1875, plus CSA.” TxGenWeb/Vanishing: “Cem. located at Dallardsville. 303742N x 0943754W.” US Veterans, WW I and WW II, Korea, Vietnam. CSATHC site visit MB 2-06-05: Dallardsville, Tx area. FM 1276 at Dallardsville, left or NE at bend in road by large school complex, approx 0.2 mile to church and cem. No road sign, church and cem. separated by road. Marker trees and shrubs including Cedar, Crape Myrtle, Arborvitae, Oaks, Camelias, Red Japonica, Roses, Narcissus. Formal markers, considerable diversity over time, including benches, commercial stones, curbing, terracing, metal markers, gravel, grave houses, slabs and sculptures. Some unique constructions and embellishment of stones. Photo enamels. Abundant grave materials, floral, religious, decorative, creative, and toys. US veterans. GPS and NOTES PENDINGLow risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, associated church, on map, on road.
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.