Location: Jones Prairie Cemetery AKA Crossroads Cemetery— Recorded: POLK02—Parsons AKA Crossroads, AKA Jones Prairie Bapt. Ch. Cem.Polk Co Tx Cem/website: no descript. Leggett area.” R. Peebles: “on FR 942 E of Leggett, opposite Jones Prairie Baptist Church. Many graves. Index, earliest about 1905. ” L. Moore: “ 1 mile on CR 9542, on left.” US Veteranss: WWI and WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Spanish American War, CSA, MasonicTHC site visit MB 1-22-05: Leggett, Tx area. US 59 to FM 942, E on FM 942 for 2.0 mile at Y intersection with Upper Leggett Rd, across from church. Arched entryway, name on arche, steel bar entryway, internal roads. Survey flags indicate annex plans. Large fenced site adjacent woodlands, rural residential. Formal site with considerable diversity of markers, including obelisks, curbing, gravel, carnes, commercial mortuary markers, slabs, metal funeral markers, one pipe, some cement mounding, one scraped earth with white sand. Flag poles, several. Marker trees and shrubs including Arborvitae, Live Oak, Crape Murtle, Gardenia, Laurel, also Narcissus. Abundant floral and decorative grave materials, some dog sculptures, some embellishment of stones, one unique jack-of-cards enamel. Recent burials. US veterans, WoW, CSA, Masonic. Approx 4.24 acres. GPS 30.49.22.12158N –94.51.19.63289W USGS 3094-331Low risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, on map, still in use, near roadway, sign.
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.