Location: Knox Cemetery — Recorded: POLK02—Parsons; R. Peeb les: “1.1 miles E of Corrigan on US 287, 0.5 mile in woods.” Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “Directions: In Corrigan, at the intersection of hwy 59 and Hwy 287, go north 0.4 miles, then turn right on FM 352. Go 1.2 miles to IVY RD. on the right. (It may look like a Private Drive, but there is a road sign) Go0 .1 mile to the cemetery. It will be the 1st one. The other is the Kennedy Cemetery. There are no cemetery signs. About 21 graves. Index, earliest 1877.” GNIS. Attempted site visit MB 1-22-05, locked gate, private residences, site nearby but not visible from road.KNOX CEMETERYSubmitted by O. Jones PerkinsJanuary 2002Location: Corrigan, Texas, from the intersection of HWY 59 and 287, proceed north on 59 for .4 mile, turn right on FM Road 352 for 1.1 mile. Turn right on Ivy [not Ivory] Road for 1 mile, a dirt road. Knox Cemetery is the first cemetery and surrounded by a fence. Veer left for approximately 50 yards to view the Kennedy Cemetery, also surrounded by a fence.THC site visit MB 7-20-05 w/ C. Pritchard: Corrigan, Tx area. From US 59 E on FM 352 approx 1.1 miles, turn right on Ivy road at residence. Road runs alongside residence, is not a driveway. From FM 352 road approx 570 ft. to hilltop. Recent clear-cut logging right up to cemetery fence. Grave depressions and markers outside of fence on W and N sides, formal and informal markers dozed and toppled. Unknown other markers in dozer piles, including broken fieldstone marker with inscription carved into stone, remnants of fencing. Knox Cem is undisturbed inside fence. Adjacent Kennedy Cem has fence damage, recently repaired but no apparent damage inside cem. Only burials in about 65 ft. area between the two fenced sites were dozed. Knox is formal cemetery with commercial granit markers, old and new, large and small. One floral grave decoration, some floral debris over fence. Locked gate, no access inside fence. GPS PENDING3194-221High risk of endangerment, site maintained and fenced, but clear cut logging to fence, remote, inaccurately on map, no 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.