Location: Massey Cemetery — Recorded: POLK01, POLK02—Parsons; Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “Location: From Hwy 59 at Leggett, Tx, take a FM 942 E approx. 14 miles to Massey Cemetery Road, take a left go 0.6 mile, and the cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, there is a fence around [part of] the cemetery, …as you turn into the road to the cemetery there are also graves on the left hand side of the road. Surveyed by the Leggett High School Gifted and Talented Students as part of a community service project. Date of survey was November 17, 1999. Contact smitchell@leggettisd.com for information on this project. Coordinators at Leggett ISD are Carolyn Willson and Angela Black. About 7 graves. Index, earliest 1910.” L. Moore: “From Hwy 59, Hwy 942 E for 13.4 miles, left 6.0 miles, right 0.1 mile.” [Topo Zone map, CRs in file]US Veterans: WWIIGraves on both sides of the road.THC site visit MB 3-01-05: PCHS Cannon Pritchard: Lists as Massey. [??? Separate sites??]GPS and NOTES PENDING3094-342.
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.