Location: Carr-Jones Cemetery — Recorded: —Parsons; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: Joyce Munson & Beverly Evins on June 13, 2000 “Jones-Carr. Located in Ace, Texas off FM 2610 on private land. Unfenced, but very well cared for. About 8 graves, earliest 1880, CSA.”Private propertyCSA Jones/Carr Cemetery — Recorded: POLK01, POLK02—Parsons; R. Peebles: “in the Ace Community, near home of Mrs. Taft Miller.” L. Moore: “From Hwy 59 at Seven Oaks, right 1.0 mile, mainroad, right at corner of yard, 0.2 miles across ravine. Per Cannon Prtichard to MB 3-06-05, near SH 146THC site visit MB 7-28-05 w/ R. D. Hendrix: Ace, Tx area. SH 146 to FM 2620 toward Ace for 2.5 miles to Taft Miller Rd, continue to house on gravel drive. THC marker just past driveway, notes old Smithfield stage stop, community history. Obleisks, formal markers. Mowed area. Landowner Michael Duke maintains cemetery, planning to fence mowed area, researching potential unmarked graves to determine original size of burial ground. Site about __ ft. from house, estimated ___ ft. from old stage stop area. Michael Duke related history of John Carr Ship in nearby Lily Glen. GPS PENDING3094-321Low risk endangerment, THC marker, maintained, visible markers.
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.