Historic Cemetery

Friendship Cemetery

Montague, Corrigan, Texas 75939
Location: Friendship Cemetery - Recorded: POLK02—Parsons; R. Peebles: “in the Rock Island Community several miles W of Friendship Church on an unpaved road to Moscow.” ; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “Friendship Cemetery established in 1873 as the Manry Family Cemetery. … name later changed to Rock Island Cemetery and finally to Friendship Cemetery. Location: It is 4 miles east of Corrigan, Texas off FM 942. Turn right at Friendship Cemetery sign and go approximately 100 yards to road intersection; turn right again and continue 1.2 miles. Friendship Cemetery sign on left side of road. Turn left on Friendship Road to the Cemetery. Many graves. Index, some marked with rocks.” US Veteranss of WWI and WWII, KoreaMasonicCSATHC site visit MB 3-04-05GPS and NOTES PENDING.

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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